FREDDIE Kissoon’s vile attacks on personalities in our society, lack of interpretational ability and glaring misrepresentation of historical and contemporary events are not only representative of a uniquely damaged/rare character but a serious condition that has festered over the years.

He seems to have a paranoid personality disorder.  He probably needs some good loving which actually creates the balance for rational, objective and straight forward thinking.

Many Guyanese are convinced that his fabrications are glaringly outstanding in his unimpressive arguments intended for intellectual stimulation as they lack logic, facts, reality and evidence. Indeed his non-achievements by academic standards as a long-standing lecturer at the University of Guyana explains his professional stagnation.

Let us examine the signs and symptoms of this peculiar condition as described by the online encyclopaedia:

‘’Paranoid personality disorder is defined as a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by paranoia characterized by a pervasive and long-standing suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others. (DSM-IV) For a person’s personality to be considered a personality disorder, an enduring pattern of characteristic maladaptive behaviors, thinking and personality traits must be present from the onset of adolescence or early adulthood. Additionally, these behaviors, traits and thinking must be present to the extent that they cause significant difficulties in relationships, employment and other facets of functioning.’’

Those with paranoid personality disorder are hypersensitive, are easily slighted, and habitually relate to the world by vigilant scanning of the environment for clues or suggestions to validate their prejudicial ideas or biases. They tend to be guarded and suspicious and have quite constricted emotional lives. Their incapacity for meaningful emotional involvement and the general pattern of isolated withdrawal often lend a quality of schizoid isolation to their life experience.

Those of us who believe Freddie is a mere controversial firebrand might not have given thought before about what pushed him to where he is today. The problem is that characters of this nature feed off of their ego. In order to satisfy this ego there is the temptation and actuality of lies and distortions to satisfy a pride. Extended stupidity goes into considerations and thoughts, again to satiate particular objectives.
KWAME McCOY