August 6, 2012

The Obama Syndrome?

By Jim Yardley
Psychological disorders are nothing to laugh at.  People with phobias, for instance, truly suffer from them, whether they are Trypanophobia (the fear of injections), Pteromerhanophobia (the fear of flying), Ochlophobia (the fear of crowds or mobs), Ceraunophobia (the fear of thunder and lightning) or claustrophobia (the fear of small, enclosed spaces). Many people have mild phobias.  Personally, I'm not a big fan of heights, but that discomfort doesn't incapacitate me, while there are other people for whom such disorders are chronic and crippling. There are eating disorders.  There are behavior disorders.  There are all sorts of psychological flaws in the human psyche.  All are real and not imagined and every one inflicts real suffering on those afflicted. But at what point does a disorder become a danger to the person suffering it, or worse, a danger to those around them? The question relates to our president.  Now in the spirit of full disclosure, I am...(Read Full Article)