Scarlett O Har Histrionic Personality Disorder
Scarlett O’Hara: Histrionic Personality Disorder
Taylor D. Witte
Flagler College
Abstract
This paper will discuss this process of diagnosing the character of Scarlett O’Hara from the novel Gone with The Wind with Histrionic Personality Disorder. Because of her symptoms, shown in the novel and the movie of the same title, O’Hara’s diagnosis might have more than one disorder. The possible causes and a treatment plan will also be examined in this paper.
Introduction The novel Gone With the Wind is all about the protagonist, Scarlett O’Hara, in Georgia during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. Scarlett is a beautiful, green-eyed brunette Southern Belle whose ability to overcome adversity with sheer willpower …show more content…
This is a classic example of Histrionic personality Disorder. This Personality is categorized in the “Dramatic” cluster according to the DSM-V. Individuals with this disorder are described as “emotionally charged and continually seek to be the center of attention”, they are usually vain, self centered, demanding, and overreact to any minor event that gets in their way. They usually achieve their goals of attention through sexual seduction, and exaggerate the depth of a relationship (Comer 2014 p. …show more content…
Psychodynamic theorists propose that both these disorders come from a childhood with cold and rejecting parents. People with APD become emotionally distant and use power and destructiveness as skills to bond with. People with NPD defend themselves against the world’s negativity by responding with the belief that they are actually desirable and without flaws. The behavioral view implies that individuals suffering from APD learn their symptoms from imitation or modeling. Others say that parents unknowingly rewarded aggressive behavior in childhood. Cognitive theorists suggest that people with APD have attitudes that may belittle other’s needs and they have a genuine difficulty recognizing other’s point of view other than their own. People with NPD may have been treated too positively as a child; they were rewarded for minor achievements, which taught the child that their self worth was more important than others. Sociocultural theorists blame society for the cause of NPD. Symptoms are a result of the breakdown of social ideals and family values (Comer 2014 p.
Taylor D. Witte
Flagler College
Abstract
This paper will discuss this process of diagnosing the character of Scarlett O’Hara from the novel Gone with The Wind with Histrionic Personality Disorder. Because of her symptoms, shown in the novel and the movie of the same title, O’Hara’s diagnosis might have more than one disorder. The possible causes and a treatment plan will also be examined in this paper.
Introduction The novel Gone With the Wind is all about the protagonist, Scarlett O’Hara, in Georgia during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. Scarlett is a beautiful, green-eyed brunette Southern Belle whose ability to overcome adversity with sheer willpower …show more content…
This is a classic example of Histrionic personality Disorder. This Personality is categorized in the “Dramatic” cluster according to the DSM-V. Individuals with this disorder are described as “emotionally charged and continually seek to be the center of attention”, they are usually vain, self centered, demanding, and overreact to any minor event that gets in their way. They usually achieve their goals of attention through sexual seduction, and exaggerate the depth of a relationship (Comer 2014 p. …show more content…
Psychodynamic theorists propose that both these disorders come from a childhood with cold and rejecting parents. People with APD become emotionally distant and use power and destructiveness as skills to bond with. People with NPD defend themselves against the world’s negativity by responding with the belief that they are actually desirable and without flaws. The behavioral view implies that individuals suffering from APD learn their symptoms from imitation or modeling. Others say that parents unknowingly rewarded aggressive behavior in childhood. Cognitive theorists suggest that people with APD have attitudes that may belittle other’s needs and they have a genuine difficulty recognizing other’s point of view other than their own. People with NPD may have been treated too positively as a child; they were rewarded for minor achievements, which taught the child that their self worth was more important than others. Sociocultural theorists blame society for the cause of NPD. Symptoms are a result of the breakdown of social ideals and family values (Comer 2014 p.