A psychonalyst from Berkeley takes note of various behaviors & mannerisms displayed by Obama, and is moved to try to diagnose from afar.
I actually hesitated before posting this, remembering all the false and foolish psychoanalyses of Reagan, Bush and just conservatives en masse.
But the more I thought about it, the more it seemed to make sense.
Besides, even if it does not, I still remember all the false and foolish psychoanalyses . . .
Among the other possibilities discussed is this;
ReplyDelete"--Trauma: My gut tells me that Obama was seriously traumatized in childhood. His mother disregarded his basic needs, dragged him all over the place, and ultimately abandoned him.
But I think there may be something even more insidious in his family background. While I can't prove it, the degree of Obama's disconnect reminds me of my sexually abused clients.
With serious sexual abuse, the brain chemistry may change. The child dissociates -- that is, disconnects from his being -- in order to cope. Many adult survivors still dissociate, from occasional trances to the most extreme cases of multiple personality disorder.
Apparently, young Barry was left in the care of Communist Frank Marshall Davis, who admitted to molesting a 13-year-old girl. As a teenager, Obama wrote a disturbing poem, "Pop," that evoked images of sexual abuse -- for instance, describing dual amber stains on both his and "Pop's" shorts."
I find this frighteningly plausible
Also, as of tomorrow I am back at work, so there will be at least somewhat less Dancing on the front page ;)
Aww, I like you on the front page!
ReplyDeleteI don't put much stock in psychobabble. To say it's an "inexact" science is an understatement. Much of it is pure hooey, IMHO.
Is Obama a strange person? Well, yeah. So are most of us, in our own peculiar ways.
To me, he seems lost. He has no experience running ANYTHING, and he appears to be floundering around in the deep end of the pool. He's surrounded himself with a gaggle of idiots who love to hear themselves talk, but have nothing of substance to put on the table.
It's like...he doesn't feel the weight of his responsibilities. He doesn't shoulder the burden; he side-steps it. Does that make sense?
The partisan (and groundless) speculation about drug use or sexual abuse adds nothing to the conversation, IMO.
lady red, he reminds me of some of the students I had who had always been told how awesome they were and gotten awards and prizes for showing up and being "awesome" (ahem) who then were confronted with situations they actually had to put effort and experience into.
ReplyDeleteBut they didn't have the experience...
So whose fault is that? They're AWESOME, right? So it can't be their fault. And you should know that.
But that's just what I see, and I'm no psychoanalyst.
Hm. Obama was born in '61, so he grew up before the time when EVERY kid got a trophy. I think his aura of entitlement is a product of his university days, and beyond. Like Rev Wright said: "he was selected before he was elected".
ReplyDeletelady red - that reminds me of something Greg Gutfeld wrote on Big Hollywood. He cracks me up, but I can't watch him talk because he only uses half of his mouth and that weirds me out.
ReplyDeletehttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/06/09/daily-gut-on-your-first-job-out-of-college/
Precious Snowflake! Hah!
And you wonder how Michelle puts up with him, unless she is damaged herself. Perfect co-dependent.
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