10 of wrestling's craziest personalities

#1 Stone Cold Steve Austin, Histrionic Personality Disorder

Austin on the mike, a role he was born for.

Stone Cold is a tough S.O.B., and he really doesn't give a damn what you think about that. Or does he? Would someone who 'really doesn't give a damn' constantly seek massive, public approval for his every action?

During his heydey as WWE champion, Austin seemed incapable of performing even the simplest action without getting the audience's approval first. This constant need for reassurance is characteristic of Histrionic Personality Disorder or HPD.

Patients with HPD often display 'excessive dramatics with exaggerated displays of emotion', which is another trait Austin certainly has, as in this clip:

Treatment:

Usually, people with HPD are difficult to treat. Part of the condition lends the delusion that they are not, in fact, sick at all, and others are just jealous of the attention they are getting. When one can get a patient with HPD to seek treatment, it usually takes the form of psychotherapy.

Teaching the patient to build self-esteem internally rather than by the approval of others is tantamount, but sometimes anti-anxiety drugs are used. Since Austin already self-medicates -- heavily --with 'Steveweisers', it seems unlikely he would, or could, get treatment. But one thing is for sure: The Texas Rattlesnake is the greatest professional wrestler of all time.

Ten of the craziest personas in wrestling, and ten diagnoses. Who said wrestling can't be educational?

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