Theodore Millon on the conforming, discouraged borderline (I related quite strongly to this) (tw)

Sharing this in the spirit of “oh that’s considered borderline?! I had no idea” (from the book “Personality Disorders in Modern Life”):

>”Other discouraged borderlines mix characteristics of the depressive personality. Such individuals have been taught to be conscientious and proper. They respect authority, tend to be grim and humourless, and expect rewards contingent on compliance and submission. Borderline characteristics begin to develop when the individual senses that this interpersonal pact has been violated too often - that others have selfishly failed to supply promised rewards of affection. Resentful and angry, they no longer believe that conformity will forestall desertion. Instead, they feel coerced into submission and betrayal - emotions that periodically break through normal controls. Because anger is not only inconsistent with their self-image but also alienates or provokes those on whom they depend, intense negative feelings are experienced as dangerous. In response, they may swing to the opposite pole, becoming excessively preoccupied with self-reproach. Self-mutilation and suicidal attempts, symbolic acts of self-desertion, may be used to control their resentment or as punishment for anger.”

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My take on schizoid types, and Theodore Millon's AvPD/SzPD distinction

So, u/andero asked about my thoughts about this on another post the other day, and here's where I'm at with this, and similar ideas. I haven't had as much time for reddit lately as I'd like, but I've been thinking about these issues for a long time and I thought this would be a good time to try to say something more in depth about it, since this really goes to a longstanding issue/debate in the literature about schizoid phenomena. I posted this as a reply to his initial post on this, but I expanded it a little here so it would make more sense especially with regard to what I'm saying about Theodore Millon's perspective on this stuff.

So, the Type 1 vs. Type 2 distinction being proposed I read as basically analogous to Theodore Millon's distinction between SzPD and AvPD. If you read the relevant chapters (the SRA Avoidant and the AAS Schizoid) in the text Disorders of Personality Introducing a DSM/ICD Spectrum from Normal to Abnormal, you'll find this. Thus, I'm really going to be writing here mainly to critique Millon's views, a critique that I have been developing in my mind and in notes to myself over the past six months or so (and that I've made various allusions to in other comments on the sub).

Millon basically argues that schizoid PD'd patients show some kind of intrinsic, inborn, inherent deficit which may or may not be mediated by DNA or genetics (Millon does not specify the mechanism). He argues further that schizoid patients who show this proposed etiology also show a supposedly related a lack of interest in relationships and general anhedonia, basically. He does not present evidence for this, he simply states that this is the case. There's not really any particularly convincing reason to draw this link, and to then take the next step, which is to say that patients who are more conflicted in how they experience their life and their attitude to relationships -- that is, that they want them but are afraid of them -- have a different etiology (childhood trauma) and a whole different category of disorder (avoidant PD). I don't think it makes much sense to draw such a clear and distinct link between one etiological factor -- some vague intrinsic or inborn "deficit" (which he does not clearly define, because, again, there's simply no research on this at all) and an experience of ego-syntonic lack of interest in relationships on one hand, and on the other hand, another etiological factor -- childhood trauma -- which supposedly always leads to a con

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The avoidant personality by Theodore Millon

The Avoidant Personality

This is from Theodore Millon's book on personality disorders. (Personality Disorders in Modern Life) I read it a while ago and was meaning to post it here as I thought Millon had a better understanding of it than anyone else. Maybe I haven't read enough psychology literature on AvPD, but from what I've found most of them don't know much about it whereas Millon knows a surprising amount. He 'discovered' the avoidant personality, being the person to name it after discovering it was different from schizoid in the way that we 'actively' detach whereas schizoids 'passively' detach. thought you guys might want to read it if you haven't already.

The Vicious Circle of the Avoidant's Information Processing

The Avoidant Belief System

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Theodore Millon's subtypes

I haven't found two identical cases of ASPD at all in my research. We're incredibly diverse, I've noticed. I did some research and I found the concept of Theodore Millon's subtypes. I would say that I'm somewhere between Malevolent and Unprincipled. I do feel that some of us will fit into combinations of these types though. It doesn't appear possible for any single one to fit a person solely but I do feel that perhaps some types are more encompassing than others too.

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Theodore Millon - The Avoidant Personality

Here is a chapter on the avoidant personality type from Theodore Millon's book 'Personality Disorders in Modern Life '. Millon created the term avoidant personality and his writing on the disorder has the deepest understanding and most compassionate approach to it that I have found.

He details four subtypes of AvPD:

Phobic (including dependent features)
Conflicted (including negativistic features)
Hypersensitive (including paranoid features)
Self-deserting (including depressive features)

I think this is worth reading for anyone with AvPd or who thinks they may be affected by it. This book and others by Theodore Millon really helped me to understand what AvPD is and how it affects me. In particular, Millon provided a clear explanation of some of the less obvious psychological effects of the disorder.

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Variations of BPD by Dr. Theodore Millon

Keep in mind that this is one man's view on how to categorize BPD, there are over 250 different variations / permutations of Borderline personality disorder. It's all how the DSV criteria /symptoms gets mashed together. This does not explain every variation of BPD


“Representing themselves as relatively helpless in a hostile world but without a source of security, they are forced to vacillate between autonomy and dependence without being able to rely on either” Beck & Freeman

Theodore Millon is an American psychologist and author known for his work on personality disorders. Dr. Millon has written or edited more than 30 books, including his most groundbreaking, The Disorder of Personality. Millon devised a set of widely acknowledged subtypes for each of the major DSM personality disorders. It is Millon's view that there are no definitive patterns of behavior for each of the major personality disorders. Rather, most people present a mixed picture, that is a personality that tends to blend a major personality type with one or more secondary sub-types.

In the case of borderline personality, the most common of the personality disorders believed to effect up to 6% of the adult population, he identified four variants or types. Millon recognized that there were certain key features that were an essential part of BPD, however beyond those features there were a wide variety of individual experiences. He identified the essential features of BPD as, inconsistent identity or sense of self, black and white thinking or splitting, intense emotions, impulsiveness, and transient psychotic episodes. Beyond that, Millon proposed four variants of Borderline Personality Disorder:

In the case of borderline personality, the most common of the personality disorders believed to effect up to 6% of the adult population, he identified four variants or types. Millon recognized that there were certain key features that were an essential part of BPD, however beyond those features there were a wide variety of individual experiences. He identified the essential features of BPD as, inconsistent identity or sense of self, black and white thinking or splitting, intense emotions, impulsiveness, and transient psychotic episodes

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A Comparison of the Nine Enneagram Personality Styles and Theodore Millons’ Eight Personality Patterns enneagramspectrum.com/315…
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Theodore Millon - The Avoidant Personality justpaste.it/hols
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Genocidas y asesinos capitalistas de millones de personas, no considerados como tales, según el capitalismo . Juan Pablo II(genocidio de Ruanda), Theodore Rosevelt(genocidio Filipino), Wiston Churchill( hambruna de bengala y gaseador de kurdos) leopoldo II (genocidio del congo), reina victoria...

grandes genocidas del capitalismo: que tienen mejor fama que hitler o stalin, y que causarón bastantes mas muertes.

Juan Pablo II (cabeza visible de la iglesia que apoyo el asesinato de 800.000 ruandeses en 1994 donde varios sacerdotes y monjas asesinaron a machetazos a los tutsis, en el conocido genocidio de Ruanda, junto con la Francia de Francois Mitterrand, dando asilo y encubriendo a los asesinos)

En el siguiente enlace la iglesia catolica pidiendo perdón por los asesinatos de 800.000 personas que parte de la iglesia también ejecutó

http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2017/03/20/58cfdb5622601d30318b45fc.html

Theodore Rosevelt y Jhon Mckinley, presidente de los EEUU. Antes de ser presidentes fueron comandantes de eeUU y actuarón en el conocido genocidio filipino donde asesinaron al 10% de la pobacion filipina, matando a 1.500.000 civiles filipinos, a la orden de otro comandante Job Smith, matad a todos los mayores de 10 años

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerra_filipino-estadounidense

Wiston Churchill con sus decisiones colaboro en la hambruna de y muerte de mas de 2.000.000 de civiles en bengala en la conocida hambruna de bengala, a parte de apoyar el uso de aramas quimicas contra los kurdos y otras "tribus"

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hambruna_en_Bengala_de_1943

Leopoldo II, rey de belgica y un criminal capitalista, que para la explotación y control del congo, para poder extraer correctamente el caucho con su empresa para el congo belga, asesinó a mas de 8 millones de personas, hay quien sube la cifra a 15 millones, y algunos hasta 30 millones de asesinatos, sin contar las amputaciones de brazos y pies como castigo a aquellos trabajadores-esclavos que no cumplían o se revelaban.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldo_II_de_B%C3%A9lgica

Reina Victoria, otra monarquica capitalista, que por sus decisiones imperialistas y coloniales, llevo a la hambruna millones de personas, En la India obligo a cambiar los cultivos de arroz por opio, para venderlo en la china, esto junto con una climatologia que no favoreció el desarrollo de los pocos cultivos de arroz asesino a mas de 30 millones de indios, este opio que se vendía en la india creo la addición de millones de chinos , a

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Millon's Subtypes of ASPD and Psychopathy: A Brief Overview

In order to better understand ASPD/Psychopathy for both NTs, those who suspect they may have one of the following disorders, or those professionally diagnosed, I'd like to introduce you all to the Millon Subtypes, in a condensed and easy to reference overview:

5 Subtypes of ASPD:

  • Nomadic Antisocial (Including Schizoid and Avoidant Features)

    • Official Description: "Drifters; roamers, vagrants; adventurer, itinerant vagabonds, tramps, wanderers; they typically adapt easily in difficult situations, shrewd and impulsive. Mood centers in doom and invincibility."
  • Malevolent Antisocial (Including Sadistic and Paranoid features)

    • Official Description: "Belligerent, mordant, rancorous, vicious, sadistic, malignant, brutal, resentful; anticipates betrayal and punishment; desires revenge; truculent, callous, fearless; guiltless; many dangerous criminals, including serial killers."
  • Covetous Antisocial (Including Negativistic Features)

    • Official Description: "Rapacious, begrudging, discontentedly yearning; hostile and domineering; envious, avaricious; pleasures more in taking than in having."
  • Risk-Taking Antisocial (Including Histrionic Features)

    • Official Description: "Dauntless, venturesome, intrepid, bold, audacious, daring; reckless, foolhardy, heedless; unfazed by hazard; pursues perilous ventures."
  • Reputation-Defending Antisocial (Including Narcissistic Features)

    • Official Description: "Needs to be thought of as infallible, unbreakable, indomitable, formidable, inviolable; intransigent when status is questioned; overreactive to slights."

Source: Wikipedia1, Wayback Machine2

9 Subtypes of Psychopathy

  • Unprincipled Psychopath (Including Narcissistic Traits)

    • Description: "Stays out of legal boundaries, expresses indifference to the well-being of others, doesn't experience remorse when exploiting others for personal gain, exhibits arrogance, has a dishonest social style, concerned about how relationships benefit them rather than the other party."
  • Underhand/Furtive Psychopath (Including Histrionic Traits)

    • Description: *"Wears a sociable and pleasant mask to hide impulsive, resentful, aggressive, and unconfident tendencies. Commonly displays bad temper towards people close to them. Attention seek
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A NEW ERA FOR TYPOLOGY | Introducing Millon's Personality Theory

In a previous post of mine, I shared some thoughts I’ve had for a while about the typology community. Systems like the MBTI, Enneagram, Socionics, and many others are rooted in empty abstractions while paying little attention to detail. In addition to this, there are essentially no solid definitions of the types. This heightens disagreement in typology circles about what the types actually represent, and it also leads to endless mistyping. I’m tempted to agree with the naysayers – people should stop wasting their time with these pseudoscientific personality systems, and find a new hobby. But something about categorizing people – specifically human brains, the most complex objects in the universe – is just fascinating, and I hate it when experts appear to have nothing to offer. But that’s not true. As it turns out, there is a great typology system developed (and approved) by academic psychologists, based on the work of Dr. Theodore Millon (now deceased).

Dr. Millon’s evolutionary theory of personality psychology includes every personality pattern that people seem to notice, and more. When I first discovered it, it was like finding gold. All the stereotypes circulating around every typology community - explained in detail! Everything from Hippocrates’ temperaments to Jung’s extraverted intuitive type explained, in essentially one book! No more will people manipulate empty abstractions like “5w4 sx/so” or “ESTP 3w2 SEE” around. No more will people be stuck on the very first thing one must do in order to type someone: agreeing on a definition. No more will people have to feel awkward using a pseudoscientific personality system like the MBTI. This is what the new era of typology would look like. The theory I am presenting IS superior to the others, and by a long shot. If you want a theory supported by observation, rigorous analysis, a collection of integrated details, and actual academic psychologists – then Millon’s theory is the way to go. If you want to stick with the usual stereotypes, vague descriptions, and the personal anecdotes that accompany them – then sure, stick with the typology systems endorsed by the masses (I actually talked to a person who preferred this option – at least you wouldn’t be alone!). But chances are, if you’ve read up to this point, then maybe you’re eager and open-minded enough to try and learn something new. Let’s get to it.


Personality is “the combination of characteristics or qualities

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A 10-Level Pyramid Model & Psychodynamics of Cult Organization

"What was so appealing and empowering during the 'honeymoon' or 'pink cloud' days of my unbridled enthusiasm soured slowly as I found myself being second-guessed, publicly belittled and then humiliated in front of my supposed peers. But I believed in the messages because I had been so 'transformed' in the early days. I remained committed -- and attached -- because I thought such abuse was part of the process of further transformation from clueless fool to 'paragon of enlightened knowing'... and being emotionally bulletproof. In time, I was imitating my abusers there, channeling their way of disciplining those newer and less 'sophisticated' than me. I began to get drunk on my dominance and their submission. I lost sight of the supposed purpose -- which wasn't actually the case, anyway -- and became exploitable, deployable and just plain sadistic."

Having brought up and briefly described the organization of most cults on the multi-layered pyramid model elsewhere and how to recover from them, I received several requests to explain the (proposed; not yet empirically verified) model in greater detail by 2018 when the following was written. So here we go:

Having been in positions to observe the typical structure of several cults since the 1970s, I have seen a pretty much common, pyramid-shaped organization in every one of them I have encountered thus far, which include...

a) evangelical, fundamentalist, charismatic, pseudo-Christian and other ostensibly Abrahamic religious "churches,"

b) human potential developers,

c) large group awareness trainings,

d) multi-level marketing organizations (which made the model I describe here evident to me in the first place),

e) [radical political groups](https://www.google.com/search?q=radical+political+gro

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Blind Girl Here. Give Me Your Best Blind Jokes!

Do your worst!

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The ENFP (and the Sexual 7) in Academic Literature

Greetings, everyone. Today, I will be correlating the ENFP personality profile found on 16personalities with the turbulent personality in Millon's personality theory (I cite from 16personalities because it seems to me that much of the stereotypes originate from the website).


Perhaps the most well-known modern antecedent to the (now-called) turbulent personality is Emil Kraepelin's "manic temperament". Characterized by a perpetual excitement, people with this sort of temperament usually display a general restlessness - and at times, an extreme irritability. Kraeplin describes this temperament as follows:

> Mood is predominantly exalted and cheerful, influenced by the feeling of heightened capacity for work. The patient is in imperturbable good temper, sure of success, ‘‘courageous,’’ feels happy and merry, not rarely overflowingly so, wakes up every morning in excellent humor. On the other hand, there often enough exists a great emotional irritability. The patient is dissatisfied, intolerant, faultfinding, especially with intercourse with his immediate surroundings where he lets himself go; he becomes pretentious, positive, regardless, impertinent and even rough, when he comes up against opposition to his wishes and inclinations.

Turning to the ENFP profile on the 16personalities website - nicknamed "campaigners" - we see descriptors such as a "lively, upbeat approach to life" and an orientation to "seeking joy". These seem to be a few of the defining characteristics of the type, along with high openness to experience and sociability. Like all the personality profiles however, I think the best way to grasp the "essence" of the type is to examine both the strengths and weaknesses - conveniently listed on the website. The website elaborates on the communication skills of the type (a strength)...

> Campaigners brim with things to say, but they can be caring listeners as well. This gives them a nearly unmatched ability to have positive and enjoyable conversations with all sorts of people – even people who aren’t particularly sociable or agreeable.

...and their "lack of focus" (a weakness)...

> The thrill of a new project – especially one that involves collaborating with other people – can bring out the best in Campaigners. But this personality type is known for having ever-evolving interests, meaning that Campaigners may find it challenging to maintain discipline and focus over the long term.

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What starts with a W and ends with a T

It really does, I swear!

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Dropped my best ever dad joke & no one was around to hear it

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

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The Current State of Typology and the DIM Hypothesis

This is an essay compiling some thoughts I’ve had about the typology community as a whole. Based on several interactions with users, and reading through various personality systems, I have recognized that there are patterns not only among their theories, but also among their thinking styles. At the end of this essay, I present a personality theory that I believe is superior to the other typology systems, with some links for further reading. Some disclaimers: This essay is somewhat informal. There might be some errors (if you notice any, feel free to point them out). I am not an expert in psychology or philosophy, so take what I say with a grain of salt.


Psychological typologies, according to Wikipedia, are “classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people”. The website remarks that finding a basis for the classification of psychological types is crucial in differential psychology. In this post, I will explain the different typology systems that are popular right now, and how they themselves can be classified under the modes presented by the DIM Hypothesis.

“Integration” is the process of combining things to form a whole. The DIM Hypothesis, then, is an approach to psycho-epistemology devised by Leonard Peikoff that categorizes people according to the way they integrate concepts and relate them to our physical world. He explicates three methods of integration: integration (I), mis-integration (M), and dis-integration (D).

  • Integration: The process of combining things to form a whole.
  • Mis-integration: Invalidly integrating concepts. Concepts are detached from reality.
  • Dis-integration: Refuses to integrate concepts. Seeks to destroy abstract ideas.

These three different modes of integration, Peikoff explains, are namesake for the hypothesis he is presenting. The integrator (I type) seeks to accept concepts derived from percepts, and then integrate different concepts into a whole, through means of observation and induction. The mis-integrator (M type), in contrast, relies on a supernatural world of forms detached from reality while paying minimal attention to reality. The dis-integrator (D type) refuses to integrate; ideas are questioned because of the subjective and unreliable nature of the mind, and are torn apart.

There are two subtypes reflecting combinations of the modes. M1 types, although accepting the Platonic world of ideas, seeks to relate this to the physical world, and thus can be said t

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The Enneagram Types in Academic Literature

Very long post incoming. Here are the strongest correlations I have found between Naranjo's subtypes and Theodore Millon's personality styles. This is not complete and I might make revisions later on, so take these correlations with a grain of salt.

Type 1 (Anger) = Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

> The RCC personality spectrum displays a picture of distinct other-directedness, a consistency in social compliance and interpersonal respect: Their histories usually indicate having been subjected to constraint and discipline, parental strictures and high expectations. Beneath an overtly passive veneer they experience intense desires to rebel and assert underlying oppositional feelings, a covert self-oriented desire and impulse. Trapped in their ambivalence they are often unable to make decisions or act (Rothenberg, 1998).

SP 1 (Worry) = Conscientiously Reliable Personality Style (compulsive variant + dependent features)

> Deferential to authority, they are publicly acquiescent, even ingratiating with those in power. The fear of failure and of provoking condemnation creates considerable inner tensions, as well as occasional public expressions of hesitation and guilt. Importantly, submissive behavior to those in authority may overlie hidden rebellious feelings. Lurking behind the front of propriety and restraint may be intense contrary feelings that occasionally break through their controls. Rarely daring to expose these feelings, the conscientious person binds them so tightly that life becomes over-organized in an anxiously tense and disciplined self-restraint. As a consequence the person will typically lack spontaneity and flexibility, is often indecisive, tends to procrastinate, and is easily upset by deviations from routine. There is a marked denial of discordant emotions and a tendency to neutralize feelings normally aroused by distressful events.

SX 1 (Zeal) = Enforcing Denigrating Personality Type (sadistic variant + compulsive features)

> There are military sergeants, cops on the beat, deans in universities, and judges who sit on the bench, to name just a few whose hostile inclinations are employed ostensibly in the public interest. These individuals fall within the subtype we are naming the enforcing denigrator. They represent persons who feel they have the right to control and punish others, who know when rules have been broken, and how these violators should be dealt with, even violently and destructively. Operat

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What is a a bisexual person doing when they’re not dating anybody?

They’re on standbi

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Geddit? No? Only me?
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What do you call quesadillas you eat in the morning?

Buenosdillas

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I wanna hear your best airplane puns.

Pilot on me!!

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E or ß?
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Covid problems
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These aren't dad jokes...

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

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I had a vasectomy because I didn’t want any kids.

When I got home, they were still there.

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👤︎ u/demotrek
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What did 0 say to 8 ?

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

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I dislike karma whores who make posts that imply it's their cake day, simply for upvotes.

I won't be doing that today!

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👤︎ u/djcarves
📅︎ Dec 27 2021
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The Ancient Romans II
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👤︎ u/mordrathe
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How do you stop Canadian bacon from curling in your frying pan?

You take away their little brooms

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School Was Clothed
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👤︎ u/Kennydoe
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I did it, I finally did it. After 4 years and 92 days I went from being a father, to a dad.

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

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👤︎ u/Sk2ec
📅︎ Jan 01 2022
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It this sub dead?

There hasn't been a post all year!

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👤︎ u/TheTreelo
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Couch potato
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Baka!
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👤︎ u/ridi86
📅︎ Jan 09 2022
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Letting loose with these puns
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concrete 🗿
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My name is ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

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All dad jokes are bad and here’s why

Why

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👤︎ u/LordCinko
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Why are people so surprised and angry about Djokovic being an anti-vaxxer?

After all his first name is No-vac

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If Korean pop is shortened to Kpop and Korean Drama is Kdrama...

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

  • Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

  • French/Finnish art

  • Country/Canadian rap

  • Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

  • Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

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Millon's 9 Subtypes of Psychopathy and 5 Subtypes of ASPD - An Overview

In order to better understand ASPD/Psychopathy for both NTs, those who suspect they may have one of the following disorders, or those professionally diagnosed, I'd like to introduce you all to the Millon Subtypes, in a condensed and easy to reference overview:

5 Subtypes of ASPD:

  • Nomadic Antisocial (Including Schizoid and Avoidant Features)
    • Official Description: "Drifters; roamers, vagrants; adventurer, itinerant vagabonds, tramps, wanderers; they typically adapt easily in difficult situations, shrewd and impulsive. Mood centers in doom and invincibility."
  • Malevolent Antisocial (Including Sadistic and Paranoid features)
    • Official Description: "Belligerent, mordant, rancorous, vicious, sadistic, malignant, brutal, resentful; anticipates betrayal and punishment; desires revenge; truculent, callous, fearless; guiltless; many dangerous criminals, including serial killers."
  • Covetous Antisocial (Including Negativistic Features)
    • Official Description: "Rapacious, begrudging, discontentedly yearning; hostile and domineering; envious, avaricious; pleasures more in taking than in having."
  • Risk-Taking Antisocial (Including Histrionic Features)
    • Official Description: "Dauntless, venturesome, intrepid, bold, audacious, daring; reckless, foolhardy, heedless; unfazed by hazard; pursues perilous ventures."
  • Reputation-Defending Antisocial (Including Narcissistic Features)
    • Official Description: "Needs to be thought of as infallible, unbreakable, indomitable, formidable, inviolable; intransigent when status is questioned; overreactive to slights."

Source: Wikipedia^(1), Wayback Machine^(2)

9 Subtypes of Psychopathy

  • Unprincipled Psychopath (Including Narcissistic Traits)
    • Description: "Stays out of legal boundaries, expresses indifference to the well-being of others, doesn't experience remorse when exploiting others for personal gain, exhibits arrogance, has a dishonest social style, concerned about how relationships benefit them rather than the other party."
  • Underhand/Furtive Psychopath (Including Histrionic Traits)
    • Description: *"Wears a sociable and pleasant mask to hide impulsive, resentful, aggressive, and unconfident tendencies. Commonly displays bad temper towards people close to them. Attention seeking, sensa
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Google Drive eTextbooks release thread (part-11)!+ Accepting requests every day
  • If you find your book in the thread below, send the number of the book via reddit chat or via telegram .
  • Almost all the books are in their latest editions and some of them are available in multiple editions too
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  1. Real-Life BPMN, 3rd Edition: Jakob Freund & Bernd Rücker

  2. Reading the World: Ideas That Matter, 3rd Edition: Michael Austin

  3. Quantitative Methods for Business, 13th Edition: David R. Anderson & Dennis J. Sweeney& Thomas A. Williams& Jeffrey D. Camm & James J. Cochran

  4. Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, 4th Edition: Michael Quinn Patton

  5. Public Policymaking, 8th Edition: James E. Anderson

  6. Psychology: The Briefer Course: William James

  7. Professional Nursing: Concepts & Challenges, 8th Edition: Beth Black

  8. Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment, 4th Edition: Linda A. LaCharity & Candice K. Kumagai

  9. Persuasion : Social Influence And Compliance Gaining, 5Th Edition: Robert H. Gass & John S. Seiter

  10. Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology, 4th Edition: Clark Spencer Larsen

  11. Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale, 1st Eition: Marina Warner

  12. NYSTCE EAS Educating All Students Test (201) Secrets Study Guide: NYSTCE Exam Secrets Test Prep Team

  13. Nutrition for Healthy Living Updated with 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 4th Edition: Wendy Schiff

  14. Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions and Rationales, 14th Edition: Marilynn E. Doenges & Mary Frances Moorhouse& Alice C. Murr

  15. Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes, 4th Edition: Edward A. Keller & Duane E. DeVecchio

  16. Mosby's Exam Review for Computed Tomography, 2nd Edition: Daniel N. DeMaio

  17. Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference, 13th Edition: Kathleen Deska Pagana & Timothy J. Pagana & Theresa N Pagana

  18. Microbiology: A Systems Approach, 5th Edition: Marjorie Kelly Cowan

  19. Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice, 5th Edition: Ray Surette

  20. MCSA Guide to Installation, Storage, and Compute with Microsoft Windows Server2016, Exam 70-740, 1st Edition:

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Millon's Subtypes of ASPD and Psychopathy At a Glance - Overview

In order to better understand ASPD/Psychopathy for both NTs, those who suspect they may have one of the following disorders, or those professionally diagnosed, I'd like to introduce you all to the Millon Subtypes, in a condensed and easy to reference overview:

5 Subtypes of ASPD:

  • Nomadic Antisocial (Including Schizoid and Avoidant Features)

    • Official Description: "Drifters; roamers, vagrants; adventurer, itinerant vagabonds, tramps, wanderers; they typically adapt easily in difficult situations, shrewd and impulsive. Mood centers in doom and invincibility."
  • Malevolent Antisocial (Including Sadistic and Paranoid features)

    • Official Description: "Belligerent, mordant, rancorous, vicious, sadistic, malignant, brutal, resentful; anticipates betrayal and punishment; desires revenge; truculent, callous, fearless; guiltless; many dangerous criminals, including serial killers."
  • Covetous Antisocial (Including Negativistic Features)

    • Official Description: "Rapacious, begrudging, discontentedly yearning; hostile and domineering; envious, avaricious; pleasures more in taking than in having."
  • Risk-Taking Antisocial (Including Histrionic Features)

    • Official Description: "Dauntless, venturesome, intrepid, bold, audacious, daring; reckless, foolhardy, heedless; unfazed by hazard; pursues perilous ventures."
  • Reputation-Defending Antisocial (Including Narcissistic Features)

    • Official Description: "Needs to be thought of as infallible, unbreakable, indomitable, formidable, inviolable; intransigent when status is questioned; overreactive to slights."

Source: Wikipedia1, Wayback Machine2

9 Subtypes of Psychopathy

  • Unprincipled Psychopath (Including Narcissistic Traits)

    • Description: "Stays out of legal boundaries, expresses indifference to the well-being of others, doesn't experience remorse when exploiting others for personal gain, exhibits arrogance, has a dishonest social style, concerned about how relationships benefit them rather than the other party."
  • Underhand/Furtive Psychopath (Including Histrionic Traits)

    • Description: *"Wears a sociable and pleasant mask to hide impulsive, resentful, aggressive, and unconfident tendencies. Commonly displays bad temper towards people close to them. Attention seek
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A NEW ERA FOR TYPOLOGY | Introducing Millon's Personality Theory

In a previous post of mine, I shared some thoughts I’ve had for a while about the typology community. Systems like the MBTI, Enneagram, Socionics, and many others are rooted in empty abstractions while paying little attention to detail. In addition to this, there are essentially no solid definitions of the types. This heightens disagreement in typology circles about what the types actually represent, and it also leads to endless mistyping. I’m tempted to agree with the naysayers – people should stop wasting their time with these pseudoscientific personality systems, and find a new hobby. But something about categorizing people – specifically human brains, the most complex objects in the universe – is just fascinating, and I hate it when experts appear to have nothing to offer. But that’s not true. As it turns out, there is a great typology system developed (and approved) by academic psychologists, based on the work of Dr. Theodore Millon (now deceased).

Dr. Millon’s evolutionary theory of personality psychology includes every personality pattern that people seem to notice, and more. When I first discovered it, it was like finding gold. All the stereotypes circulating around every typology community - explained in detail! Everything from Hippocrates’ temperaments to Jung’s extraverted intuitive type explained, in essentially one book! No more will people manipulate empty abstractions like “5w4 sx/so” or “ESTP 3w2 SEE” around. No more will people be stuck on the very first thing one must do in order to type someone: agreeing on a definition. No more will people have to feel awkward using a pseudoscientific personality system like the MBTI. This is what the new era of typology would look like. The theory I am presenting IS superior to the others, and by a long shot. If you want a theory supported by observation, rigorous analysis, a collection of integrated details, and actual academic psychologists – then Millon’s theory is the way to go. If you want to stick with the usual stereotypes, vague descriptions, and the personal anecdotes that accompany them – then sure, stick with the typology systems endorsed by the masses (I actually talked to a person who preferred this option – at least you wouldn’t be alone!). But chances are, if you’ve read up to this point, then maybe you’re eager and open-minded enough to try and learn something new. Let’s get to it.


Personality is “the combination of characteristics or qualitie

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The Current State of Typology and the DIM Hypothesis

This is an essay compiling some thoughts I’ve had about the typology community as a whole. Based on several interactions with users, and reading through various personality systems, I have recognized that there are patterns not only among their theories, but also among their thinking styles. At the end of this essay, I present a personality theory that I believe is superior to the other typology systems, with some links for further reading. Some disclaimers: This essay is somewhat informal. There might be some errors (if you notice any, feel free to point them out). I am not an expert in psychology or philosophy, so take what I say with a grain of salt.


Psychological typologies, according to Wikipedia, are “classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people”. The website remarks that finding a basis for the classification of psychological types is crucial in differential psychology. In this post, I will explain the different typology systems that are popular right now, and how they themselves can be classified under the modes presented by the DIM Hypothesis.

“Integration” is the process of combining things to form a whole. The DIM Hypothesis, then, is an approach to psycho-epistemology devised by Leonard Peikoff that categorizes people according to the way they integrate concepts and relate them to our physical world. He explicates three methods of integration: integration (I), mis-integration (M), and dis-integration (D).

  • Integration: The process of combining things to form a whole.
  • Mis-integration: Invalidly integrating concepts. Concepts are detached from reality.
  • Dis-integration: Refuses to integrate concepts. Seeks to destroy abstract ideas.

These three different modes of integration, Peikoff explains, are namesake for the hypothesis he is presenting. The integrator (I type) seeks to accept concepts derived from percepts, and then integrate different concepts into a whole, through means of observation and induction. The mis-integrator (M type), in contrast, relies on a supernatural world of forms detached from reality while paying minimal attention to reality. The dis-integrator (D type) refuses to integrate; ideas are questioned because of the subjective and unreliable nature of the mind, and are torn apart.

There are two subtypes reflecting combinations of the modes. M1 types, although accepting the Platonic world of ideas, seeks to relate this to the physical world, and thus can be said to

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The Enneagram Types in Academic Literature

Very long post incoming. Here are the strongest correlations I have found between Naranjo's subtypes and Theodore Millon's personality styles. This is not complete and I might make revisions later on, so take these correlations with a grain of salt.

Type 1 (Anger) = Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

> The RCC personality spectrum displays a picture of distinct other-directedness, a consistency in social compliance and interpersonal respect: Their histories usually indicate having been subjected to constraint and discipline, parental strictures and high expectations. Beneath an overtly passive veneer they experience intense desires to rebel and assert underlying oppositional feelings, a covert self-oriented desire and impulse. Trapped in their ambivalence they are often unable to make decisions or act (Rothenberg, 1998).

SP 1 (Worry) = Conscientiously Reliable Personality Style (compulsive variant + dependent features)

> Deferential to authority, they are publicly acquiescent, even ingratiating with those in power. The fear of failure and of provoking condemnation creates considerable inner tensions, as well as occasional public expressions of hesitation and guilt. Importantly, submissive behavior to those in authority may overlie hidden rebellious feelings. Lurking behind the front of propriety and restraint may be intense contrary feelings that occasionally break through their controls. Rarely daring to expose these feelings, the conscientious person binds them so tightly that life becomes over-organized in an anxiously tense and disciplined self-restraint. As a consequence the person will typically lack spontaneity and flexibility, is often indecisive, tends to procrastinate, and is easily upset by deviations from routine. There is a marked denial of discordant emotions and a tendency to neutralize feelings normally aroused by distressful events.

SX 1 (Zeal) = Enforcing Denigrating Personality Type (sadistic variant + compulsive features)

> There are military sergeants, cops on the beat, deans in universities, and judges who sit on the bench, to name just a few whose hostile inclinations are employed ostensibly in the public interest. These individuals fall within the subtype we are naming the enforcing denigrator. They represent persons who feel they have the right to control and punish others, who know when rules have been broken, and how these violators should be dealt with, even violently and destructively. Operat

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