{"id":2514057,"date":"2025-11-24T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-accidentally-prove-therapist-correct-after-he-declares-trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:32:42","slug":"leftists-accidentally-prove-therapist-correct-after-he-declares-trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-accidentally-prove-therapist-correct-after-he-declares-trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists Accidentally Prove Therapist Correct After He Declares &#8216;Trump Derangement Syndrome&#8217; Is Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftists-accidentally-prove-therapist-correct-after-he-declares-trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2514057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses the phenomenon known as Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), describing it as a serious emotional and psychological pattern affecting individuals who become obsessively fixated on former President Donald Trump to the point that it disrupts their daily lives. Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert, who has publicly identified TDS as &#8220;the defining pathology of our time,&#8221; has faced intense hostility and threats, especially from those in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-white-people-have-been-made-into-our-societys-villains-and-scapegoats-we-know-how-this-sort-of-thing-ends\/\" title=\"WALSH: White ... Have Been Made Into Our Society\u2018s Villains And Scapegoats. We Know How This Sort Of Thing Ends.\">mental health field<\/a>, after speaking on the topic.The article highlights the irony that many who advocate for empathy and tolerance often react wiht hostility when confronted with this issue. It also references predictions by journalist Mark Halperin, who foresaw a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >major mental health crisis resulting<\/a> from Trump&#8217;s 2024 election win. The piece suggests that many opponents of Trump fail to recognize their own emotional struggles, with some, like entertainer Rosie O&#8217;Donnell, even confused about their fixation. Ultimately, the article argues that those afflicted by TDS must acknowledge their emotional turmoil to begin healing from the intense hatred toward Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Supporters of President Donald Trump knew what would happen after Trump won the 2024 election. After all, most of us have witnessed or even endured Trump Derangement Syndrome to one degree or another.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, however, unhinged leftists and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-ex-tds-sufferer-jennifer-lawrence-says-walking-away-preachy-celeb-lifestyle-tearing-country-apart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TDS-afflicted<\/a>&nbsp;individuals cannot see it in themselves.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/therapist-says-he-received-threats-after-calling-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-pathology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital<\/a>, Manhattan-based psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert has received hateful and violent s and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-staff-told-us-he-misspoke-joe-biden-confuses-his-agenda-in-60-minutes-interview-so-his-staff-steps-in-to-correct-the-record-video\/\" title=\"&quot;Biden&#039;s Staff Told Us He Misspoke&quot; - Joe Biden Confuses His Agenda in 60 Minutes Interview so His Staff Steps in to Correct the Record (VIDEO)\">text messages<\/a> following a recent appearance on the network, where he discussed a Nov. 12 piece he published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/is-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-a603e4a1?st=Jpq9jv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> in which he identified TDS as a serious pathology with ramifications far beyond the political realm.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been intense,&rdquo; Alpert told Fox News Digital in a report published Monday. &ldquo;I expected disagreement, but I didn&rsquo;t expect the level of hostility, especially from people in the mental health field.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Examples of hostile messages included the following: &ldquo;Eat s*** and die you racist fascist piece of s*** &hellip; f***ing uneducated MAGA scumbag&rdquo;; and &ldquo;You&rsquo;re a lowlife, worthless fraudulent piece of s*** pedophile who decent people hope is slaughtered, and the video is posted to YouTube.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What has stood out is the contradiction,&rdquo; Alpert said. &ldquo;Many of the people who speak the most about empathy, tolerance and inclusion reacted with the least of it. That reversal tells us something about how emotionally charged politics has become.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a Nov. 14 segment on Fox News&rsquo; &ldquo;The Faulkner Focus,&rdquo; Alpert called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/celeb-tds-humiliated-sadly-posts-photo-wife-wh-east-wing-eagle-eyed-viewers-catch-problem-mockery-explodes-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TDS<\/a> &ldquo;the defining pathology of our time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OMG &mdash; Psychotherapist says &ldquo;[TDS] is the defining pathology of our time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People are obsessed with Trump. They are hyper fixated on Trump &amp; they talk about some of the features of this disorder&hellip; they can&rsquo;t sleep, they feel traumatized by Mr. Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>They have lost it. &#128680;&#129313; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3CLfbayix0\">pic.twitter.com\/3CLfbayix0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1989376927258612216?\">November 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump derangement syndrome is not a diagnosis,&rdquo; Alpert said, according to Fox News Digital. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a way of labeling someone&rsquo;s political beliefs as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More ... Than The Virus\">mental illness<\/a>. People can support or oppose Trump for all kinds of rational reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I&rsquo;m describing is an emotional pattern, not an ideology. It shows up when someone&rsquo;s political feelings become so intense and consuming that they start to interfere with their daily life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the leftists who attacked Alpert proved his point. So did others on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sounds like a quack,&rdquo; one X user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sounds like a quack.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lincoln&rsquo;s Legacy (@LacDuMichigan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LacDuMichigan\/status\/1989499653352480785?\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And &ldquo;quack&rdquo; was a tame insult. Another X user called Alpert a &ldquo;psychopath.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jonathan Alpert is a Psychopath! Full of crap!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; lilbinke (@lilbinke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lilbinke\/status\/1989471571942281269?\">November 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, yet another X user made the obligatory reference to Nazi dictator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/many-videos-msnbc-host-pritzker-humiliated-foolishly-saying-dems-never-called-trump-hitler-videos-poured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adolf Hitler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s like, all those Jews had Hitler Derangement Syndrome or something. It&rsquo;s their own fault they felt that way about him!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nobody (@Nobody1593428) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nobody1593428\/status\/1989485426034266588?\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Again, everyone who has paid attention for the past 10 years could see this coming.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in an October 2024 interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, veteran journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/veteran-journalist-calls-obamas-charlie-kirk-comments-nothing-short-stunning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Halperin<\/a> predicted an unprecedented psychological epidemic should Trump win the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it will be the cause of the greatest mental-health crisis in the history of the country,&rdquo; Halperin said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Journalist Mark Halperin predicts that the Trump win will cause the greatest mental health crisis in the country&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Tp3Wp1PE8\">pic.twitter.com\/8Tp3Wp1PE8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Xi Van Fleet (@XVanFleet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XVanFleet\/status\/1848159947944767631?\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, TDS-afflicted individuals fulfilled Halperin&rsquo;s prediction.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, however, it has not yet dawned on the most unhinged Trump haters that they are the ones with the problem.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in a September interview rich with irony, longtime entertainer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rosie-odonnells-response-ditching-usa-proof-tds-medical-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell<\/a>, who fled to Ireland to escape the Trump terror of her imagination, confessed that her therapist does not understand her fixation on the president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My therapist said, &lsquo;Why are you so upset?&#8217;&rdquo; O&rsquo;Donnell told fellow Trump-hater Nicole Wallace of MSNBC in a clip posted to X. &ldquo;And I said to her, &lsquo;Why are you not?&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LMAO!<\/p>\n<p>Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell says her therapist doesn&rsquo;t even know what&rsquo;s wrong with her.. &#128557;&#128557; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xgOZFQhNwz\">pic.twitter.com\/xgOZFQhNwz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American AF &#127482;&#127480; (@iAnonPatriot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iAnonPatriot\/status\/1972752287782375425?\">September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In short, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-tds-sufferer-enraged-inflatable-trump-costume-arrested-violent-attack-no-kings-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TDS<\/a>-afflicted individuals present a curious case. After all, they feel so unsettled and angry that they know they have a problem. They know it well enough, in fact, to have sought therapy in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when a therapist exposes an element of their unhealthy thoughts and behavior, some TDS-afflicted individuals snap and demands to know why the therapist does not  the same pathology!<\/p>\n<p>Trump haters will never heal until they admit that their hatred has unhinged their minds.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Interestingly, many leftists and others affected by TDS fail to recognize it in themselves. Fox News Digital reports that Manhattan psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert received hateful and violent messages after discussing his Wall Street Journal article identifying TDS as a serious psychological condition with effects beyond politics. Alpert noted the surprising hostility, especially from mental health professionals, highlighting a contradiction where those advocating empathy and tolerance showed little of it-reflecting how emotionally charged politics has become. He described TDS not as a political label but as an emotional pattern where intense political feelings disrupt daily life. Critics on social media dismissed him with insults, ironically proving his point. This reaction aligns with earlier predictions that Trump&#8217;s win would trigger an unprecedented mental health crisis linked to extreme political fixation. Many affected individuals remain unaware of their own issues despite seeking therapy, often reacting defensively when confronted about their behavior. 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