I find this slightly interesting
Sep. 21st, 2005 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
muck_a_luckI took the personality diorder test.
It was a stupid little test, and of course, based on self-reporting.
I got low on everything, except I got High for Histrionic Personality Disorder, and Medium for Narcissistic personality disorder.
People with histrionic personality disorder are constant attention seekers. They need to be the center of attention all the time, often interrupting others in order to dominate the conversation. They use grandiose language to discribe everyday events and seek constant praise. They may dress provacatively or exaggerate illnesses in order to gain attention. Histrionics also tend to exaggerate friendships and relationships, believing that everyone loves them. They are often manipulative.
Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by self-centeredness. Like histrionic disorder, people with this disorder seek attention and praise. They exaggerate their achievements, expecting others to recongize them as being superior. They tend to be choosy about picking friends, since they believe that not just anyone is worthy of being their friend. Narcissists tend to make good first impressions, yet have difficulty maintaining long-lasting relationships. They are generally uninterested in the feelings of others and may take advantage of them.
Now, this is only interesting to me because I came up as Orli on some personality test earlier - always the center of attention, was how he/I was described.
I have had a couple of other "tests" in line with this, too.
In light of my LJ behavior, I wonder if I am actually learning something about myself here? Am I a manipulative attention whore wiht a superiority complex? Hmmmm.
It was a stupid little test, and of course, based on self-reporting.
I got low on everything, except I got High for Histrionic Personality Disorder, and Medium for Narcissistic personality disorder.
People with histrionic personality disorder are constant attention seekers. They need to be the center of attention all the time, often interrupting others in order to dominate the conversation. They use grandiose language to discribe everyday events and seek constant praise. They may dress provacatively or exaggerate illnesses in order to gain attention. Histrionics also tend to exaggerate friendships and relationships, believing that everyone loves them. They are often manipulative.
Narcissistic personality disorder is characterized by self-centeredness. Like histrionic disorder, people with this disorder seek attention and praise. They exaggerate their achievements, expecting others to recongize them as being superior. They tend to be choosy about picking friends, since they believe that not just anyone is worthy of being their friend. Narcissists tend to make good first impressions, yet have difficulty maintaining long-lasting relationships. They are generally uninterested in the feelings of others and may take advantage of them.
Now, this is only interesting to me because I came up as Orli on some personality test earlier - always the center of attention, was how he/I was described.
I have had a couple of other "tests" in line with this, too.
In light of my LJ behavior, I wonder if I am actually learning something about myself here? Am I a manipulative attention whore wiht a superiority complex? Hmmmm.
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Date: 2005-09-22 02:58 am (UTC)choosy about picking friends...
make good first impressions...
Don't know the particular test you took, but I have no idea how they can distinguish genuinely intelligent, balanced, social people from the self deluded in an online quiz relying on self-reporting.
Orli, huh? I can kinda see that. ;-) Though my description would be "enthusiastic and slightly spastic in a charming and entertaining way" -- not narcissistic. *grin*
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Date: 2005-09-23 02:21 am (UTC)The link, if it amuses you...
http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv
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Date: 2005-09-23 02:36 am (UTC)