By
Dean Chambers
Do we now have the most self-centered, narcissistic, manchild president ever in history? This might be saying a lot since some are cynical enough to believe that one has to be at least somewhat narcissistic to want to be the President of the United States, much less be an entirely unqualified candidate that got elected as our first true affirmative action candidate for president. But before getting too far on a tangent let's look at this narcissistic thing.
Wikipedia says, “Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which the individual is described as being excessively preoccupied with issues of personal adequacy, power, prestige and vanity. This condition affects one percent of the population. First formulated in 1968, it was historically called megalomania, and is severe egocentrism.”
Is Barack Obama preoccupied with issues of person adequacy, power, prestige, and vanity? I would say there is no doubt. His whole time as a child being allegedly unsure of who he was, and admitting to using drugs to take those issues off his mind, clearly show awareness of his own perceived inadequacy. As for power, clearly he wants to rule the world and control everything. And prestige, he takes credit for everything that he thinks goes well. As for the vanity, that too most likely.
Symptoms of this disorder, as defined by the DSM-IV-TR, include:
Takes advantage of others to reach own goals
Expects to be recognized as superior and special, without superior accomplishments
Expects constant attention, admiration and positive reinforcement from others
Envies others and believes others envy him/her
Is preoccupied with thoughts and fantasies of great success, enormous attractiveness, power, intelligence
Lacks the ability to empathize with the feelings or desires of others
Is arrogant in attitudes and behavior
Has expectations of special treatment that are unrealistic
Let's take each of those one at a time. Does the president take advantage of others to reach his own goals? Does he breath?
Does he expect to be recognized as superior and special, without superior (or any) accomplishments? He did accept the Nobel Prize for doing nothing but just getting elected (by cheating) president.
He certainly does expect constant attention, he's on television all the time, he's the most over-exposed president ever. He expects admiration and positive reinforcement all the time. There is no doubt about that.
This president clearly envies anyone with more political skills than he has, such as Bill Clinton or George W. Bush. And there is no doubt that he believes most others in politics envy him or should envy him. After all, he got elected president without being remotely close to being qualified to run for the office. He also thinks he was slick enough to somehow get that scholarship for non-U.S. students (which explains why he once claimed to be born in Kenya) then re-invented himself as a U.S. citizen born in Hawaii to run for president. He really thinks he can scam his way into whatever he wants. Classic narcissist.
Is he preoccupied with thoughts and fantasies of great success, enormous attractiveness, power, and intelligence? He thinks he's been a great success as president even though in actuality he's been an epic failure. Enormous attractiveness? Remember his ridiculous “eye candy” comment as a guest on The View? As for power, that's been covered, he wants to rule the earth. Don't be surprised if he, as ex-president, attempts to run for general secretary of the United Nations and work toward the socialist dream of worldwide government. And don't forget, this president thinks he's the most intelligent character on earth, let alone in the room or in the country.
President Obama definitely lacks the ability to empathize with the feelings or desires of others. It has been said that many observed this when Obama was informed of the negative consequences that would confront many as a result of enacting ObamaCare, and Obama had no concern over that. When informed of how many middle class families would be crushed bh his tax increases, he didn't show any concern over that either. He truly doesn't care who is hurt or damaged or even destroyed as a result of putting his socialist policies in place.
Is this president arrogant in attitudes and behavior? Not only is this true, many have suggested he's the most arrogant president in history.
Lastly, we know he has unrealistic expectations of special treatment. And we as a country gave him special treatment, we graded his failure as president “on the curve”
The article in Wikipedia also points out, “NPD is comorbid with mood disorders, eating disorders, substance-related disorders and four personality disorders: antisocial, borderline, histrionic and paranoid, according to a user-uploaded open source Community Video.”
What this means is someone who is narcissistic is also likely to have these other issues. Without commenting on the others, we know from his books and other information that Obama has a history of drug abuse including marijuana, cocaine, and probably other drugs. I wouldn't suggest an eating disorder unless he's reacted to his obesity-obsessed wife and gone so far to off the deep end the other way to end up with Orthorexia nervosa. He does seem to fit the pattern of that person at the office everyone has known one of, that appears to live off of coffee and cigarettes alone and hardly eats any real food. Given the extremism of Michelle Obama in her crusade against over-eating, that might be possible. If you had to put up with her you might subsist on coffee, cigarettes, and cocaine too.
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