It seems that Type A personalities have a lot of mental illness traits. I was thinking about this. Not saying this pertains exactly to BPD but I see some correlations.
Hey,
I think you are confusing personality types with Cluster A, B, C, and so forth.
It seems to me that a lot of Type A personalities are centered around heavy levels of narcissism with assoicated Cluster B disorders.
How many sales people would you place under type A? How many of them lie and have issues with alcohol, sex and substance abuse?
Wolf of Wall Street is a great movie that shows that.
Traders, sales, athletes, criminals, movie stars, politicians... .Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Lance Armstrong to name a few.
Anyone in the public eye.
Hey Jack!
Type A personalities are confident. Well, at least the 'healthy' Type A's.
However, there is a fine line between 'healthy confidence' and 'narc-ed out arrogance'.
The demon I was married too was very much a 'behind the scenes' type person.
Like to shift around in dark places, secretive, deceptions, manipulations, etc.
He is an Engineer, so NOT in the public eye, but; he is has own private 30+ year addiction, when he opens his mouth, it is a lie, of that I am sure; and he has sex issues. I am sure now that he is on his own, he will gain an alcohol problem... .
He looks like the 'perfect' man; He was a youth coach, went to church, always smiling, etc.
But behind closed doors; he was a different person; from a different planet... .
When he dropped his mask in 2011... .everyone was blown away at what he revealed.
So blown away they could not believe it.
Some chose not to believe it... .they really liked, and got used to the 'person he pretended' so they too pretended like nothing happened.
Being a Type A myself; I personally prefer the 'in your face' approach -vs- the "behind your back" approach.
I was the one 'labeled' because I am the one that spoke out. Spoke up. Called an Ace an Ace.
But make no mistake... .he is a monster, a destroyer.
And no one knew it; not until he dropped his mask... .because he was quite, behind the scenes.
Personally I will take a loud mouth over a sneaky back stabber any day.