I just watched Lawrence O’Donnell highlight Donald Trump’s excessive sniffs, which were even more frequent than during the first debate. But even he continues to miss what is going on. All he said was something about Trump’s team needing to teach him how to breathe. I am a speech-language pathologist, and yes, I do sometimes work on helping people coordinate breathing with speech, so I know something about this. But that is not what is going on here. And no, it is not cocaine or allergies. Donald Trump is exhibiting a classic symptom of anxiety displayed in some individuals. Anxiety manifests itself many different ways, but it is one of the most common distressing psychological states experienced by humans, along with depression. Trump’s anxiety sniff may even have developed to the level of a tic at this point. And this needs to be highlighted. He is showing this symptom because he is a deeply insecure human who is on the debate stage with the most qualified person ever to run for POTUS in recent history, and it is a woman to boot. And he has choked. Twice.
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