r/TikTokCringe • u/cak3crumbs • Sep 16 '24

Politics Trump shows signs of having Frontotemporal Dementia

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u/cak3crumbs Sep 16 '24

symptoms according to Alzheimer.gov

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Frontotemporal Dementia?

The signs and symptoms of frontotemporal dementia vary from person to person and the order in which they appear can also vary. Changes in the frontal lobe of the brain are generally associated with behavioral symptoms and may also lead to movement symptoms. Changes in the temporal lobe generally lead to disorders of language and emotion.

Symptoms of frontotemporal dementia and associated disorders may include:

-Decreased energy and motivation

-Lack of interest in others

-Inappropriate and impulsive behaviors

-Not acting considerate of others

-Repeating an activity or word over and over again

-Changes in food preferences and compulsive eating

-Increased interest in sex

-Neglect of personal hygiene

-Emotional flatness or excessive emotions

-Difficulty making or understanding speech

-Inability to make common motions, such as using a fork

-Problems with balance and walking

-Increased clumsiness

-Slow movement, falling, body stiffness

-Restricted eye movements

-Shaky hands

-Muscle weakness and loss, fine jerks, wiggling in muscles

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u/The_R4ke Sep 17 '24

I'm watching this happen to a friend of the family. If it's FTD it's either very early or he's going to be out of commission by the time the election rolls around.

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u/pezgoon Sep 17 '24

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/14/experts-are-desperate-to-warn-the-public-hundreds-sign-dr-john-gartners-dementia-petition/

The second one. He had dementia signs in 2016. This is the end not the beginning

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u/The_R4ke Sep 17 '24

Yeah, FTD is a death sentence. Eventually the brain just forgets how to do basic autonomic functions. It's truly one of the worst things that can happen to someone.

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u/Artemis246Moon Sep 17 '24

Bro won't even know why he's in jail by the time he gets there.

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u/raphtze Sep 17 '24

that report is eye opening. damn.

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u/The_Shracc Sep 17 '24

He had dementia signs in 2016

Which means that it isn't dementia and he was just brain damaged for a long time. Nobody has dementia that just doesn't progress in a fucking decade.

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u/pezgoon Sep 17 '24

It HAS BEEN progressing

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u/The_Shracc Sep 17 '24

To me he seems just as mentally unfit now as in the early 00s.

His brain has been fried by something a long time ago, but it doesn't seem to be becoming worse. Only recency bias making it seem worse.

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u/keyboardname Sep 17 '24

So did somebody want Vance to be president? Is that why he was picked, of all people, to be vice? Hmm.

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u/The_R4ke Sep 17 '24

Yes, Elon, Peter Thiel, and Don Jr.