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Dramatic Personality Type

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The idealized image of the Dramatic personality type describes persons


Contents


Definition, Synonyms, Analogous

Dramatic

Definition: 1. Of or pertaining to drama or the theater. 2. Resembling a drama in emotional content or progression. 3. Striking in appearance or forcefully effective." (AHD)

Drama: "3. A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional content characteristic of a play. 4. The quality or condition of being dramatic." (AHD)

Synonyms: theatrical, dramaturgic, melodramatic, histrionic"

Analogous:


Character Strengths and Virtues

Attributes of the idealized self

  1. Forgiveness, Mercy, Magnanimity.
  2. Hope, Cheerfulness, Sociability.
  3. Tolerance, Liberalism, Open-mindedness.
  4. Liberality, Graciousness, Politeness, Courtesy.
  5. Charity, Affability, Empathy, Sensitivity, Considerateness, Friendliness, Compassion.
  6. Tenderness, Agreeableness.
  7. Refinement, Idealism, High-mindedness.
  8. Energy, Attentiveness, Enthusiasm.
  9. Artistry, Culture.
  10. Boldness, Spontaneity.
  11. Creativity, Humorousness, Wittiness.


Traits and Behaviors


Passions

Desires/Pleasures

Excessive attachments to limited goods.

"His idealized image, chiefly, is a glorification of the needs which have developed" (Horney, 1950, pg. 277).

attention, expressiveness, emotionalism, romanticism, impressing others, captivating others, glamor, amusement, affection, alliances, an audience, appreciation, being entertaining, admiration, feelings, dramatics, demonstrativeness

Fears/Pains

Excessive aversions to limited evils

being ignored, being unattractive, being unlovable, being uninteresting, being abandoned, being helpless, frustration, not getting their own way, not getting compliance from others, being treated unfairly


Beliefs

(Beck, Freeman & associates, 1990, pg. 362)

  • I am an interesting, exciting person.
  • In order to be happy I need other people to pay attention to me.
  • Unless I entertain or impress people, I am nothing.
  • If I don't keep others engaged with me, they won't like me.
  • The way to get what I want is to dazzle or amuse people.
  • If people don't respond very positively to me, they are rotten.
  • It is awful for people to ignore me.
  • I should be the center of attention.
  • I don't have to bother to think things through—I can go by my "gut" feeling.
  • If I entertain people, they will not notice my weaknesses.
  • I cannot tolerate boredom.
  • If I feel like doing something, I should go ahead and do it.
  • People will pay attention only if I act in extreme ways.
  • Feelings and intuition are much more important that rational thinking and planning.


Ego Defense Mechanisms

Self-glorification requires deception.


Emotions


Relationships

Parenting

Good/Bad Matches

Good

Bad

Possible



Self


Self-Control


Real World


Work


Management Style

Careers


Self-Improvement

Areas that may need improvement

Other Areas of interest


Disorder

Histrionic Personality Disorder


Noteworthy Examples

Tallulah Bankhead, Drew Barrymore, Ernest Becker, John Barrymore, William J. Bennett, Carol Burnett, Albert Camus, G.K. Chesterton, Frederic Chopin, Robert De Niro, Gustav Flaubert, E. M. Forster, Judy Garland, Jackie Gleason, Stephen Jay Gould, Martha Graham, Jeremy Irons, Michael Jackson, Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, Rudyard Kipling, Monica Lewinsky, Rush Limbaugh, Madame Bovary, Gustav Mahler, Theodore Millon, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Eugene O'Neill, Al Pacino, Michelle Phillips, Edith Piaf, Prince, Marcel Proust, Condoleezza Rice, Don Richard Riso, Albert Schweitzer, Paul Simon, Susan Sontag, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Walt Whitman, Tennessee Williams.


References

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (1981, c.1969). William Morris, Ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Aaron T. Beck, Arthur Freeman, and Associates (1990). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders. New York : Guilford Press.

Aaron T. Beck, Arthur Freeman, Denise D. Davis, (2004). Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders. 2nd. edition. New York: Guilford.

Merriam-Webster (1984). Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

John M. Oldham and Lois B. Morris (1995). The New Personality Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do. New York: Bantam.

David Shapiro (1965). Neurotic Styles. New York: Basic Books.





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