We are back in part two on antisocial personality disorder. Last week we went through the eight criteria (here) and established the main markers for this disorder. Extreme self-centeredness, lack of empathy, highly impulsive, and they are ruled by chronic feelings of boredom and contempt. For whatever reason they cannot feel happiness or fear on …
ASPD Part 2: The Comorbid Antisocial Read More »
We are back in this ongoing series on the cluster B continuum and today it is antisocial personality disorder’s turn to be in the hot seat. So, first things first. What’s in a name? Well when it comes to antisocial personality disorder, it has the most misleading label of all. Because when we think of …
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We are back with our third and final installment on borderline personality disorder. Two weeks ago we introduced the 9 criteria for borderline personality disorder (here) and cleared up any and all confusion on what the criteria means by giving examples for each. Then because the rarest personality disorder is the one who only has …
The Comorbid Borderline Part 2: Cluster B + B Read More »
We are back with part two on borderline personality disorder. Last week we covered the 9 criteria for borderline personality disorder (here). This week we are talking about the comorbid borderline because the rarest personality disorder is one who only has one disorder. If you Google the different types – or comorbidities of borderlines, you …
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We are back in this ongoing series exploring the different cluster B personality disorders. We have gone from that most famous villain, narcissistic personality disorder to the least talked about, histrionic personality disorder. Why? Because it shares five traits that at first glance look eerily similar to narcissists and three traits that look eerily similar …
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We are back with part two on histrionic personality disorder (HPD). In part one, we went through the 8 criteria for histrionic personality disorder and examples of what each means. (Here) Then I received not one, but two comments on YouTube, and this really opened my eyes. Check this out – because I got their …
HPD Part 2: The Comorbid Histrionic (Appeasing vs. Disingenuous) Read More »
We are continuing our series on the different cluster B personality disorders. Last week we covered narcissistic personality disorder (here) in not one, but two articles. This week we are covering histrionic personality disorder. So, we’re going from the most famous of the cluster Bs to the one we don’t hear much about. At first …
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Today and for the next four weeks I want to do a series on each cluster B personality disorder. My argument has been that we need to move away from calling it narcissistic abuse and move towards calling it cluster B abuse. If we only settle on one dangerous personality disorder, we forget about the …
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Part 1: The 9 Criteria Read More »
We are back with Part 2 on narcissistic personality disorder. In Part 1 (here) we went through the 9 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder and examples of what they mean. We talked about the niching down narcissist who has found a specific area in their life to feed their addiction for narcissistic supply – explaining …
NPD Part 2: The Comorbid Narcissist Read More »
Today I want to talk to you about the Cluster B personality disorders: Narcissistic, Histrionic, Borderline, and Anti-Social. There’s one more you might not have heard of because it was removed at the publication of DSM 5. It’s Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder. Just because it was removed doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. My argument is that …
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