3.Empathy:  Pronounced difficulty understanding impact of own behaviors on others;
frequent misinterpretations of others’ motivations and behaviors.
4.Intimacy:  Marked impairments in developing close relationships, associated with
mistrust and anxiety.
B. Four or more of the following six pathological personality traits:
1.Cognitive and perceptual dysregulation  (an aspect of Psychoticism ): Odd or
unusual thought processes; vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or
stereotyped thought or speech; odd sensations in various sensory modalities.
2.Unusual beliefs and experiences  (an aspect of Psychoticism ): Thought content
and views of reality that are viewed by others as bizarre or idiosyncratic; unusual
experiences of reality.
3.Eccentricity  (an aspect of Psychoticism ): Odd, unusual, or bizarre behavior or
appearance; saying unusual or inappropriate things.
4.Restricted affectivity (an aspect of Detachment ): Little reaction to emotionally
arousing situations; constricted emotional experience and expression; indifference
or coldness.
5.Withdrawal (an aspect of Detachment ): Preference for being alone to being with
others; reticence in social situations; avoidance of social contacts and activity; lack
of initiation of social contact.
6.Suspiciousness (an aspect of Detachment ): Expectations of—and heightened
sensitivity to—signs of interpersonal ill-intent or harm; doubts about loyalty and fi-
delity of others; feelings of persecution.