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May 4, 2024

Phil Hendrie, Bob Shooton, and/or Randal Dull are psychopathic confabulists

But only if they aren’t totally malicious liars.  Phil Hendrie at least has the excuse of being dropped on his head by his parents, illegal drug addiction, and a career of talking to himself.  Not sure what sent Bob/Randal to the loony bin.

Phil Hendrie Psychopath
Phil Hendrie, Psychopath

Confabulation is associated with several characteristics:

  • Typically verbal statements but can also be non-verbal gestures or actions.  (An apparently never-ending stream of both of these)
  • Can include autobiographical and non-personal information, such as historical facts, fairytales, or other aspects of semantic memory.  (Their whole theory is a fairytale)
  • The account can be fantastic or coherent.  (Totally incoherent in this case)
  • Both the premise and the details of the account can be false. (Almost totally false in every regard)
  • The account is usually drawn from the patient’s memory of actual experiences, including past and current thoughts.  (Somebody clearly bothered them but it was not  me)
  • The patient is unaware of the accounts’ distortions or inappropriateness, and is not concerned when errors are pointed out. (Numerous examples of this)
  • There is no hidden motivation behind the account.  (Perhaps insanity is not a motivation and is more a condition)
  • The patient’s personality structure may play a role in their readiness to confabulate.  (Made talking to himself a career and an admitted junkie)
    Bob/Randal Pyschopath
    Bob/Randal, Psychopath

    And now a short film.  The narrator might as well be Phil and, unfortunately, I may some day be the victim of his psychopathy.

And now a song dedicated to Phil Hendrie and Bob/Randal

You don’t have to be afraid
You don’t even have to be brave
Living in a gilded cage

The only risk is that you’ll go
Go, Go
Insane

 

I’m not your enemy.  Check the mirror for that.

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