Today I want to drop a little bonus content based on my own lived and learned experience with coercive control. It’s an example of the material we have been covering so far. Stage 1: love bombing and stage 2: intermittent reinforcement with gaslighting and isolation and enmeshment. I am a firm believer that academic understanding …
He was Narcissus Incarnate: How I Survived My Abusive Ex Read More »
It’s been a while since I’ve made a wrap-up article on a series. It’s something I love to do after concluding a series of articles. Create a one-stop guide with links to every article in the series, and of course with lots of visual aids too. Exploring the cluster B continuum has been the longest …
The Cluster B Continuum: A Compilation Read More »
We are here today with my bestie Katherine, whose father has passive aggressive personality disorder. She has asked not to be on camera but she doesn’t mind you hearing her voice. Too busy to read the rest of the article? Watch or listen to it. Watch this interview on YouTube (here) or listen to it …
Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder: A Daughter’s Interview Read More »
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 …
Antisocial Personality Disorder: The 8 Criteria Read More »
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 …
The Comorbid Borderline Part 1: The Sad Ones Read More »
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 …
Borderline Personality Disorder: The 9 Criteria Read More »
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 …
Histrionic Personality Disorder: The 8 Criteria Read More »
