Reply #13: They can on rare occasions become suicidal. [View All]

He is both narcissistic and sociopathic, which are usually low risk
diagnoses for suicide. However in some cases when people with these diagnoses are in severe jeopardy, facing extreme pressure and consequences of their illegalities they can become suicidal. Alcohol consumption can increase this potential. On the one hand Shrub's denial is protecting him psychologically, however it puts him at more risk. If reality ever hits him, it could hit him hard and he could decompensate big time. And I think that is why he is drinking so much right now, a way to escape impending reality. But he is only buying himself some time. From a mental status standpoint he looks quite shaky to me when I have seen him in front of the cameras. And he is intoxicated most of the times I have seen him on TV. Not the falling down drunk but the kind of drunk of a long time alcoholic.