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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a psychiatrist.  I can usually tell very quickly in a clinical interview.  Every now and again, I will see someone who needs an eval before gender reassignment or bariatric surgery or who has just experienced something incredibly traumatic, and it’s a little jarring for me.
But for the most part, I can’t really tell in my social life.

If I can tell at all, it’s usually early in meeting someone.  People with traumatic childhoods tend to disclose too much too quickly.  People who are very psychotic (think active schizophrenia) will love you or hate you within seconds.  People who are very healthy will take a while to get to know you before forming an opinion.  People who are neurotic are somewhere in the middle, and will either start telling their life story or decide that they don’t like you within a short period of time.  
Unlike previous posters, it’s harder for me to tell later on.  Everyone is going to decide whether or not to trust you at some point, and everyone has a certain amount of drama in their lives.  I mean look at John McCain.  He was probably one of the most mentally fit people in our lifetime, and he still had a ton of drama.  Drama comes from meaningful interaction with the world.  
Also unlike previous posters, I often find that people who have had traumatic childhoods are extremely nice, kind, and generous.  They are often nice to the point that they are easily taken advantage of, particularly if they are either extremely attractive or unattractive.

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