What does it imply about personality and psychology when someone routinely refers to themselves in the third person.

I don’t know…but I’m thinking it can mean a variety of things ranging from silliness to disassociation from one self. When The Rock does it, I can’t even listen to it. Same with Cain.

I’m a wordsmith, a humorist and when I speak in the 3rd person it’s all about humor.
No dissociation here, I know myself so well it’s scary. haha
Coloma’s is running late now…she’s gotta go! :-D

I was thinking about the same thing with regard to Cain, but I came to the conclusion that it’s a conscious branding strategy. I suspect that his strategists have told him to get the name out as often as possible. It’s like hearing a pitch man repeating the product name like a mantra.

After short analysis, the medical community unanimously agrees that it indicates a douche.

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That the person thinks much higher of themselves than they usually deserve.

He is displaying the early signs of Dissociative Identity Disorder brought on by stress.

I only do it in humor/baby talk. “Mommy has to go out”, etc. and not very often because it sound ridiculous! LOL

It means that even Herman Cain is trying to distance himself from Herman Cain.

Ego is tremendously large.

Unwarranted Self Importance.
I have analysed this speech with a group of cheerleaders, who came to the unanimous conclusion that if I let them go they would not tell anybody.

Maybe a quazi-god complex going on there.

Rickie Henderson and Reggie Jackson both did it, as well.
I would say the common link with them, Nixon and Dole would be the enormous ego.
Rickie’s was deserved, though.

I think it is probably habit and style rather than an opportunity to elvaluate their personality or psyche.

@flutherother That’s exactly how the commentator took it, and I tend to agree. It sounded as if he was saying there is this one Herman Cain out there that would Never be sexually agressive or commit harrassment, and the other one, the Herman Cain that actually does do those things, is telling us about the good Herman Cain.

@johnpowell Ha! Great answer.

@marinelife, @ragingloli @woodcutter & @filmfann That seems to be what psychologists have to say about the behavior.

@JLeslie Habit doesn’t explain it, because it was unique to this one press conference trying to fend off any taint from the allegations of sexual harassment by 5 different women now.