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"Thank You. I read with interest. I worked with many children on the spectrum during a long career, some much more severely impacted than others. None took pleasure in hurting others. When it was explained to them that they had, they were sorry. Elon is both complex and unpleasant." - @AnnMB48 - 3/30/23

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"This is so cool! We need more thoughtful analysis of "mentally challenged" leaders. The article looks great." - S.H.

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Feb 22, 2023·edited Mar 10, 2023Author

It's almost as if @ElonMusk's A.I. read my #psychological profile of him?

"unnecessarily trolling California while praising Republican run Texas was strategically unwise, with Tesla’s customer base being primarily liberal." https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/gavin-newsom-and-elon-musk-recharge-bromance-at-tesla-announcement/ar-AA17OC16

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"Part 1 is nicely crafted. Nice job and thanks for sharing" - @kikobar@acc4e.com

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Nov 17, 2023Liked by Sam Ray

My mom was a narcissist. I didn't understand her until I got older and did some "reverse engineering ". There was domestic violence in my home but I was fortunate that I was able to get away from it. Of course, I had plenty of therapy at various times throughout my childhood/ younger adulthood. Part of that therapeutic process was confronting my mother about the abuse. I can't forget her reaction. My mother said, "I was a victim too".

Yes, an adult victim. Not quite the same as a dependent child.

I do not know all of my mother's diagnosis but I was told she had some form of Borderline Personality disorder although it seemed like some sort of narcissism to me and maybe that was included. I have a great deal of empathy for her.-to be stuck in a self- centered POV and not to be able to get past that! Wow.So difficult and so limiting. I don't know if the clinical information at the time, 1979s? Was correct but we understood this as borderline personality disorder.

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Sep 19, 2023·edited Sep 19, 2023Liked by Sam Ray

Mh......both my parents are different types of Narcissists. I lived with my mother from the age of nine after they divorced, my brother was sent to my brutal father about a year later (at 7) because he was "difficult". My brother told me he got diagnosed with Narcissism, I got sexually abused by my mother's second husband at 12, she abused me very subtily, brougjt me down, confused me with mixed messages, jealousy, even hatred, etc. I found out at 42 that I am an HSP and Introvert and thought I had BPD. My brother, I and my two sisters have developed very differently. One of my sisters, 9 years younger than me, was my father's golden child and is a Narcissist, as well, my half sister is narcissistic. About two years ago, after leaving a man who seemingly did nothing bad to me but got me suicidal like my mother did, I found out him and her are what we call "covert Narcissists", I prefer HG Tudor's description of a mid-range Narcissist, though. I them realised I have(had) CPTSD due to the abuse. In my worst days I matched the Autism spectrum. One of my Exes is an Aspergers, we were a couples for five years, so when someone told me that a friend(he's a Psychologist and "knows" him for about 20 years) of my narc Ex diagnosed him an Aspergers by his behaviours, I knew that this diagnosis was rubbish. I read that Elon has CPTSD today, he's diagnosed Aspergers and HG Tudor (check him on Youtube) has diagnosed him a Narcissist. I stick with the latter, it takes a lot to see through these very much overlapping diagnoses. The difficulty behind all of this, imo, is to understand a person's intentions behind their words and actions. I've been mistaken for a Borderline while my reactions came from CPTSD, the ongoing abuse I've endured and my toxic environment, throughout 49 years of my life. Since having learned about it two years ago, I made huge changes and I can easily detect which of my behaviours came from the abuse and which ones are my real personality.

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This premise which you wrote:

I believe he wants to inspire and excite humanity into a bright technological future, but then he consistently undermines his own science leadership, credibility and mission, with unnecessarily toxic, unscientific conspiracies.

is incorrect and I believe a mistaken understanding of Musk. Musk often says he wants to inhabit Mars . In fact this was given as the reason he needed an absurd side bonus because going to Mars was expensive. The latter is a lie. Musk cares first and foremost about $$ in his own pocket. The cover story of needed the $$ to bring humanity to Mars is a fraud like most of the nonsense Musk promotes. So parts 2 and 3 unfortunately for you should be free for all.

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Thx

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deletedDec 1, 2023Liked by Sam Ray
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