Transcript Personality Disorders

1. Odd or eccentric
2. Dramatic, emotional or erratic
3. Anxious or fearful
Borderline Personality
 1. Unstable in relationships,
moods behavior
& self image.
 2. Difficulty with own identity
 3. Everyone is either good or bad
 4. Intense personal attachments
 5. Fear of abandonment – dependency
 6. Self harm or suicide threats for attention.
– more common in females
Antisocial Personality
 1. Ignore rules of
social behavior
 2. Impulsive, irresponsible & callous
 3. Show no respect for others
 4. Feel no remorse for behavior
 5. Prone to drug & alcohol use
 6. Psychopath or sociopath
 7. Most mass murders have this disorder
Paranoid Personality
 1. Think all actions
by others are deliberately
threatening or demeaning.
 2. Untrusting and unforgiving
 3. Secretive and scheming
Narcissistic Personality
 1. Exaggerated sense of
self-importance
 2. Seek constant attention
 3. Swing from self-admiration to intense
insecurity
Dependent Personality
 1.
Patterns of dependence & submissive
behavior
 2. Relying on others to make decisions for
them
 3. Lacking in self-confidence
 4. Rarely takes the initiate
 5. Need constant reassurance
Schizoid Personality
 1.
Introverted, withdrawn, solitary,
emotionally cold & distant
 2. Fearful of closeness & intimacy with
others
 3. more of a daydreamer than an action
taker