Personality Disorders

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Personality Disorder

mental health condition that involves long-lasting, all-encompassing, disruptive patterns of thinking, behavior, mood and relating to others. These patterns cause a person significant distress and/or impair their ability to function.

Is vital to defining who we are as individuals.

Personality

It May cause distorted perceptions of reality, abnormal behaviors, and distress across various aspects of life, including work, relationships, and social functioning.

What is the effect?

Behaviors

10 types

of personality disordersCluster A personality disorders

The main feature of this condition is paranoia, which is a relentless mistrust and suspicion of others without adequate reason for suspicion. People with a paranoid personality disorder often believe others are trying to demean, harm or threaten them.

Paranoid personality disorder

This condition is marked by a consistent pattern of detachment from and general disinterest in interpersonal relationships. People with schizoid personality disorder have a limited range of emotions when interacting with others.

Schizoid personality disorder

People with this condition display a consistent pattern of intense discomfort with and limited need for close relationships. Relationships may be hindered by their distorted views of reality, superstitions and unusual behaviors.

Schizotypalpersonality disorder

Cluster

People with ASPD show a lack of respect toward others and don’t follow socially accepted norms or rules. People with ASPD may break the law or cause physical or emotional harm to others around them. They may refuse to take responsibility for their behaviors and/or display disregard for the negative consequences of their actions.

Antisocial personality disorder

This condition is marked by difficulty with emotional regulation, resulting in low self-esteem, mood swings, impulsive behaviors and subsequent relationship difficulties.

Borderline personality disorder

This condition is marked by intense, unstable emotions and a distorted self-image. For people with histrionic personality disorder, their self-esteem depends on the approval of others and doesn’t come from a true feeling of self-worth. They have an overwhelming desire to be noticed by others, and may display dramatic and/or inappropriate behaviors to get attention.

Histrionic personality disorder:

This condition involves a consistent pattern of perceived superiority and grandiosity, an excessive need for praise and admiration and a lack of empathy for others. These thoughts and behaviors often stem from low self-esteem and a lack of self-confidence.

Narcissistic personality disorder:

involve severe anxiety and fear.

Cluster

People with this condition have chronic feelings of inadequacy and are highly sensitive to being negatively judged by others. Though they would like to interact with others, they tend to avoid social interaction due to the intense fear of being rejected.

Avoidant personality disorder:

This condition is marked by a constant and excessive need to be cared for by someone else. It also involves submissiveness, a need for constant reassurance, and the inability to make decisions. People with a dependent personality disorder often become very close to another person and spend great effort trying to please that person. They tend to display passive and clinging behavior and have a fear of separation.

Dependent personality disorder:

This condition is marked by a consistent and extreme need for orderliness, perfectionism and control (with no room for flexibility) that ultimately slows or interferes with completing a task. It can also interfere with relationships.

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Anyone

Who do personality disorders affect?

Cultural

Verbal abuse

Childhood traumas

Brain changes

Genetics

So far, they believe the following factors may contribute to the development of personality disorders:

causes

Each of the 10 types of personality disorders has its own specific signs and symptoms.

Identity and a sense of self:

Relationships

Symptoms

Self-identity

If they’re a parent, their parenting style may be detached, overemotional, abusive or irresponsible. This can sometimes lead to physical, emotional or mental issues in their children.

Feelings

They may have issues understanding realistic and acceptable ways to treat others and behave around them.

Relationships

Work

Their behavior is inconsistent, frustrating and confusing to loved ones and other people they interact with.

How we know if someone has a pd?

Because of this, people with a personality disorder typically don’t seek help or a diagnosis for their condition. Instead, their loved ones or a social agency may refer them to a mental health professional because their behavior causes difficulty for others.

can be difficult to diagnose since most people with a personality disorder don’t think there’s a problem with their behavior or way of thinking.

How are personality disorders diagnosed?

Helping the person understand that their problems are internal and not caused by other people or situations.

Reducing immediate distress, such as anxiety and depression.

Decreasing unhealthy and socially undesirable behavior.

Modifying the personality traits that are causing difficulties.

How are personality disorders treated?

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