Dr. Shannon Curry diagnosed Amber Heard with not one but two personality disorders, and
well, her reaction was instantaneous.
So let's do a breakdown of her gestures so you can learn to spot covert anger, whenever
you see it in the wild.
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It so happens that Amber was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic
Personality Disorder, not to mention that she's been faking her alleged post traumatic
stress.
But first, Pay attention to Dr. Curry's diagnosis and Amber's eyes and head:
- Results of Ms. Heard's evaluation supported two diagnosis.
Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder.
- Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder.
Notice that when Dr. Curry mentions the diagnosis, Amber tilts her head to her left, without
looking up.
That is a reaction of wanting to protect herself from whatever the doctor is saying.
Our left side is more emotional, and Amber felt the need of making it smaller, to feel
less vulnerable.
That is a signal of being insecure.
But let's see if you can spot her reaction when Dr. Curry is talking about the professional
opinion of psychologists and psychiatrists:
- A diagnosis is a way that we essentially...
that psychologists, psychiatrists, anybody in the mental health field thinks about a
disorder - ...field thinks about a disorder
That's a microexpression of contempt.
Amber finally looks in Dr. Curry's direction, and at THAT precise moment she displays a
half smile that is consistent with this emotion.
It's important to be aware of what was the other person saying at that instant.
In this case, she was mentioning any professional in the mental health field.
So, that contempt was a reaction to the mention of those professionals.
Of psychologists and psychiatrists.
Most probably Amber feels like she knows more than them, that they don't know what they
are talking about.
And that is also consistent with the recollection of the event that happened with Paul Bettany's
son, that he tried to give his well informed opinion on a topic, and Amber basically drew
him to tears, like, how dare you open your mouth!
even when he was studied in the topic.
Jhonny told Amber back then, you can't behave like that.
That's just not right.
And you can see for yourself in here, that she despises authorities in fields that are
vastly different from her own experience.
Whatever 'experience' means to her.
And maybe she wanted to reassure that she's better than any psychiatrist, because the
very next thing she does is to turn her chin up in an arrogant gesture, and looking in
Johnny's direction:
- How the symptoms might have developed, how that person might behave, perceive the world,
uhm... it also drives treatment.
The real purpose is to determine what sort of interventions would be most effective for
the person.
So, there was that chin up in arrogance, there was another contempt display with a half smile,
she looks at her nails like she's not interested at all in what she's listening to, and there
was also that tiny touch of her face and looking away.
It doesn't have a meaning in itself, but I don't know why I have such a strong feeling
that I have seen it somewhere before...
And by the way, what is Amber writing all the time? one might think that she was taking
some notes related to the case, but most probably she was updating her voodoo doll list.
Sometimes it's not the gesture in itself that has a direct meaning, but how to spot tensions
in the body.
And most of the time, those are very subtle diplays that can go unnoticed.
And she not only displays that tension on her hand, but at the same time she's using
it to cover her face.
It's similar to that gesture she did with her head, covering her emotional side, she's
using her left hand in this case to hide behind it.
Again, these are subtle signals that must be stacked one over another to reach a solid
conclusion.
And it's also important to spot how many times a single gesture repeats.
We have already seen two instances of the contempt smile.
But there's a third one and not even two minutes have passed since the doctor began her testimony.
Now, you might be a little confused about the disorders that were diagnosed on Amber.
And just to clarify them a bit, Borderline Personality Disorder impacts the way you think
and feel about yourself and others, causing self-image issues, problems managing emotions,
and behavior, and a possible pattern of unstable relationships.
Imagine that you combine that with Histrionic Personality Disorder, which is a behavior
of excessive attention-seeking that includes inappropriate seduction and an excessive desire
for approval.
Dr. Curry went as far as to testify that the code type that Amber fell under is the most
prone to explosions of anger and cruelty, to the point of often trying to physically
prevent their partners from leaving.
That makes you think about the statement of their marriage counselor about Amber admitting
that she hit Johnny whenever he tried to walk away from the relationship.
This is the kind of personality that you can imagine that even her own lawyers could be,
at some point, afraid to deal with.
It's not that hard to spot that at some point, she was talking to her attorney in such a
sweet way that you could even mistake her for a Disney princess!
ow, how cute smile talking to him!
But not even five minutes have passed when we see a completely different expression of
disdain, of "you are not worthy of sitting here next to me.
You know it, right?"
And it's not like we cannot display these emotions from time to time.
But as I have told you, there is no single gesture that has a direct meaning or that
can reveal someone's personality just like that.
But it's the high contrast betwen such displays in such a short amount of time, and that is
something that I've mentioned in previous videos.
Again, dealing with a person that is unpredictable or has this kind of extreme emotions over
short periods, can be quite frightening.
And the best example is to listen to her attorney while he was asking a few questions.
Listen and focus on the quality of his voice over these three sentences, and let's see
if you can identify the underlying emotion:
- And you had interactions with Debbie Lloyd when you were at the house, correct?
- And isn't it true that in the entire time you were there, you were not informed as to...
what caused damage to Mr. Depp's hand? or... finger?
- You didn't know what could cause damage to Mr. Depp's hand while you were there, correct?
- Dr. Kipp told me he sustained an injury in one of his fingers
- Objection, here say...
- (Judge) But you asked the question - Oh.
Yeah, you heard it right.
He made an objection to his own question.
His voice jittering, it's like he was trembling in fear, and every time he started a new sentence,
it started at a certain volume and then began to go lower and lower.
So, it's either he's afraid of losing the case, or getting into Amber's voodoo doll
list.
Or... maybe both.
Dr. Curry's has been one of the most revealing testimonies in this trial so far, because
we are talking about a professional assessment of Amber's personality, the implications that
it can have in the outcome of the trial, and what it really meant for Johnny to have gone
through this.
But I want to keep my focus on her body language, because one thing is being able to listen
to the facts that professionals are uncovering every day, and the other is being able to
practice your body language skills on each one of these interactions.
What I recommend is to not get too carried away focusing on the person's body language.
In this case, Amber's body language, because it will be easy to miss what is happening
with the witness, the attorneys, and what's being said at the moment.
All behavior should be studied like a system, and that way you will be able to reach better
conclusions.
There's still a lot to cover and you can always tag me on Instagram, Twitter or TikTok to
pitch me any clip that you consider important for a behavior analysis.
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My name is Jesús Enrique Rosas and it will always be a pleasure, my body language buddies!
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