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">https://twitter.com/RBReich/s...
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 ">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nun_...
this book is such a beautiful read and it& #39;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& #39;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& #39;s yet she didn& #39;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
made you at risk for dementia, due to how the brain’s impacted.

these studies proved that BEHAVIOUR DOES IMPACT THE BRAIN, that our kindness or sadism do change our brains & eventual quality of life and death.

❝ Generosity can make us live longer… https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/health/wealth-transfer-longevity-wellness/">https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/0...
PS: thru neuroimaging scientists are discovering there’s many forms of dementia and that patients are being misdiagnosed as having either Alzheimer& #39;s or Parkinson& #39;s.

case in point: Robin Williams.

❝ The Lewy body dementia that plagued Robin Williams https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/health/lewy-body-dementia-explainer-wellness/">https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/0...
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">https://twitter.com/atrupar/s...
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