#millons subtypes

Note: all definitions are taken directly from Millon's writings, which are quite old, with only a few edits and rephrasings to make things more digestible to a modern audience.

📃 The Languid Schizoid — They experience a marked inertia and generally deficient activation level. They appear intrinsically phlegmatic, lethargic, weary, leaden, lackadaisical, exhausted, and enfeebled. They often are unable to act with spontaneity or seek the simplest pleasures, may experience profound angst, yet lack the vitality to express it strongly.

▐ has depressive and dependent traits

📃 The Remote Schizoid — They appear distant and removed: inaccessible, solitary, isolated, disconnected, secluded, and aimlessly drifting. Tough, they are often peripherally occupied. This subtype is seen among people who would have been otherwise capable of developing normal emotional life but having been subjected to intense hostility lost their innate capability to form bonds. Some residual anxiety regarding this hostility is present.

▐ has avoidant traits

📃 The Depersonalized Schizoid — They are disengaged from others and themselves. They see their "self" as a disembodied or distant object. Their body and mind are sundered, cleaved, dissociated, disjoined, or entirely eliminated eliminated. Often seen as simply staring into the empty space or being occupied with something substantial while actually being occupied with nothing at all.

▐ has schizotypal traits

📃 The Affectless Schizoid — They appear passionless, unresponsive, unaffectionate, chilly, uncaring, unstirred, spiritless, lackluster, unexcitable, unperturbed, and cold; all emotions having seemingly been diminished. They have a strong preference for rigid structures and unemotional logic.

▐ has obsessive-compulsive traits

More of Millon's subtypes:

[ASPD] [AVPD] [BPD] [DPD] [DPPD]

[HPD] [OCPD] [PPD] [NGPD] [NPD]

Note: all definitions are taken directly from Millon's writings, which are quite old, with only a few edits and rephrasings to make things more digestible to a modern audience.

📃 The Insipid Schizotypal — A structural exaggeration of the passive-detached pattern, they are marked by a sense of strangeness and nonbeing. They often appear overtly drab, sluggish, inexpressive and are internally bland, barren, indifferent, and insensitive. They often have obscured, vague, and tangential thoughts.

▐ has schizoid, depressive, and dependent traits

📃 The Timorous Schizotypal — A structural exaggeration of the active-detached pattern, they appear warily apprehensive, watchful, suspicious, guarded, and shrinking, acting to deaden excess sensitivity. They are alienated from themselves and others and intentionally block, reverse, or disqualify their own thoughts.

▐ has avoidant and negativistic traits

More of Millon's subtypes:

[ASPD] [AVPD] [BPD] [DPD] [DPPD]

[HPD] [OCPD] [PPD] [NGPD] [NPD]

Note: all definitions are taken directly from Millon's writings, which are quite old, with only a few edits and rephrasings to make things more digestible to a modern audience.

📃 The Virtuous Self-Defeater — They are proudly unselfish, self-denying, and self-sacrificial. Exceptionally self disciplined. Believe weighty burdens are judged noble, righteous, and saintly and that others must recognize their loyalty and faithfulness. They expect gratitude and appreciation for their altruism and forbearance.

▐ has histrionic traits

📃 The Possessive Self-Defeater — They ensnare others by becoming jealous, overprotective, and indispensable. Often entraps, takes control, conquers, enslaves, and dominates others by being sacrificial to a fault. Desire (consciously or not) control by obligatory dependence.

▐ has negativistic traits

📃 The Undoing Self-Defeater — They often feel "wrecked by success". Seel to experience "victory through defeat" (re; a loss is the best case scenario). They are gratified by personal misfortunes, failures, humiliations, and ordeals. Deliberately act against their best interests, choosing to be victimized, ruined, and disgraced out of habit.

▐ has avoidant traits

📃 The Oppressed Self-Defeater — They experience genuine misery, despair, hardship, anguish, torment, and illness. Their grievances are often used to create guilt in others. Their resentments are vented by exempting themselves from responsibilities and burdening others.

▐ has depressive traits

More of Millon's subtypes:

[ASPD] [AVPD] [BPD] [DPD] [DPPD]

[HPD] [OCPD] [PPD] [NGPD] [NPD]

Note: all definitions are taken directly from Millon's writings, which are quite old, with only a few edits and rephrasings to make things more digestible to a modern audience.

📃 The Spineless Sadist — They are exceptionally insecure, bogus, and cowardly though act out venomous dominance and cruelty. They will attempt to overcome fear by seeking it out, often to their own detriment. Their weakness is counteracted by group support and public swaggering. Often selects powerless scapegoats to avoid being seen as weak themselves.

▐ has avoidant traits

📃 The Tyrannical Sadist — Relishes in menacing and brutalizing others, forcing them to cower and submit. Is verbally cutting and scathing, accusatory and destructive. Acts intentionally surly, abusive, inhumane, and unmerciful.

▐ has negativistic traits

📃 The Enforcing Sadist — Their hostility is sublimated in the "public interest". They usually are cops, "bossy" supervisors, deans, judges, and other such jobs with power over others. Believe they possess the "right" to be pitiless, merciless, coarse, and barbarous. Their task is to control and punish, to search out rule breakers.

▐ has obsessive-compulsive traits

📃 The Explosive Sadist — Experience unpredictable outbursts and fury characterized by uncontrollable rage and fearsome attacks. They have intense feelings of humiliation which are pent-up and discharged. They are typically exceptionally guilty after an explosion.

▐ has borderline traits

More of Millon's subtypes:

[ASPD] [AVPD] [BPD] [DPD] [DPPD]

[HPD] [OCPD] [PPD] [NGPD] [NPD]

Note: all definitions are taken directly from Millon's writings, which are quite old, with only a few edits and rephrasings to make things more digestible to a modern audience.

📃 The Unprincipled Narcissist — Has a deficient conscience. Is unscrupulous, amoral, disloyal, fraudulent, deceptive, arrogant, and exploitive. Act akin to a con artist and charlatan. Appear dominating, contemptuous, and vindictive.

▐ has antisocial traits

📃 The Amorous Narcissist — often sexually seductive, enticing, beguiling, and tantalizing. They are quite glib and clever. Generally disinclined to real intimacy while indulging hedonistic desires. Characterized by pathological lying and potential swindling. Tends to have many affairs, often with "exotic" partners. (Somewhat synonymous with exhibitionist narcissism)

▐ has histrionic traits

📃 The Compensatory Narcissist — Seeks to counteract or cancel out deep feelings of inferiority and lack of self-esteem. Offsets deficits by creating illusions of being superior, exceptional, admirable, noteworthy. Self-worth results from perceived self-enhancement. (Somewhat synonymous with Vulnerable, Hypervigilant, or Oblivious Narcissism)

▐ has avoidant traits

📃 The Elitist Narcissist — Feels privileged and empowered by virtue of a special childhood status and pseudo-achievements. Their entitled facade bears little relation to reality. They seek a favored and good life. Is extremely upwardly mobile and cultivates special status and advantages by association with others.

▐ variant of the "standard" narcissist

More of Millon's subtypes:

[ASPD] [AVPD] [BPD] [DPD] [DPPD]

[HPD] [OCPD] [PPD] [NGPD] [NPD]

Note: all definitions are taken directly from Millon's writings, which are quite old, with only a few edits and rephrasings to make things more digestible to a modern audience.

📃 The Vacillating Negativist — Their emotions fluctuate in bewildering, perplexing, and enigmatic ways. They find it difficult to fathom or comprehend their own capricious and mystifying moods. Often they are wavering, in flux, and irresolute both subjectively and intrapsychically.

▐ has borderline traits

📃 The Discontented Negativist — They are grumbling, petty, testy, cranky, embittered, complaining, fretful, vexed, and moody. Often hides their gripes behind pretense. They avidly avoid confrontation. They often use legitimate but trivial complaints to appear as the victim.

▐ has depressive traits

📃 The Circuitous Negativist — Their opposition is displayed in a roundabout, labyrinthine, and ambiguous manner. For example by procrastination, dawdling, forgetfulness, inefficiency, neglect, and stubbornness. They are indirect and devious in venting resentment and resistant behaviors.

▐ has antisocial and dependent traits

📃 The Abrasive Negativist — They appear contentious, intransigent, fractious, and quarrelsome and are often irritable, caustic, debasing, corrosive, and acrimonious, contradicts and derogates themselves and others. They have few qualms and little conscience or remorse.

▐ has sadistic traits

More of Millon's subtypes:

[ASPD] [AVPD] [BPD] [DPD] [DPPD]

[HPD] [OCPD] [PPD] [NGPD] [NPD]

Note: all definitions are taken directly from Millon's writings, which are quite old, with only a few edits and rephrasings to make things more digestible to a modern audience.

📃 The Obdurate Paranoid — Self-assertive, unyielding, stubborn, steely, implacable, unrelenting, dyspeptic, peevish, and possessing a cranky stance. Often legalistic and self-righteous. Readily discharges previously restrained hostility and renounces self vs other conflict.

▐ has obsessive-compulsive traits

📃 The Fanatic Paranoid — Grandiose delusions are irrational and flimsy. Often act pretentious, and with contempt and arrogance toward others. Their lost pride is reestablished with extravagant claims and fantasies.

▐ has narcissistic traits

📃 The Querulous Paranoid — Contentious, caviling, fractious, argumentative, faultfinding, unaccommodating, resentful, choleric, jealous, peevish, sullen, whiny, waspish, and snappish.

▐ has negativistic traits

📃 The Insular Paranoid — Reclusive, self-sequestered, and hermitic they are self-protectively secluded from omnipresent threats and destructive forces and typically hypervigilant and defensive against imagined dangers

▐ has avoidant traits

📃 The Malignant Paranoid — Belligerent, cantankerous, intimidating, vengeful, callous, and tyrannical, their hostility is vented primarily in fantasies. They project their own venomous outlook onto others and suffer from persecutory delusions.

▐ has sadistic traits

More of Millon's subtypes:

[ASPD] [AVPD] [BPD] [DPD] [DPPD]

[HPD] [OCPD] [PPD] [NGPD] [NPD]

Note: all definitions are taken directly from Millon's writings, which are quite old, with only a few edits and rephrasings to make things more digestible to a modern audience.

📃 The Conscientious Compulsive — Often view themselves as helpful, co-operative, and compromising. They downplay their achievements and abilities and base their confidence on the opinions and expectations of others; this compensates for their feelings of insecurity and instability. They assume that devotion to work and striving for perfection will lead to them receiving love and reassurance. They believe that making a mistake or not achieving perfection will lead to abandonment and criticism. This mindset causes perpetual feelings of anxiety and an inability to appreciate their work.

▐ has dependent traits

📃 The Puritanical Compulsive — They have strong internal impulses that are countered vociferously through the use of religion or other belief. They are constantly battling their impulses and sexual drives, which they view as irrational. They attempt to purify and pacify the urges by adopting a cold and detached lifestyle. They create an enemy which they use to vent their hostility, such as "non-believers", or "lazy people". They are patronizing, bigoted, and zealous in their attitude toward others. Their beliefs are polarized into "good" and "evil".

▐ has paranoid traits

📃 The Bureaucratic Compulsive — They are champions of tradition, values, and bureaucracy. They cherish organizations that follow hierarchies and feel comforted by definitive roles between subordinates and superiors, and the known expectations and responsibilities. They derive their identity from work and project an image of diligence, reliability, and commitment to their institution. They view work and productivity in a polarized manner; either done or not. They may use their power and status to inflict fear and obedience in their subordinates if they do not strictly follow their rules and procedures, and derive pleasure from the sense of control and power that they acquire by doing so.

▐ has narcissistic traits

📃 The Parsimonious Compulsive — They are selfish, miserly, and are suspicious of others' intentions, believing that others may take away their possessions. This attitude may be caused by parents who deprived their child of wants or wishes but provided necessities, causing the child to develop an extreme protective approach to their belongings, often being self-sufficient and distant from others. They use this shielding behavior to prevent having their urges, desires, and imperfections discovered.

▐ has schizoid traits

📃 The Bedevilled Compulsive — When faced with dilemmas, they procrastinate and attempt to stall the decision through any means. They are in a constant battle between their desires and will, and may engage in self-defeating behavior and self-torture in order to resolve the internal conflict. Their identity is unstable, and they are indecisive.

▐ has negativistic traits

More of Millon's subtypes:

[ASPD] [AVPD] [BPD] [DPD] [DPPD]

[HPD] [OCPD] [PPD] [NGPD] [NPD]