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[–]SoylentCapitalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

From some basic research I did a while back I found that Hitler, while having exceptional verbal intelligence, would get very clammy hands and seem disorderly around new people. I figured he certainly had to deal with types of disorders that correlate highly with those who have high verbal intelligence i.e. anxiety disorders.

In 1993, the interdisciplinary team Desmond Henry, Dick Geary and Peter Tyrer published an essay in which they expressed their common view that Hitler had antisocial personality disorder as defined in ICD-10. Tyrer, a psychiatrist, was convinced that Hitler furthermore showed signs of paranoia and of histrionic personality disorder.[24]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathography_of_Adolf_Hitler#Psychopathy_/_antisocial_personality_disorder

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

He could have been a sperg. ASPD and HPD are bad diagnoses, even for those that believe the official mythology.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

one with autism is not usually so great at public speaking

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

He developed those skills through an opera obsession. And spergs are capable of extended rants on their select passions, they only struggle with conversationalism.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

he definitely had personality disorder, not autism tho

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's a decent case for NPD/BPD, the other 2 Cluster Bs are odd choices.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

it's hard to diagnose now years after the fact with him gone. I don't really trust psychological community anyway, lot of made up terms. I'd just say he was crazy and that caused mistakes. You have to be a bit narcissistic to gain power too I think.