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: Millon views personality not as a set of rigid "sick" vs. "healthy" categories, but as a continuum. A "disorder" is simply an extreme, inflexible, or maladaptive expression of traits that exist in everyone.

: Millon famously compares personalities to impressionistic paintings—seemingly unified from a distance, but a "bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives" upon closer inspection. Personality Disorders in Modern Life - THEODORE...

: Marked by instability in moods, self-image, and relationships. Millon notes historical parallels to Kraepelin’s "excitable personality". : Millon views personality not as a set of rigid "sick" vs