Normal Personality Disorder

That’s what it is! My entire fam­i­ly of ori­gin is neu­ro­log­i­cal­ly typical!


DSN-IV (The Diag­nos­tic and Sta­tis­ti­cal Man­u­al of ‘Nor­mal’ Disorders)
Per­son­al­i­ty Disorders
301.666 Nor­mal Per­son­al­i­ty Disorder
Meets qual­i­fi­ca­tion for at least two of the fol­low­ing criteria: 

  1. Ego­cen­trism (at least one of the following): 
    1. Ego­cen­tric per­spec­tive (e.g. fails to real­ize that oth­ers may have a dif­fer­ent per­spec­tive, needs, nature, or expe­ri­ences from his or her self)
    2. Ego­ma­nia (e.g. acts or talks as though bet­ter or more impor­tant than peers or others)
    3. Self­ish­ness (either of both of the following) 
      1. Marked greed or covetousness
      2. Dom­i­neer­ing or “bossy” attitude
  2. Lack of orig­i­nal­i­ty (at least one of the following): 
    1. Rigid­ly fol­lows tra­di­tions or social rituals
    2. Is often “fad­dish,” fol­low the lat­est fads, fash­ions, or “crazes” invent­ed or set by others
    3. Often demon­strates a “herd men­tal­i­ty” (e.g. thought­less­ly fol­lows a social ref­er­ence group or a local group of friends, often gives into “peer pressure”)
  3. Lack of Sym­pa­thy (one or both of the following): 
    1. Cru­el or cal­lous towards the feel­ing of oth­ers (e.g. engages in teas­ing or ridi­cul­ing oth­ers, plays poten­tial­ly harm­ful “prac­ti­cal jokes” on unsus­pect­ing vic­tims who are unlike­ly to be amused)
    2. Often Manip­u­la­tive (e.g. uses oth­ers as tools to towards own goals, treats oth­ers as objects which may be acquired for own sat­is­fac­tion, uses dis­hon­esty as con­ve­nient way to achieve social goals)

From the Insti­tute for the Study of the Neu­ro­log­i­cal­ly Typical
Thanks, fire­cat 😉

Cur­rent Mood: 🙂amused
Cyn is Rick's wife, Katie's Mom, and Esther & Oliver's Mémé. She's also a professional geek, avid reader, fledgling coder, enthusiastic gamer (TTRPGs), occasional singer, and devoted stitcher.
Posts created 4255

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Posts

Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel.

Back To Top