Trump's psychological combination of hyperthymia with the unrealistic optimism of psychologically normal people is not a combination that Ghaemi discusses at length. However, it strikes me that both FDR and JFK also manifested this psychological combination, even though Ghaemi credits both of them with depressive realism (which Trump clearly does not have). Thus, manifesting depressive realism does not necessarily rule out also manifesting the delusional (according to Ghaemi) optimism of typically mentally healthy people. Nor does hyperthymia.
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