Idiosyncratic Personality Type

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The idealized image of the Idiosyncratic Personality Type describes persons who

Definition, Synonyms, Analogous

Idiosyncrasy

Definition: 1. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group. 2. A physiological or temperamental peculiarity. (AHD)

Synonyms: eccentricity

Analogous: peculiarity, individuality, distinctiveness or distinction, characteristicness or characteristic: manner, way, method, mode: mannerism, affectation, pose (MW, 412)

Character Strengths and Virtues

Attributes of the idealized self

1. Originality, integrity, bravery, confidence.
2. Independence, purposefulness.
3. Creativity, artistry.
4. Openness to experience, curiosity, spirituality.
5. Open-mindedness.
6. Alertness, sensitivity.

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).

non-conformity, dreaming, the spirit, visions, mysticism, eccentricity, freethinking idiosyncratic feelings and belief systems, worldview, and approach to life, odd habits, self-direction, independence, the occult, the extrasensory, the supernatural, abstract and speculative thinking, being inner-directed, observing others, new experiences and feelings, rapture, freedom from rules,

Fears/Pains

Excessive aversions to limited evils

conformity, convention, tradition, close relationships, how other people react to them, that others think them strange, old belief systems, joining, affiliation, adapting, accepting or espousing anyone else's principles and beliefs, standard explanations, ridicule, doubt, uncertainty, disillusionment, the "regular" world, narrow-minded people, normal behavior standards, others' expectations, accepting authority.

Beliefs

Ego Defense Mechanisms

Self-glorification requires deception.

Real World

Self

Emotions

Self-Control

Work

Management Style

Careers

Relationships

Parenting

Good/Bad Matches

Good

• Dramatic
• Adventurous
• Serious
• Sensitive
• Devoted
• Self-Sacrificing
• Conscientious

Bad

• Self-Confident
• Aggressive
• Vigilant

Possible

• Leisurely

Self-Improvement

Areas that may need improvement

Other Areas of interest

Disorder

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Noteworthy Examples

Hannah Arendt, Clive Barker, Tim Burton, John Cage, Italo Calvino, Kurt Cobain, Elvis Costello, René Descartes, Umberto Eco, Maurits Cornelis Escher, Albert Einstein, Oriana Fallaci, Glenn Gould, Werner Heisenberg, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Buster Keaton, Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, R.D. Laing, k. d. lang, Gary Larson, John Lennon, David Lynch, James Madison, Iris Murdoch, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jean-Paul Sartre, Klaus Tennstedt, Billy Bob Thornton.

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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