Please reference the below post.

Have you had patients present themselves with the symptoms described below?
Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder, with which there is a
partial resemblance, occasionally request treatment, even though self-denial
is a usual aspect.


"George M. Middius" wrote in message
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Robert Morein said:

1. How long (over what duration) and how many of Kreeger's posts did you
examine before you reached the now indisputable diagnosis?

If you mean the diagnosis that Krooger is nutty as a fruitcake, it's
hard to say with certainty, but not many. I was strongly influenced by
Derrida's similar conclusion back in '97 or '98.

2. Did the diagnosis reveal itself in final form, or did it evolve to
the
present conclusion?

Guh?
In other words, was the first conclusion that you formed basically the same
as the opinion you now hold?
My own personal opinion, which is not to be regarded as fact, progressed as
follows:
1. intolerant and abusive.
2. the rather common need to be regarded as an authority
3. rather unusual lack of intellectual scruples
4. pathological liar
5. need to be victimized, to the extent of setting up confrontations -- this
was a real shocker
6. stereotypical repetition of behavior with the rigidity of
obsessive-compulsive disorder

It was not until I saw "5" and "6" that I concluded that Krueger's
difficulties are more than the rough-shod personalities one so frequently
encounters in life. I'm sure Richman would agree that in the context of the
currently permissive psychotheraputic definitions of insanity, it is
particularly telling when the individual's behavior works to his own
disadvantage.

Five of the above overlap McCarty's behavior. McCarty, however, is
distinguished by a completely different need to encrypt his own identity
into sockpuppets, a syndrome that may have not existed until the advent of
usenet, and the pursuit of personal monetary gain by subterfuge. I see no
sign of that in Kreuger [sic].


My hat is off to you, a first rate diagnostician, for picking this up.

Thanks. Also, it was considerate of you to use your Comcast account in
order to allay suspicions about whether it's really you.

Accidental, I'm afraid, though this post is deliberately from that account.