Personality Disorders
Personality Disorders
A personality disorder is identified by a pervasive pattern of experience and behavior that is abnormal with respect to any two of the following: thinking, mood, personal relations, and the control of impulses.
Personality disorders have many things in common:
Self-centeredness that manifests itself through a me-first, self-preoccupied attitude;
Lack of individual accountability that results in a victim mentality and
blaming others, society and the universe for their problems;
Lack of perspective-taking and empathy;
Manipulative and exploitative behavior;
Unhappiness, suffering from depression and other mood and anxiety disorders;
Vulnerability to other mental disorders, such as
obsessive-compulsive tendencies and panic attacks;
Distorted or superficial understanding of self and others' perceptions,
being unable to see his or her objectionable, unacceptable, disagreeable, or self-destructive behaviors or the issues that may have contributed to the personality disorder;
Socially maladaptive, changing the rules of the game, introducing new variables, or otherwise influencing the external world
to conform to their own needs . . . .
I suppose that's what I get for being raised by a professor of social work, and going through therapy myself. I just call 'em as I see 'em.
(sorry, it's refering to another "fresh" thread, just kidding 
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