Tag: narcissism
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Writing Characters: Histrionic Personality
I’m continuing my series inspired by Cluster B Personality Disorders because messy characters make great stories. You can check out my posts on Classic Narcissists, Vulnerable Narcissist, and Borderline Personality too. Without further ado, writing characters—histrionic personality. Histrionic Personality Traits Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by constant attention-seeking, emotional overreaction, and seductive behavior. People with…
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Writing Characters: The Vulnerable Narcissist
As I said in my post on classic narcissists, messy characters make for great stories. So, here’s the next in my character profile series—writing vulnerable narcissists. Vulnerable narcissists are hard to spot and fun to write. A lesser-known type of narcissism is vulnerable narcissism (also referred to as closet, introverted, or covert narcissism). Vulnerable narcissists…
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Writing Characters: The Classic Narcissist
Messy characters make for great stories. I’m starting a series with some character profiles that you can use to build and breathe life into your flawed creation. This post may also be a wake up call if you actually have one of these people in your life. So here is some info on writing narcissistic…