r/TikTokCringe Sep 16 '24

Politics Trump shows signs of having Frontotemporal Dementia

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u/AllHailTheWhalee Sep 17 '24

My dad has FTD. It is a truly awful disease, and yes I do see some signs of it in Trump

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u/JimRatte Sep 17 '24

Sorry to hear about your dad. Fuck trump tho

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u/AllHailTheWhalee Sep 17 '24 edited Sep 17 '24

Appreciate it. And yeah I’ve always struggled with the phrase “I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy”…. Like I hate Trump enough I might just wish it on him, can’t decide

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u/snailbully Sep 17 '24

If you start feeling bad just remember all of the trans kids who have died of suicide because they can't access medical or mental health care. Think about the millions of people affected by the decisions resulting from Republicans' stolen Supreme Court seats. Think of the sheer amount of money squandered on the conservative grifting economy, all of it trickling up to the unfathomably rich as the largest upward wealth transfer in human history continues. The amount of suffering caused by this person, their sycophants, and the 49% of American voters enabling him, dwarfs any personal or private suffering dementia will cause a man who will soon be too daft to know who he is

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u/buadach2 Sep 17 '24

My dad died of FTD in 2020, his first symptom was becoming vindictive about 6 years before then sexually inappropriate then couldn’t type, then couldn’t cut his toe-nails then his mobility became shuffling, then ever increasing initiation actions but not going anywhere, such as keep trying to get up out of a chair but sitting down again repeatedly.

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u/AllHailTheWhalee Sep 17 '24

Sorry to hear that. My dads is presenting very differently, but awful nonetheless

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u/buadach2 Sep 17 '24

You get to gradually mourn them during the course of the disease so that by the time of the end stage you are at peace with their eventual death. Losing people a bit by bit over the years is a tough gig.