Mental illness as a whole is viewed in a negative light by those who don’t understand what makes those affected do what they do. Especially when it comes to personality disorders like Borderline Personality Disorder that often causes hostility and distance between those who are supposed to help the 18 million people affected by the disorder. (Kreisman‚ 5) The term “borderline” was coined in 1936‚ yet the official diagnosis wasn’t made until the 1980’s‚ and even now the symptoms often confuse and
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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
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time to them. Many who knew Gacy at this time considered him to be very ambitious and eager to make a name for himself in the community. However‚ it has been suggested that he was very anti-social at times and might have suffered from multiple personality disorder. In business‚ he was very friendly with employees‚ especially male applicants that he was interested in personally. Eventually‚ he would lure them back to his house and would kill them. While on trial for the murders former employees testified
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Schizotypal is a Cluster A personality disorder. It is characterized by unusual behavior‚ appearance‚ thought patterns and lack of social skills (Wood 2001). Schizotypal personality disorder is marked by an inability and acute discomfort for forming close relationships (APA 2000). It also involves having cognitive and perceptual distortions (Fundukian 2008) and displaying eccentricities of behavior (APA 2000). Schizotypal also involves odd‚ coherent‚ but unimportant speech (Fundukian 2008). The
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Paranoid Personality Disorder in The Machinist Here it is‚ the middle of the night when we first encounter our protagonist‚ the dangerously emaciated Mr. Trevor Reznik. Trevor is disposing of a body‚ wrapped in a bathroom rug‚ down a ramp into a nearby body of water. This begins the symbolic unraveling of the character‚ although this is a piece of our puzzle being told out of turn. We get to know Trevor through following him from his job as a machinist; to his dimly lit and dirty home; to the
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders Psychology of Addictions Alyx Brake Introduction Do you know anyone with drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? Anyone with borderline personality disorder? Have you ever known anyone with both borderline personality disorder and drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? When a person has a personality disorder they are more likely to become someone with a substance and/ or alcohol abuse disorder. A co-occurring disorder is a condition
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diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) through one individual’s personal struggle to overcome and recover for the disorder. “Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a condition characterized by difficulties in regulating emotion. This difficulty leads to severe‚ unstable mood swings‚ impulsivity and instability‚ poor self-image and stormy personal relationships” (NAMI…). Along with unstable emotional investigations‚ the memoir addresses themes of self-destructive behaviors through expressed
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relationships. A personality disorder is the basis of many circumstances of maladaptive behavior including substance abuse‚ self-harm‚ suicide‚ and criminality. My three points for this paper are the three different types of personality disorder‚ what the causes are‚ and how to get help. There are three different clusters of personality disorders. Cluster A is the odd and eccentric cluster. It includes paranoid personality disorder‚ schizoid personality disorder and schizotypal personality disorders. The most
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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
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Borderline personality disorder is a mental disorder characterized by the unstable mood‚ relationships and behavior. People that have a borderline personality disorder share the same characteristic of splitting. The definition of splitting sees other people as entirety‚ good or entirely bad. The symptoms of borderline personality disorder are in the instability in self-image. The Dialectical Behavior therapy is most helpful for people that have borderline personality disorder because of the technique
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