Trump Derangement Syndrome started as a joke conservatives used to mock the Left's unhinged reaction to Donald Trump.
Now it's not funny anymore.
And a New York therapist revealed the awful reality about what Trump's haters are doing to themselves.
Therapists drowning in patients who can't stop obsessing over Trump
Manhattan psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert dropped a bombshell during an appearance on Fox News that confirmed what conservatives suspected all along.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is real, it's spreading, and it's destroying people's ability to function.
Alpert told host Harris Faulkner that 75% of his patients now suffer from an obsessive fixation on Donald Trump that's ruining their lives.
"Three-quarters of my patients will present with a lot of these symptoms and within probably five minutes of seeing me, their hatred for Trump comes up," Alpert explained. "So if you're that hyper-focused on Trump, that's an issue."
The symptoms read like a textbook case of mental illness.
Patients report they can't sleep at night because thoughts of Trump intrude on their minds.
They compulsively check news feeds for Trump updates like addicts hunting for their next fix.
One woman told Alpert she couldn't even enjoy a family vacation because seeing Trump on her phone or TV "felt wrong to relax while Trump was still out there."
Another patient said any mention of Trump's name triggered her so badly she couldn't function normally for days.
Alpert called it "the defining pathology of our time" and warned the condition shows no signs of improving.
The Left created this monster and now it's consuming them
Here's what the mainstream media won't tell you.
Therapists like Alpert initially thought Trump Derangement Syndrome was just political disagreement taken too far.
They figured patients would vent about Trump's policies, get it out of their system, and move on to real problems.
But that's not what happened.
"The symptoms took on a more clinical shape," Alpert wrote in The Wall Street Journal. "What once looked like outrage now presents as a fixation that distorts perception and consumes attention."
Alpert's describing patients who exhibit symptoms matching obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder.
Persistent intrusive thoughts about Trump dominate their waking hours.
They experience emotional dysregulation where normal coping mechanisms fail completely.
Their daily functioning becomes impaired to the point they can't hold jobs or maintain relationships.
The National Association of Scholars admitted earlier this year that therapists themselves are "in crisis" over Trump's election victory.
Many mental health professionals have lost their objectivity and are now actively encouraging patients' Trump obsession instead of treating it.
"Our field is gripped by a collective complex triggered by Trump's win — a fixation so overwhelming it risks overshadowing the real, immediate concerns of our clients' lives," the organization warned.
Media and therapists fed the hysteria until it became an epidemic
Back in 2016, more than 3,000 therapists signed a manifesto declaring Trump's "proclivity for scapegoating, intolerance and blatant sexism a threat to the well-being of the people we care for."
Those same therapists urged their colleagues to speak out against Trump and warned that his campaign was "stoked feelings of anxiety, fear, shame and helplessness."
The irony is thick enough to choke on.
Far-left therapists accused Trump of promoting projection and scapegoating while they were projecting onto Trump and scapegoating him for their patients' mental illnesses.
Now, nine years later, the chickens have come home to roost.
Therapists report feeling "burnout" from the surge of Trump-related anxiety overwhelming their practices.
One therapist writing for US News admitted "the combination of depression and anxiety is palpable as people try to move forward but have no road map."
Brooklyn-based therapist Paula Carino told The Independent that many of her clients are experiencing "activist burnout and compassion fatigue" from their obsessive opposition to Trump.
"There has been a real shift in the therapeutic community from an individualized way of looking at things — like, what's wrong with you? — to really accepting the fact that, yeah, society is coming apart," Carino said.
That's therapist-speak for "we've given up trying to help these people and now we're just validating their delusions."
Trump represents reality crashing into leftist fantasy
Trump Derangement Syndrome isn't really about Donald Trump at all.
Trump has become a symbol of an uncomfortable wake-up call for leftists who grew up believing they were the majority and their ideology was unquestionable.
Coming off eight years of Barack Obama and the rapid spread of woke ideology, the Left believed themselves invincible.
Like spoiled children throwing tantrums because they know their parents will relent, progressives grew accustomed to an America where their worldview was rarely challenged.
Trump's victory in 2016 shattered that delusion.
His return to power in 2025 has driven them to complete madness.
They're not the majority they thought they were.
The world doesn't belong to them.
Their power isn't guaranteed.
They don't get to do whatever they want whenever they want.
And they're going to have to obey certain historical boundaries if they want to function in society.
This realization has triggered an eternal temper tantrum manifesting as Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Alpert noted that Trump's "unpredictability" creates "a sense of lack of safety" for his patients.
But what really terrifies them is that Trump represents a social and political reckoning they can't escape.
Children need to wake up from their fantasies and delusions.
Children need to grow up.
Trump Derangement Syndrome is the political Left's struggle to avoid growing up and accepting reality.
¹ Jonathan Alpert interview, "The Faulkner Focus," Fox News, November 14, 2025.
² Jonathan Alpert, "Is 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Real?" The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2025.
³ National Association of Scholars, "Trump's Win Sends Therapists Into Crisis," Spring 2025.
⁴ Maggie Mulqueen, "Trump-Induced Anxiety Can Be Fought. Here's How," US News & World Report, April 17, 2025.
⁵ Paula Carino interview, "Stressed about Trump's return? You're not alone," The Independent, January 20, 2025.
