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[quote=Anonymous]My question:

What mental illness might this person have?

He definitely has a drinking problem.

Background:
A friend from long ago reconnected.

[list]He texts me one to six times per day. At first, he texted lots of stressful news items that I can find online myself. I asked for this to stop as I can find/read the news on my own. As a result, he asked if I was MAGA and then looked up my past replies to his news texts and sent them to me. I guess so I could see I replied the "right" way??[/list]

[list]These messages, most of them, go to others in numerous Facebook message threads. [/list]

[list]He asked me what I did for a holiday. When I mentioned in passing that I don't drink, he seemed to get offended. He then tried to cancel a get together that a group of us planned because he said he is the only one who drinks and he would have nothing to talk about with us without drinking.[/list]

[list]Another person in our group said she has been very direct with him and told him that he messages too much, so I could do that. I noticed she does not reply, so I started to stop replying, too. [/list]

[list]Since I stopped liking/replying to texts, he has now contacted me via LinkedIn, Facebook, and email trying to get a response. [/list]

[list]He does not appear able to keep a job for long. [/list]

I am mostly curious what is wrong with him and wonder if he is bipolar.

Our mutual friend said she extends him a lot of compassion. She has been more in touch with him over the years than I have, and it took me a few months to realize I needed to adjust how I handle this person.

I do not want to ghost him 100%.

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