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Personality Disorders
You actually do have something wrong with you!
Explanation
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A personality disorder is an accentuation of one or multiple
characteristics in which the bystander emits, to a degree that
the trait significantly impairs an individual's social or
occupational functioning.
Symptoms
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Paranoia:
Intense and irrational mistrust or suspicion, which can bring on
sense of rage, hatred, and betrayal.
High capacity to annoy or enrage others because of rigid and
maladaptive behavior.
Some identifiable beliefs and actions of paranoid-related
disorders include mistrust, taking offense easily, difficulty with
forgiveness, defensive attitude in response to imagined
criticism, preoccupation with hidden motives, fear of being
deceived or taken advantage of, inability to relax,
argumentative, abrupt, stubborn, self-righteous, and
perfectionistic.
Diagnosis
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Diagnosis of a personality disorder is that you need to meet
the standards of the Daignostic and Statistcal Manual of Mental
Disorders.
Those effected
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Borderlines are the patients psychologists fear most. They are
powerfully connected to the people close to them and terrified
by the possibility of losing them--yet attack those people so
unexpectedly that they often ensure the very abandonment
they fear.
Causes
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The cause of paranoia is a mental and emotional functions
involving reasoning and assigned meanings. The reasons for
these breakdowns are varied and uncertain
Treatment
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Treatment of paranoia is usually via behavior therapy which is
aimed at reducing sensitivity to criticism and improving social
skills. It can be difficult to treat a person with paranoia as they
may be irritable, emotionally guarded, hostile, and unwilling;
therefore, progress is slow. Therapy attempts to break the
cycle of suspicion and isolation by using relaxation and anxiety
management and by aiding the person to change certain
behaviors
Getting Help
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Dailystrength.org offers free, anonymous support from other
people suffering from personality disorders.
Related/Interesting Information
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A majority of people with personality disorder don't realize
they do have a personality disorder because it is natural for
them and is considered to be a personality trait.
The disorder is more common among first degree biological
relatives.
The main character from Girl,Interrupted is diagnosed with
borderline personality disorder.
Paranoid Disorder caught on film!
Omg!
(Sit back an shut up)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG7CBBvhqBE