Do You Know Someone Suffering From Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder (TARD)? Know the Signs, Spot the Symptoms, Save a Life

TDS (Trump Delusional Syndrome) is a precursor to the full blown mental disorder referred to as: Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder (TARD). It is a pattern of pathologically dissociative and psychotic behavior, first observed in December of 2000. The disorder went visually dormant for a number of years until a sudden epidemic outbreak in the late hours of November 8th 2016, and has been increasing in severity with passing time. Sufferers of Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder often exhibit pronounced:

• cognitive dissonance
• sudden bouts of rage
• uncontrollable crying
• suicidal ideation
• Verbal outbursts involving 'Russia'
• Projection (accusing others of one's own crimes)
• Inability to accurately identify simple concepts such as Racism and Fascism
• Exhibiting a sort of leftist Tourette's Syndrome shrieking "Racist, Fascist, Homophobe, Bigot", when they realize they are loosing an argument.
• Inability to detect Gender using the simple visual test.
• extreme butthurt.

Signs and Symptoms: People with Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder are characterized by a persistent unwillingness to accept that Donald Trump has made America Great Again. Individual sufferers often display signs of paranoia and delusion; in acute cases psychotic episodes have been observed. Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder is different from being upset about the results of the 2016 presidential election; People with TARD are unwilling or unable to accept reality, despite irrefutable evidence. According to the DSM-V (Diagnostic Manual and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), individuals with TARD exhibit most or all of the following symptoms:

• Telling others they are moving to Canada
• Fixated on fantasies about the Electoral College
• Protesting an election no credible source contests the outcome of
• Exclamations that “Someone” should do “Something”
• Sudden weight gain
• Acute change in demeanor from pompous and arrogant to fearful and combative
• Claim that anyone who disagrees with them is some combination of Racist, Sexist, Bigoted, Homophobic, and Actually Hitler
• Insist rioting and killing is the only pathway to peace and love
• Resist any effort to be consoled with a trophy for finishing 2nd

Causes and Mechanisms: Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder was directly caused by the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America. For many, both in America and worldwide, this was a shocking and unexpected outcome; their preferred news sources having failed to inform them that the alternative candidate was a criminal parasite in such ill health she got chucked into the back of a van like a side of beef. They failed to realize their preferred candidate committed numerous felonies and was tried and convicted as “unfit” to lead this nation in the Court of Public Opinion.

Research is ongoing, but TARD appears to correlate closely with the following environmental and behavioral factors:

• Membership in the Democratic party
• Identifying as a Feminist
• Currently enrolled in college waiting for college to be free, and/or Possession of a Liberal Arts college degree
• Cuckoldry
• Displays any level of hypocrisy
• Deflects any level of facts or truth to an unrelated topic
• Living in a densely populated metropolitan area
• Massive student debt
• Spotty or non-existent work history
• Hipsterism

Diagnosis: Diagnosis of Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder is straightforward. Ask the patient if Donald Trump is the President of the United States of America. Some patients will become agitated, and may attempt to deflect. It’s critical you press them on the issue, even if they start babbling about ‘muh triggers’. A sufferer of TARD will begin to ramble incoherently, often displaying three or more of the symptoms within a short period of time.

**Co- morbidity: ** A diagnosis of Trump Acceptance Resistance Disorder is highly comorbid with Paraphiliac Infantilism, Emotional Eating, Autism Spectrum, Gender Dysphoria, Dunning Kruger type: 'Knowledge and ability over estimation', Bush Derangement Syndrome, Projection, Pathological Lying, and adult bed wetting.

Treatment: The only known effective treatment is exposure therapy. The patient must be repeatedly exposed to reality, and should wear a “Make America Great Again” or "Keep America Great" hat as long as they are able to tolerate it. Each exposure should increase in length, after a week the patient should be encouraged to be seen in public wearing the MAGA or KAG hat. Coach the patient to refer to Donald Trump as President Trump, and to refrain from false accusations of Russian Collusion and Lying, except as these properly apply to the Democrat party. Patients with TARD are very resistant to treatment, and dangerous in large groups. Any possibility of treatment requires that they be separated from their hive-mind support apparatus; they cannot begin the process of accepting reality in the presence of encouragement towards delusion and irrationality. Separation may require the assistance of law enforcement.

Remission & Return With stringent treatment, TARD has been observed to go into remission. The vast majority of cases indicate that any remission is temporary. When TARD returns, it does so with increased intensity, with the patient exhibiting far more sever symptoms.

Post Remission Classification Patients who return from Remission are classified as "RE-TARDs", they are said to have become "RE-TARDED". It is truly painful to witness this transition. Treatment for RE-TARDS is the similar to initial treatment, however the care giver must deliver facts at the cognitive level associated with 2nd grade elementary school students. Anything above this level will confuse the RE-TARD, causing high intensity verbal outbursts, They retreat into their original delusions, and accuse everyone of being "Racists, Bigots, Fascists, and Homophobes".

If you have a friend or loved one suffering from TARD, urge them to seek treatment. Treatment MUST begin with co-existing and being inclusive to the ENTIRE world around them. Together we can beat this scourge, and Make America Great Again!