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Personality Disorders in
Modern Life
SECOND EDITION
THEODORE MILLON
and
Seth Grossman
Carrie Millon
Sarah Meagher
Rowena Ramnath
JOHNWILEY & SONS, INC.
"THE LANGUID SCHIZOID
A combination of the schizoid and depressive personalities, the languid schizoid is
marked by a slow personal tempo, low activation level, and the absence of vigorous and
energetic action. Easily fatigued, with only weak motoric expressiveness, languids seem
either too comfortable or too lazy; they are unable to rouse themselves to meet their
responsibilities, pursue the simplest pleasures, or behave with spontaneity. Interpersonally,
they have a quiet, colorless, and vaguely dependent way of relating, hybridizing the
introversion of the schizoid with the lethargy characteristic of the depressive personality.
As such, they rarely take the initiative, seem broadly anhedonic and cognitively detached,
or vaguely ruminative. Such individuals have few interests, preferring a simple,
repetitive, and dependent lifestyle. Unlike the affectless schizoid, described later, languids
are not necessarily emotionally void. They do suffer the same type of profound
angst often seen in depressives, yet their lack of vitality ensures that their sentiments are
rarely expressed strongly.
THE REMOTE SCHIZOID
Although more characteristic of the avoidant personality development, children subjected
to intense hostility and rejection very early in life may protectively withdraw so
completely that their native capacity for feeling and relating to others becomes permanently
reduced. Here, youngsters otherwise capable of normal interpersonal adjustment
learn that such desires and emotions yield only anguish and disillusionment. Unlike the
basic schizoid, some capacity for feeling and relating remains with the remote schizoid,
but the wish for affective bonding has been so completely repressed that it no longer enters
conscious awareness. Remote schizoids who are more severely impaired may also
possess features of the schizotypal personality.
Such individuals are often seen among the homeless, the chronically institutionalized,
and the residents of halfway houses. Whereas the basic schizoid is aloof and insensitive
to emotional experience, remote schizoids may express a measure of social
anxiety as well as frequent behavioral eccentricities, autistic thinking, and depersonalization.
At best, their low self-esteem and deficits in social competence allow them only
a peripheral, but dependent, role in interpersonal and familial relationships. Most seek
solitude and go through life as detached observers closed off from sources of growth
and gratification. Some earn a marginal livelihood in low-status jobs, but most follow a
meaningless, ineffectual, and idle pattern, drifting aimlessly on the periphery of social
life. Many are totally dependent on public support.
THE DEPERSONALIZED SCHIZOID
Often observed simply staring off into space, depersonalized schizoids seem dreamy
and distant, as if they were contemplating some peaceful vision that draws them more
and more away from the everyday existence of the mundane world. Like all schizoids,
they are extremely inattentive and disengaged from the affairs of life. More than most,
however, depersonalized schizoids have deteriorated into obliviousness. Although they
appear preoccupied internally with something substantive, they are in fact preoccupied
with nothing at all. Rather, their detachment takes a peculiar, schizotypal-like form:
These schizoids feel like disembodied observers viewing themselves from the outside,
detached not only from the real world but also from their own thoughts and feelings,
from their imagination and fantasies, and from their own corporeal bodies, as well. Focused
neither internally nor externally, they possess an ethereal attitude and only a
residual physical presence. Whereas the basic schizoid pattern is best described as cognitively
vacant, depersonalized schizoids seem cognitively absent.
THE AFFECTLESS SCHIZOID
The isolated, emotionally detached, and solemn characteristics of the affectless
schizoid suggest constitutional factors, perhaps some abnormality of the neurological
systems that support empathy, warmth, and sensitivity in human relationships. Although
this might seem to suggest schizotypal features, the schizotypal exhibits a defect
in the ability to understand the meaning of human communication. In contrast,
the affectless variant combines the apathy of the schizoid with the emotional constriction
and formality of the compulsive, effectively eliminating all emotional expression.
Like compulsives, they find structured settings comfortable and are more likely to be effective in adult roles than the basic schizoid pattern. But like schizoids, they express
the basic conflict of the compulsive, autonomy versus obedience, only weakly if at all."
Sources: http://www.psiholozi.com/uploads/8/4/9/7/8497079/personality_disorders_in_modern_life_2nd_ed_t.millon_2004.pdf
Modern Life
SECOND EDITION
THEODORE MILLON
and
Seth Grossman
Carrie Millon
Sarah Meagher
Rowena Ramnath
JOHNWILEY & SONS, INC.
"THE LANGUID SCHIZOID
A combination of the schizoid and depressive personalities, the languid schizoid is
marked by a slow personal tempo, low activation level, and the absence of vigorous and
energetic action. Easily fatigued, with only weak motoric expressiveness, languids seem
either too comfortable or too lazy; they are unable to rouse themselves to meet their
responsibilities, pursue the simplest pleasures, or behave with spontaneity. Interpersonally,
they have a quiet, colorless, and vaguely dependent way of relating, hybridizing the
introversion of the schizoid with the lethargy characteristic of the depressive personality.
As such, they rarely take the initiative, seem broadly anhedonic and cognitively detached,
or vaguely ruminative. Such individuals have few interests, preferring a simple,
repetitive, and dependent lifestyle. Unlike the affectless schizoid, described later, languids
are not necessarily emotionally void. They do suffer the same type of profound
angst often seen in depressives, yet their lack of vitality ensures that their sentiments are
rarely expressed strongly.
THE REMOTE SCHIZOID
Although more characteristic of the avoidant personality development, children subjected
to intense hostility and rejection very early in life may protectively withdraw so
completely that their native capacity for feeling and relating to others becomes permanently
reduced. Here, youngsters otherwise capable of normal interpersonal adjustment
learn that such desires and emotions yield only anguish and disillusionment. Unlike the
basic schizoid, some capacity for feeling and relating remains with the remote schizoid,
but the wish for affective bonding has been so completely repressed that it no longer enters
conscious awareness. Remote schizoids who are more severely impaired may also
possess features of the schizotypal personality.
Such individuals are often seen among the homeless, the chronically institutionalized,
and the residents of halfway houses. Whereas the basic schizoid is aloof and insensitive
to emotional experience, remote schizoids may express a measure of social
anxiety as well as frequent behavioral eccentricities, autistic thinking, and depersonalization.
At best, their low self-esteem and deficits in social competence allow them only
a peripheral, but dependent, role in interpersonal and familial relationships. Most seek
solitude and go through life as detached observers closed off from sources of growth
and gratification. Some earn a marginal livelihood in low-status jobs, but most follow a
meaningless, ineffectual, and idle pattern, drifting aimlessly on the periphery of social
life. Many are totally dependent on public support.
THE DEPERSONALIZED SCHIZOID
Often observed simply staring off into space, depersonalized schizoids seem dreamy
and distant, as if they were contemplating some peaceful vision that draws them more
and more away from the everyday existence of the mundane world. Like all schizoids,
they are extremely inattentive and disengaged from the affairs of life. More than most,
however, depersonalized schizoids have deteriorated into obliviousness. Although they
appear preoccupied internally with something substantive, they are in fact preoccupied
with nothing at all. Rather, their detachment takes a peculiar, schizotypal-like form:
These schizoids feel like disembodied observers viewing themselves from the outside,
detached not only from the real world but also from their own thoughts and feelings,
from their imagination and fantasies, and from their own corporeal bodies, as well. Focused
neither internally nor externally, they possess an ethereal attitude and only a
residual physical presence. Whereas the basic schizoid pattern is best described as cognitively
vacant, depersonalized schizoids seem cognitively absent.
THE AFFECTLESS SCHIZOID
The isolated, emotionally detached, and solemn characteristics of the affectless
schizoid suggest constitutional factors, perhaps some abnormality of the neurological
systems that support empathy, warmth, and sensitivity in human relationships. Although
this might seem to suggest schizotypal features, the schizotypal exhibits a defect
in the ability to understand the meaning of human communication. In contrast,
the affectless variant combines the apathy of the schizoid with the emotional constriction
and formality of the compulsive, effectively eliminating all emotional expression.
Like compulsives, they find structured settings comfortable and are more likely to be effective in adult roles than the basic schizoid pattern. But like schizoids, they express
the basic conflict of the compulsive, autonomy versus obedience, only weakly if at all."
Sources: http://www.psiholozi.com/uploads/8/4/9/7/8497079/personality_disorders_in_modern_life_2nd_ed_t.millon_2004.pdf
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