He also said he somehow got his hands on child psychology books (HOW? School library? Regular Library? And his parents didn't notice? Or were they just lying around the house because they'd bought them to read for themselves?) and read them and then told the shrink he knew what the shrink was trying to do, and why, thus sabotaging therapy because he wouldn't cooperate. That is super sperg autist behavior; ONLY an autist would pull shit like that. And i say this as an autist.
I never read Brick by Brick, so I don't have the full story, but I don't really see Bob as a reliable narrator. You got to remember that, according to Bob, Bob is a survival expert, a master cunnilingus, and someone who attended college level courses in Catholic theology while still in highschool. I don't know too much about child psychology, but I think that it would be kinda hard for a kid to just find a textbook on developmental psychology, read it, and then be able to fuck with his therapist.
I’m not unsympathetic to this hypothesis, but it’s not quite that simple. And I’m not casting aspersions on the Chipman parents, because we know almost nothing about them. But when their parents are abusive or neglectful, kids’ brains will try to “protect” them from the fact that the people who are responsible for their safety and well-being aren’t doing the job. This often manifests as the kid blaming themselves for their parents’ actions, inculcating in the child the belief that they are fundamentally, irredeemably unlovable. In the meantime, the rage they might otherwise focus on the bad authority figures at home gets redirected to anonymous authority figures (who more often than not happen to deserve that disgust, mistrust and anger anyway).
I’ve been trying to read Bob’s old blog posts — a real struggle with how densely, poorly written they are. But he often reveals much more than he intends.
Case in point is this post. I’ll share the most relevant passages, but Bob straight up admits to being an emotionally damaged, needy pussy who needs his ass kicked.
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I think that jumping to abuse and neglect might be going a bridge too far. I think there are plenty of bad parents that never really cross the line into abuse or neglect and still end up creating damaged people. Look at Bob and Barbara Chandler. They never abused or neglected Chris and I'm sure that (at least Bob) genuinely loved Chris, but they made some shitty decisions when raising Chris and that's how we ended up on this cyber-bullying alt-white right-nationalist super-stalker doxxxxxxxxxxing site.
To be perfectly clear: I’m not diagnosing him with anything — not clinical narcissism and definitely not with autism. (Involuntary virginity isn’t a medical diagnosis.) I don’t know why anyone would think any of the obnoxious, pathetic behavior Bob demonstrates is the exclusive domain of autists. His main issue seems to be extreme emotional immaturity.
I'm not a psychologist or anything, but I think it's safe to rule out Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The DSM-5 says that an adult must have five or more of the following traits to have Narcissistic Personality Disorder:
1. Grandiose view of one's importance: No (it's greatly inflated, but I don't think he sees himself as the next messiah or anything like that)
2. Preoccupations with one's success, brilliance, beauty: No (He does kinda toot his own horn a bit, but it's nowhere near to the point of being pre-occupied and part of that is just a result of the job he's in)
3. Belief that one is special and can be understood only by other high-status people: Maybe
4. Extreme need for admiration: No (I don't see it)
5. Strong sense of entitlement: Yes
6. Tendency to exploit others: Not really (I mean he does lie a lot, but I don't really see him running a grift or anything like that)
7. Lack of empathy: Only for mayonnaise-ghouls (but for real, no; he has empathy for his family members)
8. Envious of others: Maybe, but necessarily to an extreme extent
9. Arrogant behavior or attitudes: Yes
Autism on the other hand, I don't know. I wouldn't want to diagnose somebody without actually being in a room with them first (also there is the whole 'not being a real psychologist thing'), but I think it's a possibility.