In the “Nevermore: The Raven Effect” documentary, Scott Levy (WWE/ECW Legend Raven) offered a candid look at the psychology that fueled his on-screen character, linking his persona to his difficult relationship with his father and his eventual psychological diagnoses.
Raven explained how his father’s behavior shaped his personality. “My father was so funny, but he was like Don Rickles, and he always insulted me… it destroyed my sense of self worth to the point where I became so egotistical,” Raven said. “If I brag about myself and I convince you that I’m great, maybe you’ll convince me that I am.”
He stated that he was unable to mature until his father passed away. “Honestly, when he passed away, that’s when I finally became an adult. I was probably 35 but before that, I could, I just couldn’t be an adult. I was still a kid looking for his dad’s affection, you know, once he passed away, I finally got past it.”
After getting clean from drugs, Raven began seeing an addictionologist and discovered his diagnosis by chance. “You’re not supposed to know your diagnosis, but I happened to see because I read upside down on his desk… so I just grabbed it and looked and see what it said. And it said histrionic personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder,” he revealed. “But to me, it was freeing, because I was like, now I get it. Now I understand why I behave this way.”
Raven offered his own definitions for the disorders. “Narcissistic Personality Disorder, basically is egomania… But histrionic personality disorder is a little more interesting and a little more twisted.”
He then read the clinical criteria for Histrionic Personality Disorder from a document, confirming how they applied to him. “Says diagnosis requires reading five or more of the following criteria, uncomfortable and not the center of attention. Check, seductive or provocative behavior. Check, shifting and shallow emotions. Check, use his appearance to draw attention. Check, impressionistic and big speech. Check…”
Raven continued down the list: “Dramatic or exaggerated emotions… consider his relationships more intimate than they are? I was always guilty of that. That’s about enough for that. My ADD kicked in, and now I’m bored reading this.”
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