Personality Disorders: Cluster B

Personality Disorders The definition of personality disorders is: disorders that are characterized by inflexible and unhealthy patterns of thinking, feeling, and behavior. Personality disorders are referred to differences in characteristic patterns. The disorders generally start in the beginning teenage years or adulthood. Some of these disorders are less distinct in pubescent years.
Personality disorders are grouped by three clusters. Cluster A is the “eccentric, odd” cluster, containing Paranoid, Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Cluster B is the “dramatic, emotional, irrational” cluster. Cluster B contains Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder.
People with this disorder have unstable emotions, and distorted self-images. Their self esteem depends on the way other feel about them. Symptoms of Histrionic Personality Disorder do not feel comfortable unless they are the center of attention. They begin to feel anxious if the attention is not on them. People with this disorder dress provocatively, display inappropriate behavior, and participate in seductive actions. In addition, they also are very sensitive to criticism or disapproval and are overly concerned of their outward appearance. They are also constantly seeking reassurance or approval from others. They are also prone to making extremely rash decisions. The cause of this disorder are still unknown or pinpointed directly to one source. Psychologist believe that the disorder runs in families, a child may learn or be repeating a pattern, or the child could have genetically received the disorder. Other factors that are included are, lack of criticism or punishments; positive feedback that is given only when a child does an approved behavior. This personality disorder also develops in a way a person copes with stress
Multiple Personality Disorder is a severe form of dissociation a mental process that lack connection of a person’s thoughts, feelings, emotions, identity or actions. Dissociative Identity is characterized by the presence of two personality states that have different thoughts, emotions and ideas. The symptoms are the inability to recall personal information that is commonly remembered. Very high distinct memory differences. More physical symptoms are extreme headaches, serious memory loss, out of body experiences and psychosis. When a person switches between personalities, each personality has their own differences. Each personality could possibly have their own sex, race, language, sexual preferences, and taste buds. Sometimes the identities are even animals. Switching personalities can take minutes or months. There is no exact cause of Dissociative Identity Disorder, it usually develops in early childhood years, typically before the age of 9. The disorder happens to children who have experienced very traumatic experiences, such a s rape, abuse or emotional neglect. It is a theory by Psychologists that it is a way to avoid the abuse. Children leave and go to another state of consciousness to leave the abuse mentally, resulting in another state of consciousness that eventually develops into another