{"id":4507,"date":"2025-07-14T03:16:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demowebsg3.com\/happiness\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2025-07-14T03:16:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:16:40","slug":"diaperdon-why-trump-will-never-get-depressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demowebsg3.com\/happiness\/diaperdon-why-trump-will-never-get-depressed\/","title":{"rendered":"#DIAPERDON \u2013 WHY TRUMP WILL NEVER GET DEPRESSED!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Friday, 27 Nov, US President Trump\u00a0tweeted angrily<\/a>, \u201cTwitter is sending out totally false \u2018Trends\u2019 that have absolutely nothing to do with what is really trending in the world. They make it up, and only negative \u2018stuff\u2019.\u201dHe did not refer to what trends but #DiaperDon was trending with many memes showing Trump seated behind a tiny desk, wearing voluminous pants (suspected to be hiding an adult diaper).<\/p>\n

Donald Trump at his comically small desk<\/em><\/p>\n

The scene was part of a Thanksgiving speech followed by a\u00a0press conference where he berated a reporter<\/a>, \u201cYou\u2019re just a lightweight!\u201d Trump continued to rage, \u201cDon\u2019t talk to me that way. I\u2019m the president of the United States. Don\u2019t ever talk to the president that way!\u201d<\/p>\n

What followed was many memes trolling him as a baby throwing tantrums with #DiaperDon. That caused him to rage out at Twitter, accusing the Tech company of making false trends.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor purposes of National Security, Section 230 must be immediately terminated!!!\u201d\u00a0Trump raged<\/a>\u00a0on with his tweets. He was referring to a 1996 US law that protects websites from content posted by users.<\/p>\n

TRUMP\u2019S NATURAL DEFENSE AGAINST DEPRESSION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Would Trump ever get depressed?<\/p>\n

In our views, hardly!<\/p>\n

When a demeaning post was trending, he said it was made up.<\/p>\n

When he lost the election, he said it was rigged.<\/p>\n

According to The Fact Checker by The Washington Post, Trump has made 23,035 false or misleading claims in 1,331 days.<\/p>\n

From an average of 5 claims a day during his first 100 days to an average of over 23 claims a day towards his last 100 days of presidency, Trump has a way of explaining things to himself and the world \u2013 that made him quite resistant to depression.<\/p>\n

If you look through his claims, you can find a general trend. If it\u2019s good news, it\u2019s because of him. If it\u2019s bad news, it\u2019s because of someone else.<\/p>\n

A model explaining depression suggests explanatory style plays a big part.<\/p>\n

NOT ME, NOT ALWAYS, NOT EVERYTHING<\/h3>\n

Explanatory style can be categorized into three dimensions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Personal<\/strong><\/em>: Me or Not Me<\/li>\n
  2. Permanent<\/strong><\/em>: Always or Not Always<\/li>\n
  3. Pervasive<\/strong><\/em>: Everything or Not Everything<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For example, you received a bad feedback from your boss. And you think to yourself, \u201cI\u2019m never good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

    So this thought can be deciphered as:
    \nMe (because it\u2019s \u201cI\u201d)
    \nAlways (because of the absolute word \u201cnever\u201d)
    \nEverything (because \u201cnever good enough\u201d affects everything else besides the task that you didn\u2019t well)<\/p>\n

    When bad things happened (as they naturally would), and when we persistently explained them as Me, Always, and Everything, it would be a big cause for depression.<\/p>\n

    What Trump did was quite the opposite. When bad things happened, he blamed it on others (Not Me).<\/p>\n

    When good things happened, he took the credit all for himself (Me).<\/p>\n

    Trump\u2019s explanation of why things happened anchored heavily on the Personal (Me or Not Me) dimension.<\/p>\n

    But this strategy has great drawbacks.<\/p>\n

    THE CONS OF BEING TRUMP<\/h3>\n

    One could easily push one\u2019s responsibility away \u2013 shirking off one\u2019s accountability.<\/p>\n

    Sometimes we need to realistically take responsibility for the bad things that happened.<\/p>\n

    What may work better is to consider the other two dimensions:\u00a0Permanent<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(Always or Not Always) and\u00a0Pervasive<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(Everything or Not Everything).<\/p>\n

    If bad things happened, sometimes we need to take responsibility by attributing it to ourselves (i.e. \u201cMe\u201d).<\/p>\n

    But what is important is to see the benefits of explaining it as \u201cNot Always\u201d and \u201cNot Everything\u201d because it signifies room for improvement, much like having a Growth Mindset.<\/p>\n

    For example, when you next received a bad feedback from your boss, instead of thinking, \u201cI\u2019m never good enough,\u201d consider how empowering if you would to think, \u201cI can learn a new skill from this feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Thanks #DiaperDon for this inspiration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    About the author :<\/div>\n
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    Simon Leow<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    Simon is very fascinated by the science of wellbeing and is very passionate about helping people discover the choices they can make to be happier. He holds a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Singapore and travels frequently for consultancy work and for inspiration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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