Tell tale signs someone is not all together there...

Starting a thread on DL

Talks about her special relationship with G.C.

What's a GC?

Fucked up haircuts, styles and colors.

Voting for Donald Trump

Having an unatural hair color like pink or blue.

Wearing lots of rings.

Dressing as though you are out of a very specific decade.

Has Trump Derangement Syndrome, Turns every conversation to Trump. "My mother just died." "Well at least she escaped the remaining Trump years."

Spelling "telltale" as "tell tale"

Speaking of rings R6 is it gay to wear a thumb ring?

An intense focus on self, as if they are desperately trying to cling to reality.

It's more gender fluid polyamorous, R9. Especially if you are fat, look like a hippy and expect your partners to support you.

Calls himself "queer."

Watching Fox News.

Believing in conspiracy theories, astrology, faith-healing, God, and pseudo-science.

Getting taken in by pyramid schemes, MLM, cults, phone scams, get-rich-quick programs, and Republicans.

Belief In G-D Is Not A Sign Of Neurosis, Asshole.

Spelling altogether as all together.

[quote] R14: Getting taken in by pyramid schemes, MLM, cults, phone scams, get-rich-quick programs, and Republicans.

Can you please expand on this? My Bro in law has fallen for at least two con men, and recently bought gold. (My poor sister!) So, I’m interested in reading more.

Thank you.

My neighbor was an sry older woman, a loner and lets just say kept a “bountiful” garden that had lots of outdoor nicknacks and statuettes. She lost her long time pet and her reaction wasn’t depression, grief or mourning but sort of an indifference. I had just lost my pet so it caught me off guard and I thought it wasn’t an appropriate reaction.

A week later she had some sort of psychic break in the early hours of the morning and I happened to be outside, my car battery dead. I kept hearing a dreadful thwacking noise and lots of wailing. I had a bad feeling and something told me not to get involved. We realized a few days later she had been hitting her head against doors, walls and there had been blood everywhere. She had to be committed.

It was a really bad energy I felt, her family had to collect her belongings and the management company had to refurbish the entire apartment and replace both broken windows in front. The new renters must’ve felt the same bad energy because they moved out shortly after too.

I thought of buying gold but my therapist told me that's what drunks do at 2 o'clock in the morning.

R18 here again. She seemed put together on the surface, but you could see that something didn’t mesh right with her. I’m sad because I wish we could’ve got to know her a bit better and it might’ve gone a different way.

Crazy eyes. 100% of your iris should never be seen. AOC is a perfect example.

Not using the Oxford comma.

And bitches who make strange faces like this chick from the Australian version of Married at First Sight. Her name is Elizabeth.

People who overshare with people they just met.

Capitalizing Every Word In A Sentence.

Withdrawn, mood swings, general disinterest in things they may have enjoyed at some point, sullen, substance abuse, addiction.

"I don't like drama"

this thread made me laugh

I have a friend who will call and start talking. She'll jump from broccoli at Whole Foods to birds on her fire escape and laughs a lot. Unless I holler into the phone, she doesn't stop. Anyone know what her problem is?

You could use a shower, r29.

She's a self centered cunt, R29.

Always the victim. Everyone else is so mean.

The sensitive ones often end up being the biggest self-absorbed assholes especially in the gay community. Give me a healthy ego any day.

Claiming you were gaybashed at 2AM in Chicago in the dead of winter by MAGA hat wearing white men while holding a tuna sammich.

adults who use baby talk

Their hands are filthy.

they walk with their head buried into a mobile device

An underdeveloped sense of self or fragile ego (angry or over-the-top reaction to an innocent remark) can be a strong indicator that not all is well.

That said, many people with a mental illness are reasonably functional, so I don't think there is one foolproof sign, though if you have some experience, little things add up.

Mirroring others' body language excessively in a normal discussion. Overly aggressive agreement and "connecting/bonding" during a conversation. A good example is that thread on the asshole author of Woman in the Window. AJ Finn. There's a clip of him w an Australian TV hostess and he is almost sitting in her lap in an effort to gain her acceptance.

Women with white hair who dye it black or bright red and always have a few inches of roots showing. Extra points awarded for...

Youth Dew

Smeared red lipstick

Circles of bright pink blush

Crooked drawn-on black eyebrows regardless of hair color

Rings on every finger

Long, ragged, filthy talons with chipped polish

Suntan support hose

Suntan support hose worn with white sandals

I was just going to mention poor grasp of the basics of language. R15 is a perfect example. This idiot is all over DL, typing in title case.

Carrying grudges from years ago, and plotting revenge, unless you're a character on a soap opera or from a Sidney Sheldon novel

Publicly going about unwashed, when one has the means to be clean

Constantly getting into physical or verbal altercations

fanny packs, too many tattoos, think their pets are their children and say things like fur babies.

Constantly posting on social media about how everyone has wronged you. If you play victim and whine all day on FB and complain about everyone else, maybe you are the problem. No one wants to date an Eeyore. It’s emotionally draining for your platonic friends to read constant Debbie Downer crap all day too.

Not being able to understand simple instructions, making awkward or inappropriate comments, eyes darting about when talking with you.

Not being clear about what your name is, or having a few different names you use. I dated this woman who had 3 names. She would switch around among them. She turned out to be a stalker. And I had a friend in the Army who had 3 different legal names. After a sort of psychotic break and some therapy in 2006-2010, he has gone back to his original name and seems much calmer.

Title case! Thanks, R40. I was looking for a description for that.

Is This Title Case?

always forgetting to flush the toilet. especially after pinching a dookie. there has to be some syndrome name for that.

The people who rant on about a subject using ALL CAPS and no punctuation.. I'll know it's especially bad if they use the terms: sheeple, pizzagate or elites.

People who see Russian bots everywhere.

People who believe they can change sex

Like your head in one county and the body in another? I should think it would be obvious.

smells of weed stares into space has pressured speech is only knowledgable about one or two bizarre topics is suspicious of normal occurrences wears headphones on 24/7

“Beringedness” (wearing lots of rings)

Taking offense at everything

Random shit spilling out of their handbag/briefcase/pockets

Pants too long/short, very ill-fitting clothing

Tinfoil hat; your shrink feeds you clozaril like it's Skittles; spending most of your days in a five point restraint

Fucking ugly dukes that are bullies in the workplace

[quote] I have a friend who will call and start talking. She'll jump from broccoli at Whole Foods to birds on her fire escape and laughs a lot. Unless I holler into the phone, she doesn't stop. Anyone know what her problem is?

Sounds like the manic phase of a bipolar person. Could also be drunk or high.

Blames someone else for everything. It's always someone else's fault.

They're 55 or older and they still can't turn the page on their parent's mistakes.

You’re welcome, R46.

Yes, R47.

The thorazine shuffle.

OP = psychopath looking for ways to fit in better. We know from the slew of mental health threads getting posted today.

Sadly, there is less Troll Policing on the weekends here at DL, which brings out all the LOONS!

[quote]Belief In G-D Is Not A Sign Of Neurosis, Asshole.

No, but being afraid to spell out words because you may get a magical curse is . . .

People who constantly talk about themselves to compliment themselves.

My sister responds to every conversation with: "That's just like me! I am SO MUCH BETTER about that. I'm so proud at how I've grown."

Starting a Tumblr blog with a Go Fund Me.

People who are always trying to one-up you. No matter what bad thing you may have experienced, they have experienced something twice as bad.

People who are constantly fishing for compliments or reassurance. They will constantly say things like "I'm so ugly," "I'm so fat," "nobody cares about me," "nobody likes me," etc., just so you'll fuss over them and say "oh no, that isn't true."

People who don't reply and only post Far Side cartoons to make a point.

Rattling on incessantly about themselves, with little to no interest in others.

[bold]#TrannyPanic[bold] peoples.

Their comments are garnished with a red tag...

Beats the same dead horse 17 times over. See: r12

Offers to sell you steak that they have shoplifted.

Social media pages just about them, but it is public. This is worse if they have children. No empathy at all about any one else. Lots of drama and chaos in there life, that they cause. Always bad mouthing people, especially their family or friends.

they commit crimes and worship putin.

They have a problems will rationale thought, logic, rules in a debate and the scientific methods. They may be found holding a snowball.

WHEN YOUR "SON" SCREAMS "AT" YOU FOR "USING" HIS "JUNGLE" JUICE "AS" BUG REPELLANT.

R73, sometimes they are just poor and ignorant. Someone tried to sell a bag of melting iced raw shrimp on the street in the Bronx. Obviously shpplifted. Maybe a desperate drug addict.

A person who bought those shrimp might be mentally ill, tho.

When they constantly bring up non sequitars during a conversation

Or when they cannot manage to spell “non sequitur.”

R63 made me LOL.

Very quick to be combative. As with R15.

Using conflict as intimacy.

The variations of their name is so fucking true. It means they're a nut case and a grifter. They can't get their electricity turned on in their own name LOL

Tattoos are a red flag. I stay away. I'm not talking about the one or two cute tattoos from 35 years ago, I'm talking about the overly done trash that they're plastering on their bodies these days. Face or neck tattoos? Drop everything and run as fast as you can.

I'm thirding the "uses different names" comments. It's almost always a sign of psychological instability.

I think in some but not all cases R87.

I’ve tried out a handful of different first names other than my legal own, because I feel that my legal first name doesn’t reflect my ethnic/national heritage. I also think it’s too old-fashioned, doesn’t suit my personality as an adult, and has links to a dead distant ancestor I don’t want.

I altered it as a kid, then went by a different name in school, then by a totally different one again at my first few jobs (low paid undertable work). I still use another separate nickname at home with family, because it’s a tradition with my people.

It also helps with personal security in these times, makes you tougher to track down. I don’t want certain bullies, users and freakshows from my dumb phobic hillbilly adolescence to come back into my life.

That said, a BPD crazy I had to ditch constantly changed her name to fit in with her ‘gimmick’ fixation of the year. Red flag.

LOL R88's reply sounds so nutty.

Voted for Dump...

Tattoos, gender fluid maniacs, people who claim to have changed their sex, people who change the spelling of their name because of numerology or to sound more interesting, multiple piercings, not washing, people who beg for money online, people who always think others are out to get them. There are stacks of indicators.

"Sleeve Tattoos". Atrocious.

Most animal rescuers. It's just their license to be animal hoarders.

I'd wear a sleeve tattoo, not get one.

But I fourth the name changing among sociopaths. It's a dead giveaway. Run!

I guarantee you R88 is a psycho.

anti Vaxxer

Anti climate change

anti science and the scientific method.

My name is not R88 it's R102!

Diaper fetishists.

Inability to stay in relationships. Inability to care about other people. Total lack of self-awareness. Inability to learn new things.

They watch reality tv. They think they are amazing and not the nut job narcissists that they all.

I knew a guy who changed his name from Andy to Drew. Harmless enough. Except he did so coincident with changing bodies with the leader-prince of a planet far far away, after the Prince killed his fiancé. This was coincident with his own “coming out”.

So, he was dead crazy and you don’t have to be Freud to see his homosex made his have a psychotic break.

To stay in relationships, in general, R99, or just with you?

R83 "Very quick to be combative. As with [R15]."

Yeah, how submissive is that?

People who talk about themselves all the time are to be avoided assiduously.

[quote]My name is not [R88] it's [R102]!

So will you call me by your name?

R102 be less of a cunt. At least try, sweetie. Relationships in general. Work, friendships, romantic.

I’m guessing you’re 0 for 3.

You're 36 and still going by "Jussie"

People who think it was perfectly okay Michael Jackson had little boys in his bed.

People who think what Trump tweets and says is “just a joke.”

I was reassured when someone explained how to tell the difference.

When you can't find your keys, it doesn't mean you have Alzheimer's.

When you have your keys in your hand and don't know what they're for, you should probably see a doctor.

People who rush to correct others, even when they don't actually know what they are talking about. When this is pointed pointed out to them, if there is no embarrassment or apology for incorrectly attempting to correct others, then you know you're likely to be dealing with someone who thinks they're smarter than everyone else.

If a woman is wearing a hat and has shaved her eyebrows you don't need anything else to determine she's crazy.

Websleuthers.

More than two cats in one apartment.

Maybe she's on chemo, R111

They like to fist or get fisted.

Always starting a new “career” such as real estate or selling oils. Trail of spouses and children behind them.

Red Hair

Any serious collecting fetish. I once slept in a guest room filled with about a hundred dolls. Creepy!

I had a set of relatives who were constantly changing phone numbers, emails, facebook names ( mostly leaving off a letter at the end of a name or adding a middle name, etc.) and moving. This was rational or at least calculated behavior since it was to avoid creditors. One was grossly overweight and the other had factitouus diseases. So they were cray cray.

I like factitious. We've needed that word

Believing in aliens and UFOs.

Visible tatttoos, especially above the shoulders. Inability to make eye contact, excessive blinking or, the opposite, staring without blinking.

The mistaken belief that excitedly parroting what some halfwit podcaster said passes for intellectual prowess.

DMT!

Carnivore diet!

Ayahuasca!

Chemtrails!

Celery juice!

Deep State!

Being obsessed to the point of delusion with the Kardashians, Real Housewives, the Bachelor and so on.

They start threads about textbooks and people in other programs.

Fire engine red hair

Someone who has zits all over their face

An interest in any TV program, tabloid story, or online mention in any way related to Andy Cohen

People who read diet books.

they own pitbulls

Hoarders creep me out. I got entangled with a man that appeared to be together until I saw his apartment.

Veganism is a sure clue.

Dyed blonde comb overs.

Hoarder house.

Figurines.

Clothing is basically a collection of different band shirts / comic book shirts / etc.

"Collects" shoes.

Manic Panic hair over the age of 25.

When most of the people in your circle tell you to "Get help." or "Get on medication." or "Take your crazy pills.", it's not them it's YOU, bitch.

Are we talking harmless, somewhat flighty, damaged people with eccentricities? Or ones to run from?

If you're threatened by people with harmless eccentricities, if you think people are scary or nuts because they don't look or act like the human version of an HOA-approved manicured lawn and beige siding, then you're actually the one to be wary of, because fearful types who want to pound every square peg into their round hole can be dangerous.

Of course, anyone who's felt a need to signify themselves with excessive body art, piercings, rings, a "wacky" streak of pink hair, etc, does get a brief consideration by me as to the nature of their need to signify. Much of it is as ordinary as teen or midlife-crisis behavior.

I run from anyone who makes it a point to mention how much they hate drama, because they're invariably some variation of BPD, NPD, or other poisonous loon who brings horrible drama.

I'm wary of people who are described by literally everyone with the same oddly glowing, scripted terms, because sociopaths work to present false images tailored to each person they're around.

I run from people who've fallen out with a number of ex-friends and family.

I avoid people who keep reinventing nonexistent career paths and callings, who give themselves grandiose labels, and obsessively name drop.

Not a PC opinion, but I privately think many trans people are fragile, damaged souls who resort to an especially tragic form of self-destruction and reinvention to cope with the world.

R138 I agree with much of what you said . And, Speaking of HOA, I'd like to add working for the HOA to the list. Creepy demented control freaks determined to make the neighborhood as bland and soulless as possible. There's all these unbelievable stories of HOAs taking issue with the most benign things, but I'm sure most of their members present a perfectly "normal " image to the world.

Drunks

Spot on r138, though I do like the trend of older women with gray hair putting bright colours in their hair. It livens it up a bit.

Anyone who would say THIS! About a fucking MAGA hat.

"Far less "damaged" than anyone who would wear what is essentially a white supremacist symbol of hate."

Wearing a diaper on your head.

Yoga mats.

Feeling like you're born in the wrong body. Expecting people outside your head to accept that you're a different sex, because you feel it.

R26 just described me to a T. I'm in trouble.

R116 this describes one of my nutty Frau ‘aunts’ perfectly. She leeches off a rich banker ex-husband by fucking him every so often and popping out a kid per decade. He pays for a lovely suburban house in Europe to keep her and her spawn out of the way of his new model wife, and she makes her income selling cancer-curing ‘energetically-charged’ sugar pills over the Internet and giving conferences in Lyme as part of a pyramid scheme to sell protocols. Her youngest daughter, 15 and still trapped with this woman, thinks she’s a wacko.

I witnessed this first-hand staying with them once summer a few years ago, and cut my trip short because even though Europe in summertime is beautiful and I got to enjoy parks & palaces I couldn’t deal with the shilling and grifting at such close hand. The Himalayan salt lamps and multiple cats all over the house also put me off (plus the beautiful bisexual girl gardener they hired ( - yes, my aunt can afford Help on her grifted money - rebuffed me so I got embarrassed and left mid-trip).

1.Over idolization of either Princess Diana or Marilyn Monroe. In particular, using the Monroe quote "If you can't handle me at my worst then you don't deserve me at my best "in their social media account. Major red flag. 2.People who lie incessantly about their economic background, ie present themselves as growing up rich and well connected when they grew up poor or simply middle class . I grew up poor and there's no shame in it, and it's one thing not to volunteer this info to everyone you meet. But if someone goes out of their way to lie about it usually something is seriously wrong. I knew a guy who grew up suburban working class but would frequently concoct stories about a upper crust wasp upbringing. He turned out to have major problems even beyond the lying about his background. 3. Extreme pickiness and neurosis about food, ie sensitivity to even mild spices and "texture issues ". These people are without fail unpleasant self absorbed and neurotic narcissists in all aspects of their lives.

carrying around a gallon of water.

[quote]Extreme pickiness and neurosis about food, ie sensitivity to even mild spices and "texture issues ".

Food texture issues are pretty common in Asperger’s. That could be the source of what looks like neurosis.

R143

Or wearing a Kotex on your head.

It's better when you're John Lennon at the Troubadour in LA

People who save their pee in big plastic jugs.

A little too much jiggle and bounce.

Wearing Danskin leotard leggings type things where it's inappropriate. Especially fat women who shouldn't be wearing them atall.

Obsessed with revenge or one-upmanship

Collects dolls

Eats nothing but fast food, shares photos of fast food meals on social media accounts

One of my NYC friends was a very sharp dresser, always made up very well, fashionable dresser, everything coordinated and just so. Her boss had a mentally ill sister and once she was tasked with picking up the sister in the psych ward at Bellevue and bringing her to a private hospital. Bellevue is one of those scary psych hospitals like you would see in a horror film. She had to be buzzed through multiple doors, lots of zombified people walking around in straight-jackets, etc. When she was finally brought to where the woman she was picking up was housed, the woman was wearing two different colors and styles of shoes, none of her clothes matched, her glasses were all askew, and she had painted enormous clown lips on . When the case manager came into the room to release her, she looked at both women (my friend and the crazy lady) and said, "Now which of you is _____ (my friend's name)?" She was probably just being diplomatic, but my friend was livid......!!!!!!

Haha funny r156

R132 is totally right because Veganism usually means nutritional deficiencies and one of the first things that leads to is moodiness and if they stay deficient for long enough it starts affecting their memory and brain function.

Co-hosts who act like your friend and then snap at you on live television.

r158 doesn't know shit about animal-based foods.

They ask where the corpus delicti is during a traffic stop.

Going to the trouble of leaving work early citing illness, dragging a massage table, DJ lights, and sex toys into a hotel room and setting the whole thing up only to be found dead in a popper-soaked bondage mask with 2 rocks of meth up the ass before you had a chance to fully enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Member of Landmark Education or Scientology. They might as well be methheads. Lost souls worth forgetting.

Claims his orange spray tan is his natural skin color