Last week, Diana Nyad appeared on Capital Public Radio’s “Insight with Beth Ruyak.” The interview’s most fascinating bit of news: Nyad said that she’s “probably going to be writing a book this next year about all these myriad syndromes…that come about.”
What does she mean by “all these myriad syndromes”? All I can say is that Diana has pathologies (myriad syndromes?) on her mind.
Nyad’s written introduction to her most recent Facebook video begins, “Let’s talk about recognizing pathological personalities.” To paraphrase the main question she asks in the video: How can we tell when someone who appears outwardly charismatic, honest, and controlled is, underneath, an out-of-control, deviant sicko?
I’m not a psychiatrist, but I just registered a leak in Nyad’s unconscious. In the video, Nyad illustrates her premise with some well-known examples: OJ Simpson, Rob Porter,¹ and Bill Cosby. But she’s forgetting the example closest at hand.
I can’t wait for the book.
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By the way, Diana says some fascinating stuff about gun control in the video. I’m not a gun person — I don’t own a gun and probably never will. The U.S.A. desperately needs better gun regulation. However, Nyad’s suggestions snuggle right up against totalitarianism. For handgun purchases, she wants to impose a year-long waiting period while some government agency goes through ALL your emails and your online data. Tell that to someone with an armed and abusive ex.
