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NanceGreggs

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9. I don't think it's even pleasure he feels ...

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:32 AM

Aug 2018

… so much as a lessening of his own pain.

If he humiliates someone, it makes him feel superior to them.

If he spews vitriol at someone, it makes him feel less vulnerable himself.

If he seeks revenge on someone, it makes him feel “safe”, because he thinks he’s incapacitated an enemy who had the power to hurt him.

Sadly, I’ve known a couple of men like this. They don’t really derive pleasure from anything. Even when they are praised, they don’t enjoy it – because they’re too busy assessing that the praise wasn’t high enough, the applause wasn’t loud enough, the accolades weren’t as worshipful as they should have been.

IMHO, Donald Trump has no capacity for feeling pleasure – or happiness.

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I think Trump may be, in addn to other things, a sadist. [View all] Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 OP

You're just now reaching this conclusion? n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2018 #1

+1000 fierywoman Aug 2018 #13

Oh...okay. LOL. So I'm not being too extreme in my conclusion. LOL. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #27

Doin' a what comes natch er Lee! dchill Aug 2018 #2

His Safe Word Is " I Love Trump " Grassy Knoll Aug 2018 #3

He enjoys making people suffer. He beat up one of his teachers as a child MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #4

He was never a tough kid, is what I read. He was purty-boy. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #16

My bil attended NYMA when tRump was there. My bil was two years junior. He was one of the few Jews Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #26

Did Trump himself get involved in physical violence? Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #28

According to my bil tRump would slap and punch him, and pull his hair. Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #37

Oh I'm sure the teacher had to be old and sickly MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #32

That's a question? I see it as a certainty...nt 2naSalit Aug 2018 #5

Okay, then. I guess it's not out of bounds to say that! LOL. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #18

Don't forget some of his other special 'accomplishments'... procon Aug 2018 #6

Taking heat subsidies from poor old people. mahina Aug 2018 #7

Yes, I made sure to include the children in cages as part of my post. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #17

I've known that for awhile now.. Cha Aug 2018 #8

+1. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #19

I don't think it's even pleasure he feels ... NanceGreggs Aug 2018 #9

Then that would not be sadism. Sadists get pleasure from humiliating & causing pain to others. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #20

Read about the Dark Triad marylandblue Aug 2018 #10

What was your first clue? "Abuser" just sticks out all over him. By the time he stalked Hillary ... Hekate Aug 2018 #11

Every time someone mentions him at that debate, I flash back to the Baldwin SNL skit about that. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #22

If there exists a human character flaw, tRump has it. marybourg Aug 2018 #12

I don't remember all the details, but... robbob Aug 2018 #14

Well, he did hang out with Howard Stern a lot... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #21

The thing about Stern, I think, is that it's all an act. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #24

Perhaps, but it's not an act for Trump... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #25

No, it's not an act for Trump. I heard clips of him on the Stern show. Disgusting. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #29

I never heard that. That's Caligula-type stuff. Sick. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #23

remember Stormy said she spanked him...ewwwwww samnsara Aug 2018 #31

if his kids turn on him i bet there are stoooories! samnsara Aug 2018 #30

That's what separates a regular narcissist from a malignant narcissist Poiuyt Aug 2018 #33

That's it! That nails him perfectly. Thanks. Now there's a name for it. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #34

You may want to check out this book: Poiuyt Aug 2018 #35

I will check it out. Thanks! I knew when he was running.... Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #36

He's a super-malignant narcissist. A notch below. BSdetect Aug 2018 #38