Some people are looking to get suckered....

[Oscar]

... in response to Re: Give us a break John-, posted by robobond on Dec 14, 2002

From all I have read over the past couple of weeks that he has written Bob, I would say he is strongly Narcissitic Personality disordered.  Bipolar disorder is a "Mood Disorder" (like depression), as opposed to a "Personality Disorder".  Not the same thing.  Bipolar disorders are commonly treated with medication, Personality Disorders uaually are not although some personality disorders like Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is commonly and often successfully treated with medication.
Mood and Personality disorders can be present together and I wouldn't be surprised if he has had some serious bouts with depression as well.  Because of his Personality Disorder, it would not be uncommon for him to receive the same type of negative reactions from people in his personal life as he gets here on the board and that could certainly exacerbate a depression over time..    

In my opinion, David meets virtually every criteria for Narcissitic Personality Disorder.  I could list them all but I don't want to put that much time into it..  If you looked it up on the internet, you would find the criteria I am sure.
I can see where you might feel his arrogance is somewhat manic, but manic phases are of a certain duration from weeks to a few months.  I am sure Davids arrogance is pretty much status quo for him and is ever present which would be consistent with a Personality Disorder as opposed to a Mood Disorder like Bipolar.

But hey, what do I know? As he says, all those Psychologists are complete idiots!  ;-)

My 2 cents

[StevenOS]

... in response to Re: Re: Give us a break John-, posted by Oscar on Dec 14, 2002

Are you a psychologist?

[Oscar]

... in response to Psychologist?, posted by StevenOS on Dec 14, 2002

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[Herbert]

... in response to I have reported your"alias" to..., posted by Oscar on Dec 14, 2002

Physician, heal thyself!

[Oscar]

... in response to Re: I have reported you to the medical l..., posted by Herbert on Dec 14, 2002

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[StevenOS]

... in response to I have reported your"alias" to..., posted by Oscar on Dec 14, 2002

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[Oscar]

... in response to Psychologist?, posted by StevenOS on Dec 14, 2002

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[Dan]

... in response to Dan..Ignored.   n/t, posted by Oscar on Dec 14, 2002

Or is it more pernicious than that Oscar?

- Dan

[Oscar]

... in response to Is Paranoia One of Those "Personali..., posted by Dan on Dec 14, 2002

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[Dan]

... in response to PATRICK- I am waiting for you to act on ..., posted by Oscar on Dec 14, 2002

With NO BASIS IN FACT - and you expect Patrick to act. On what - exactly?

I am torn between feeling offended at your accusation - and flattered at the obvious fact that you are so fixated on me Oscar.

- Dan

[Griffin]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Some people are looking ..., posted by John LV on Dec 14, 2002

If you don't seek professional help fairly quickly you may just stumble into the suicide you keep intimating.

In the meantime, please go howl at someone else's moon.

[robobond]

... in response to You are a fingernail on the blackboard o..., posted by Griffin on Dec 14, 2002

n/t

[Patrick]

... in response to Re: Re: Some people are looking to get s..., posted by rickmoe on Dec 12, 2002

I did a lot of digging in census data in putting together the divorce stats on this site and also looked at male to female population ratios in many countries.  It looks like there's a fairly constant 51% men to 49% women in the younger age categories in most countries.  I've since read that it's an evolutionary trend that compensates for the generally higher mortality rate among young males versus females (out hunting & fighting I suppose).

Some people look at only total female to male population ratios and assume that the ratio holds over the entire population, but among the younger people there's definitely more men than women and vice versa for the older people.

Don't ever believe any of the "The women outnumber the men X to 1" BS you see on some intro web sites.  Maybe there will be three 75 year-old women for every 75 year-old man, but among the younger generation, unless it's immediately after a very large scale war, there's always going to be slightly more men than women.

Colombia has a slightly skewed female to male ratio among younger people, probably due to all the civil warfare and high murder rates, but even there it's only something like 50.5% women to 49.5% men if I remember correctly.  That's not nearly large enough to have any appreciable impact on the dating scene.

[Mike]

... in response to You're absolutely correct, posted by Patrick on Dec 12, 2002

What's even worse for us guys that are shallow is the number of pretty single girls with no kids! I bet it's something like 1 girl for every 99 men here. (wink)

Mike

[Bobby Orr]

... in response to Some people are looking to get suckered...., posted by Frank O on Dec 12, 2002

I agree with what you are saying. However, "love (Lust) is blind."  Some men need to learn the hard way.  Matters of the heart are just difficult to discuss because "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," and we all have different expectations / experiences upon which to draw in our pursuit of women.