with news of the suppressed news about Trump’s stroke, this is relevant.

people in the Dark Tetrad peddle in delusions & confabulation. on the other hand, people with dementia ―which is triggered in many by strokes― develop paranoia, caused in part by hallucinations… ① https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1300806311756492800
after papi died of dementia caused by an ignored DNRD, i started researching the many roads to neurodegenerative conditions.

two mass-market books were really excellent intro: David Snowdon’s «Aging With Grace», based on his ground-breaking
“Nun Study”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nun_Study 
this book is such a beautiful read and it's the one book that made me fall in love with epidemiology.

and it came at the right time for me, as i was starting my own health journey ―many aspie women go undiagnosed until after they become mothers.

the other book was… ③
based on another landmark work on the epidemiology of aging, Dr. Makoto Suzuki’s 25-year study for Japan’s Ministry of Health,

THE OKINAWA PROGRAM

though mass market books, and this one in particular had a lot of hype from what i call The New Age Industrial Complex™… ④
these two books are grounded on a solid view of health & healthcare across disciplines; esp neuropsychiatry.

which takes me to Trump:

one of the things BOTH books point out is that the more empathetic, amiable and sociable a person is, the less likely they’ll be senile or… ⑤
even suffer from dementia EVEN IF THEY HAVE HAD MILD STROKES OR EVEN ALZHEIMER'S.

this was the shocking revelations of autopsies performed on one of the nuns who died at 100: her brain exhibited the signs of Alzheimer's yet she didn't present as having it.

both studies… ⑥
found, not only that, for example, the more prone to depression we are, the shorter our life expectancy; but that people with personality disorders (ie narcissism), tend to exhibit the more severe symptoms of dementia.

the belief was that only neuropsychiatric conditions… ⑦
PS⁲
just wanted to complete this thread with two observations:

1. the consequences of a stroke can amplify already malignant behaviour

2. US Media, not just FOXNews, are validating Trump’s malignant behaviour every time they air anything like this… https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1300817976795574274?s=20
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