Therapists say that Trump Anxiety Disorder is for real.

[Devout Pessimist]

From what I gather, therapists are basically the replacement of family and friends in American society. How much of this is just people bitching about politics to the only person that will listen (because they're paid to)?

Your post ties in nicely to what Christopher Lasch had to say about American Culture and family life being replaced by so-called experts and bureaucracy. Instead of relying on family and community for emotional support and development, the individual relies more and more on therapists, the media, celebrities and government to give them a sense of self-worth.

The Weak Self: Christopher Lasch on Narcissism

As fathers (and increasingly mothers) become employees, with the family's economic survival dependent on remote, abstract corporate authorities, and as caretaking parents were increasingly supervised or replaced by educational, medical, and social-welfare bureaucracies, the template changed. The child now has no human-size authority figures in the immediate environment against which to measure itself and so reduce its fantasies to human scale. As a result, it continues to alternate between fantasies of omnipotence and helplessness. This makes acceptance of limits, finitude, and death more difficult, which in turn makes commitment and perseverance of any kind—civic, artistic, sexual, parental—more difficult. The result is narcissism, which Lasch described in the opening pages of Culture of Narcissism thus:

Having surrendered most of his technical skills to the corporation, [the contemporary American] can no longer provide for his material needs. As the family loses not only its productive functions but many of its reproductive functions as well, men and women no longer manage even to raise their children without the help of certified experts. The atrophy of older traditions of self-help has eroded everyday competence, in one area after another, and has made the individual dependent on the state, the corporation, and other bureaucracies.

Narcissism represents the psychological dimension of this dependence. Notwithstanding his occasional illusions of omnipotence, the narcissist depends on others to validate his self-esteem. He cannot live without an admiring audience. His apparent freedom from family ties and institutional constraints does not free him to stand along or to glory in his individuality. On the contrary, it contributes to his insecurity, which he can overcome only by seeing his “grandiose self” reflected in the attentions of others, or by attaching himself to those who radiate celebrity, power, and charisma. For the narcissist, the world is a mirror, whereas the rugged individualist saw it as an empty wilderness to be shaped to his own design.

http://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/george-scialabba-vivian-gornick-christopher-lasch-narcissism

 

[Devout Pessimist]

That's different, Trump supporters are in real tangible danger of violence and physical harm from the mentally I'll left.

So its perfectly sanee and reasonable to have heightened anxiety.

With the mentally I'll left, almost every single thing they said isnt true, and hasn't come true and I believe this is worse than TDS. They're entire ideology is based on feelings and optics established by the left over the last several decades. It's being exposed rapidly and they cant handle it.

That is a great point. Trump supporters do have to live in fear of being fired from their jobs, verbal abuse, physical harm and alienation if they do admit they support Trump.

 

[Judge]

having an Alzheimer's patient in control of the nukes would be a good reason for anxiety to manifest itself imo


luckily theres a stable genius in charge and everything is A-ok

Do you have any proof of Trump having Alzheimer's? Or are you exhibiting advanced signs of TDS?

 

[TheGreatA]

Your post ties in nicely to what Christopher Lasch had to say about American Culture and family life being replaced by so-called experts and bureaucracy. Instead of relying on family and community for emotional support and development, the individual relies more and more on therapists, the media, celebrities and government to give them a sense of self-worth.

As fathers (and increasingly mothers) become employees, with the family's economic survival dependent on remote, abstract corporate authorities, and as caretaking parents were increasingly supervised or replaced by educational, medical, and social-welfare bureaucracies, the template changed. The child now has no human-size authority figures in the immediate environment against which to measure itself and so reduce its fantasies to human scale. As a result, it continues to alternate between fantasies of omnipotence and helplessness. This makes acceptance of limits, finitude, and death more difficult, which in turn makes commitment and perseverance of any kind—civic, artistic, sexual, parental—more difficult. The result is narcissism, which Lasch described in the opening pages of Culture of Narcissism thus:

Having surrendered most of his technical skills to the corporation, [the contemporary American] can no longer provide for his material needs. As the family loses not only its productive functions but many of its reproductive functions as well, men and women no longer manage even to raise their children without the help of certified experts. The atrophy of older traditions of self-help has eroded everyday competence, in one area after another, and has made the individual dependent on the state, the corporation, and other bureaucracies.

Narcissism represents the psychological dimension of this dependence. Notwithstanding his occasional illusions of omnipotence, the narcissist depends on others to validate his self-esteem. He cannot live without an admiring audience. His apparent freedom from family ties and institutional constraints does not free him to stand along or to glory in his individuality. On the contrary, it contributes to his insecurity, which he can overcome only by seeing his “grandiose self” reflected in the attentions of others, or by attaching himself to those who radiate celebrity, power, and charisma. For the narcissist, the world is a mirror, whereas the rugged individualist saw it as an empty wilderness to be shaped to his own design.

http://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/george-scialabba-vivian-gornick-christopher-lasch-narcissism

In fairness I must acknowledge that this is not purely an American phenomenon, although it is certainly highlighted in America more so than elsewhere.

The amount of "mentally ill", but in reality attention-seeking and identity-deprived people, is rising everywhere, all the time. As old traditions and structures continue to crumble, people are looking to fill that void with the gender-bendering and identity-tampering offered by modern society, with its billions of different varieties of mental illness, conditions, sexualities, and so forth.

It's a sad reminder that even the old ways were flawed, because in truth people's overt reliance on having the society and their peers tell them what they are supposed to be, is what has enabled the current circumstances. If people were actually "tough", "hard" and "individualistic", they wouldn't have turned soft as blubber within a couple of generations.

It appears that we were all enforced to be that way, and now we've been exposed.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Lol all of a sudden the right believes in therapy.

 

[Armbars]

Evidence some people are useless. If you needed reminding.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

Do you have any proof of Trump having Alzheimer's? Or are you exhibiting advanced signs of TDS?

are you saying that Im the first person youve saw questioning his mental health?

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Lol all of a sudden the right believes in therapy.

Where are you getting that from? There are a few posts in here criticizing therapy for replacing the more substantial identity and character building family and community.

 

[bobgeese]

@HomerThompson


We’re so sorry. Get well soon.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

In fairness I must acknowledge that this is not purely an American phenomenon, although it is certainly highlighted in America more so than elsewhere.

The amount of "mentally ill", but in reality attention-seeking and identity-deprived people, is raising everywhere, all the time. As old traditions and structures continue to crumble, people are looking to fill that void with the gender-bendering and identity-tampering offered by modern society, with its billions of different varieties of mental illness, conditions, sexualities, and so forth.

It's a sad reminder that even the old ways were flawed, because in truth people's overt reliance on having the society and their peers tell them what they are supposed to be, is what has enabled the current circumstances. If people were actually "tough", "hard" and "individualistic", they wouldn't have turned soft as blubber within a couple of generations.

It appears that we were all enforced to be that way, and now we've been exposed.

Christopher Lasch wrote that in the late 1970's when cultures were still diverse. Corporatization and Globalization has wreaked havoc on diversity and made most societies eerily similar since that time. It is interesting how much progressives talk about diversity when the ideologies they support has made the world less diverse than ever.

 

[Pessimystic]

I've heard it referred to as TARDS, too.
Trump
Acceptance
Resistance
Derangement
Syndrome

Fuck 'em

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

This is a "no fucking shit" thread.
Lol.

 

[HomerThompson]

@HomerThompson


We’re so sorry. Get well soon.

 

[MusterX]

 

[salamander]

Your post ties in nicely to what Christopher Lasch had to say about American Culture and family life being replaced by so-called experts and bureaucracy. Instead of relying on family and community for emotional support and development, the individual relies more and more on therapists, the media, celebrities and government to give them a sense of self-worth.

The Weak Self: Christopher Lasch on Narcissism

As fathers (and increasingly mothers) become employees, with the family's economic survival dependent on remote, abstract corporate authorities, and as caretaking parents were increasingly supervised or replaced by educational, medical, and social-welfare bureaucracies, the template changed. The child now has no human-size authority figures in the immediate environment against which to measure itself and so reduce its fantasies to human scale. As a result, it continues to alternate between fantasies of omnipotence and helplessness. This makes acceptance of limits, finitude, and death more difficult, which in turn makes commitment and perseverance of any kind—civic, artistic, sexual, parental—more difficult. The result is narcissism, which Lasch described in the opening pages of Culture of Narcissism thus:

Having surrendered most of his technical skills to the corporation, [the contemporary American] can no longer provide for his material needs. As the family loses not only its productive functions but many of its reproductive functions as well, men and women no longer manage even to raise their children without the help of certified experts. The atrophy of older traditions of self-help has eroded everyday competence, in one area after another, and has made the individual dependent on the state, the corporation, and other bureaucracies.

Narcissism represents the psychological dimension of this dependence. Notwithstanding his occasional illusions of omnipotence, the narcissist depends on others to validate his self-esteem. He cannot live without an admiring audience. His apparent freedom from family ties and institutional constraints does not free him to stand along or to glory in his individuality. On the contrary, it contributes to his insecurity, which he can overcome only by seeing his “grandiose self” reflected in the attentions of others, or by attaching himself to those who radiate celebrity, power, and charisma. For the narcissist, the world is a mirror, whereas the rugged individualist saw it as an empty wilderness to be shaped to his own design.

http://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/george-scialabba-vivian-gornick-christopher-lasch-narcissism

I'd like to add that this constant need for affrimation is what will ultimately doom the adherrents of this narcissistic paradigm.

Any lifestyle whose collective mental viability is dependant on the appeasement of observably false premises deserves to die horribly.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

having an Alzheimer's patient in control of the nukes would be a good reason for anxiety to manifest itself imo

This literally already happened and people didn't tweak out like they are now.

 

[Lord Commander Palis]

having an Alzheimer's patient in control of the nukes would be a good reason for anxiety to manifest itself imo


luckily theres a stable genius in charge and everything is A-ok

You're going to make it little one, don't worry. Your Trump derangement syndrome will eventually go away.

This forum is full of mental midgets lmao.

 

[MayhemMonkey]

You're going to make it little one, don't worry. Your Trump derangement syndrome will eventually go away.

This forum is full of mental midgets lmao.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Where are you getting that from? There are a few posts in here criticizing therapy for replacing the more substantial identity and character building family and community.

I'm getting that from the real world. Isn't the first option meeting with some religious fellow and therapy is far down the list.

 

[BrotherClaudio]

Hahaha

Paying someone to listen to them cry about Trump

Liberalism is a mental disorder