Thread by @kateneuropsych

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar THREAD: WHY TRUMPS DECOMPENSATION IS DUE TO DEMENTIA:
Well yes that's his power drive however, it could more easily be kept in check by others IF HIS NOW ERODED, LIMITED EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING WASN'T FURTHER DIMINISHED BY DEMENTIA. This is wholly different that his personally 1/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar disorders...
He WAS able before now to contain his public displays of criminality, sadism, sexual predation (not so much now but I'll bet he's incapable unless medicated for occasion) and revenge. He WAS able to speak more fluidly, recall words necessary to complete 2/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar thoughts and sentences. He WAS able to contain his "outbursts" such that he was not admitting to crimes when he did explode. We was able to talk and listen (i.e., dialog instead of monologue) vs his inability now to actually process what's being asked and respond which is why 3/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar he shuts it down, using his authoritarian tendencies to cover for his inability to comprehend and respond....
THAT'S WHY WHEN HES GOT THE MIC AT RALLIES & NEWS CONFERENCES he talks on and on saying ILLOGICAL stupid hateful embarrassing INCOHERENT things that amount to a 4/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar string on NON-SEQUITURS because he can keep talking without being questioned, asked what he means, asked to recall events or provide a coherent reasonable response when asked to explain....So he sticks to saying/repeating the same thing over and over as though that's 5/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar right answer which makes folks feel confused (but in fact, its Trump who is confused and using his belligerence to cover for his confusion.
Trumps memory impaired, such that even his compulsive lying can't cover for. I'll give you an example. Trumps. compulsive lies 6/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar previously made enough sense that those who suspected he was lying had to dig for the truth. These days when he can't remember something his compulsive on-the-spot ability to ile, helps him make things up, but WHAT HE MAKES UP NO LONGER MAKE SENSE IN RELATION TO the question 7/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar or relevant re: the topic of discussion. This is called CONFABULATION; it means there's a huge gap in memory due to DEMENTIA which has eaten away at memory function resulting in memory loss....EXAMPLE: If the last thing you remember you did was on Thursday and it's now 8/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar Saturday and a friend asks you what you did on Friday and you don't recall; you think well I went to work Thursday, I worked a week ago on Friday and so based on that pattern, you (your brain fills in the gap) suddenly "recall" you worked yesterday, which was also a Friday. 9/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar Now, that might pass under normal circumstances, but this week Friday was a holiday and your BIZ was closed. "Your friend, knowing this says " _____ yesterday was a holiday and the shop was closed" You, as you now " recall you were at work yesterday (Friday), get defensive 10/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar and say "well I went to work. I was there why don't you believe me.?" Your friend probably drops it then, but if hed pursued the details of that day, he'd find they were made up on the fly and grounded in what you recall from your daily routine. This is why family & friends 11/v

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar are typically first to note memory loss because they are aware of the details of your daily routine, however, they often think their loved one has turned into a liar, meanwhile, the patient thinks their family is against him or her or trying to gaslight them etc and it often 12/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar takes a while for people to figure it out .
ALL THE ABOVE THAT TRUMP DISPLAYS IS THE RESULT OF DEMENTIA AND NOT A PRODUCT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS OR CRIMINALITY.

But DEMENTIA heightens many of those symptoms and as you can see, symptoms of Trumps personality 13/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar disorders can act to help him cover his DEMENTIA That's why I have, from December 2016 made the distinction that TRUMPS rapidly progressing cognitive decline which was predictable, was NOT attributable to
personality disorders, but rather, 14/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar due to the onset of DEMENTIA (slow almost imperceptible at first) ten years before running for president (and DEMENTIA, most likely the result of Frontotemporal Lobular DEMENTIA- Behavioral Variant AND Transient Ischemic Attack
picks up speed as it progresses). 15/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar This is a subtle but important distinction. The only other person at that time who was out here pointing out TRUMPS DEMENTIA was @docrocktex26 . Yes people remarked on his likely decomposition, but it was in reference to his personality disorders. It would be a long 16/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar @docrocktex26 time before it was attributed to DEMENTIA and never has it been detailed as in my pinned tweet "An Open Letter to all Americans...." which has been updated for relevant timely 17/x

@bondgirl9161 @atrupar @docrocktex26 examples every 6 months since December 2016 (last update May 2019 the day after his interview with G Stephanopoulos). 18/x
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