Cluster C personality disorder

Cluster C Personality Disorder Of the three personality clusters, type C personality disorder is considered anxious and fearful. It includes Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders. These three personality disorders share a high level of anxiety. I can somewhat relate to this cluster, as my own personality is similar to some of the characteristics of the disorder. I wonder if there is a correlation between the anxiety and how others treat those affected by the disorder. People with avoidant personality disorder display extreme shyness and introversion, which leads to a lifelong pattern of limited social relationships with a reluctance to engage in social interactions. Due to the sensitivity and fear of criticism or rejection most refrain from pursuing other people, but long for affection and tend to be lonely and bored. This failure to connect to others triggers acute anxiety, low self-esteem, and excessive self-consciousness. (345) “Feeling inept and socially inadequate are the two most prevalent and stable features of avoidant personality disorder.”(345) People with the disorder have a tendency to display shyness and evasion of most new situations or emotions and display the inability to experience pleasure freely. (346) Those with dependent personality disorder show an extreme need to be taken care of, which leads to dependent and submissive behaviors. Dependent personality disorder show an intense fear of the risk of separation. Occasionally just being alone is enough to see themselves as incompetent. Individuals are likely to form his or her life around other people. In order to keep the people included, those with dependent personality disorder put his or her own needs second. When choosing a life partner the person may be indiscriminate, which could result in an unhappy relationship. “They often fail to get appropriately angry with others because of a fear of losing their support, which means that people with