Posted on 11/14/2025 9:13:58 PM PST by lightman
Ever since the 2016 presidential election, a troubling swath of Americans have developed a not-so-rare condition known as “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Those suffering from the condition often exhibit several symptoms, including paranoia, hysteria, intense hostility toward President Donald Trump, aggression toward his supporters, and a tendency to dye one’s hair purple.
It appears that the number of people experiencing this malady has not declined over recent years. Indeed, it has actually increased, according to psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert, who discussed the matter during a recent appearance on Fox News with Harris Faulkner.
When asked to identify the condition, Alpert responded, “People are obsessed with Trump. They're fixated. They're hyperfixated on Trump.”
He further noted that these people “can’t sleep” and that “They feel traumatized by Mr. Trump. They feel restless.”
In fact, one of his patients said she “couldn't enjoy a vacation because any time when she saw Trump in the news or on her device, she felt triggered. This is a profound pathology, and I would even go so far as to call it the defining pathology of our time.”
The therapist went on to state that Trump is the “trigger” for many of his patients. “To be that fixated on a figure, on a person, it's simply not healthy,” he continued. “Our country has strayed so far away from where we once were. If you look at in the '80s when President Reagan was shot, people were united. He famously said, ‘I hope you're all Republicans’ to the surgeons. The response was, ‘Today, Mr. President, we're all Republicans.’ But our country has lost that.”
Alpert further explained that about three quarters of his patients “will present with a lot of these symptoms” and that “within probably five minutes of seeing me, their hatred for Trump comes up.”
I don’t believe Alpert is exaggerating. There have been several studies showing that a considerable number of Americans are obsessed with President Trump. Surveys conducted in 2017 and 2020 revealed that “large numbers of Americans reported politics takes a significant toll on a range of health markers—everything from stress, loss of sleep, or suicidal thoughts to an inability to stop thinking about politics and making intemperate social media posts.”
Those who leaned left were more likely to experience all these negative effects, which increased over the course of the first Trump administration.
It’s easy to make fun of folks who are so obsessed with Trump that his very existence threatens their mental health. But there is a more serious issue underlying this.
For starters, it shows that the government has grown so massive and intrusive that many Americans on both sides are forced to obsess over it. From where I sit, the government should be so small that it matters little which party runs it. But since it is the behemoth we see today, we must be concerned about what is going on in the White House and the halls of Congress.
Secondly, these numbers reveal that the media has excelled at its job, which is to terrify the public into supporting a political agenda. Instead of informing the public, our once-vaunted fourth estate seeks to influence and divide us. It is no wonder that more Americans are dealing with mental health problems related to politics.
ROTFL! Next step is for this sufferers to get govt funding treatment. This is so laughable.
Funny, I have the exact opposite feeling, a feeling that FINALLY all is right with the world and we have serious adults in charge who believe in America, its people and getting the oppressive yoke off our necks.
The last two paragraphs are spot on.
The Left must never be allowed to regain power in our country. It is an existential threat to it.
A barrage of ridiculous name calling and childish hyperbole by DEIm “leadership” has rubbed off on the party’s mentally susceptible
Which is a large segment of its registrations.
There are a lot of Freepers on the MTG thread who seem to be suffering from it.
Unaccountably, the Wall Street Journal wasn’t given credit for publishing the article.
The account was a feature of WMAL radio talk-show host Chris Plante yesterday.
(WMAL-FM, iHeart, Spotify, or at its own app at Google Play).
No reason for the tease in the title. Could easily have fit "Therapist Says 75 Percent of His Patients are Suffering From TDS" or even spelled out "Trump Derangement Syndrome.
I hate the "tease" in titles.
Little aside here:
That little anecdote always left a slightly unpleasant taste in my mouth. President Reagan's witticism was alright, but the surgeon should have instead replied, "Today, Mr. President, there are no Republicans or Democrats in this Operating Room - just patriotic Americans concerned about the health of their President!"
I know that wouldn't have been as "snappy," and I wouldn't seriously have expected the surgeon to have come up with that. But I would rather remember the story in that way.
Regards,
They’re suffering from demonic oppression.
That’s about the only thing that can explain the kind of irrational, seething hatred of a person for whatever reason.
FINALLY all is right with the world
You summed it up for me too.
Thanks !
You are correct. Liberalism is a psychological disease that infects the mind and removes all rational thought.
The only known cure is fentanyl.
Not the Babylon Bee.
I wondered when the mental health industry was going to start taking TDS seriously. It is legal in many instances.
Yes A calmness.
Definitely some demonic activity — from demonic influence to full-on possession in some people’s cases.
Epstein was a bad dude. But why isn’t Massie concerned about the 800K “unaccompanied minors” who have come to the US and disappeared? Trafficked!
Wrong thread
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