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Psychology Understanding Personality Disorders
Psychology Understanding Personality Disorders
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Page 2 of 2 Symptoms of borderline personality disorder include; • Inability to control emotions; • Dramatic mood swings; • Stormy relationships including physical aggression; • Feeling empty inside; • Fear of being alone; and • Suicidal attempts or ideations and self harming. 3. Those personality disorders marked by obsessive-compulsive behaviors, anxiety, fearful behaviors and avoidance and dependence. Symptoms of avoidant personality disorder include; • Socially isolated; • Extremely shy; and • Hypersensitive to criticism Symptoms of dependent personality disorder include; • Excessively dependent on others; • Intensely afraid of being alone; • Not willing to make decisions or to give opinion: • Tolerates abusive treatment rather than lose relationship; and • Jumps straight into new relationship after one ends. • Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder include; • excessively concerned about rules, order. Schedules and so forth; • Perfectionism; • Hoarding of broken and worthless objects; • Inability to share responsibilities; • Inflexibility in opinions; and • Compulsive devotion to work. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is not the same as obsessive-compulsive disorder, an anxiety disorder that shares some symptoms but is more extreme and disabling. Most people with personality disorders believe that other people are to blame for the conflict and instability that they experience in their lives. Although these conditions are incurable, the sufferer can live a relatively normal life with therapy and medication. Anne is the owner of two websites http://www.ebooksbargains.com which has a huge range of books on a variety of subjects and http://www.therepairables.com that is a site which can help you in times of financial problems. |
