Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom‚ social alienation and apathy. Feelings of emptiness often accompanydysthymia‚[1] depression‚ loneliness‚ despair‚ or other mental/emotional disorders such as borderline personality disorder. A sense of emptiness is also part of a natural process of grief‚ as resulting of separation‚[disambiguation needed ] death of a loved one‚ or other significant changes. However‚ the particular meanings of “emptiness” vary with the particular context
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Katie Bell Abnormal Psychology Dr. Casada 2 December 2014 Histrionic Personality Disorder in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby spends his life building wealth in order to earn the love of Daisy Buchanan‚ a woman he loved in his younger years who could not marry him due to his lack of wealth. Daisy‚ though not a character with many appearances in the book (since Gatsby is the main character)‚ is an extremely emotional character that just seems a bit off throughout
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In order to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder‚ one must also show pathological personality traits – negative affectivity and disinhibition. Negative affectivity is characterized by four traits: emotional liability‚ anxiousness‚ separation insecurity‚ and depressivity. Emotional liability involves unstable emotions‚ frequent mood changes‚ and emotions that are easily aroused‚ intense‚ and/or out of proportion to the circumstances and events. Anxiousness is an intense feeling of nervousness
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The Environmental Causes of Schizotypal Personality Disorder Schizotypal personality disorder (SPD)‚ is considered by many as part of the schizophrenic spectrum. It is characterized by discomfort with other people‚ peculiar patterns of thinking and behavior‚ and eccentricity. These may take the form of cognitive or perceptual disturbances. Yet‚ unlike schizophrenia‚ these psychotic symptoms are not as fully developed as delusions or hallucinations but instead can be characterized as perceptual
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behaviors in their effort to maintain the "relationship" with their companion or mate upon whom they depend. No matter what abuse is inflicted upon them - they remain in the relationship. <br> <br>See also the definition of the "Dependent Personality Disorder" in the DSM IV. <br> <br><b>Inverted Narcissist </b> <br>Previously called "covert narcissist"‚ this is a co-dependent
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Unfortunately‚ the causes of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)‚ like many other disorders‚ are not well-known‚ but biological and psychological factors appear to contribute to the onset. Family members of those with BPD tend to have high occurrences of mood disorders‚ suggesting that there is a link between mood disorders and BPD. While many traits of BPD tend to be inherited‚ such as impulsivity and intense emotional reactivity‚ it appears that environmental factors‚ specifically early trauma
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Select a mental illness of your choice and discuss your response to the following questions: The mental illness I chose is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) also known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). Two or more personalities/ identities non-simultaneously. With DID individuals may not remember events under the character they are operating from at the time of the incident while under the control of the other identity. Characteristics of DID or MPD includes altering ego’s which are usually
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November 26th‚ 2013. Norman Bate’s Personality disorder It is often said we are who we chose to be and that our actions shape our personalities‚ but what would you do if you were no longer in control of yourself? In the movie Psycho‚ by Alfred Hitchcock the antagonist suffered from childhood isolation and was triggered by an oedipal complex‚ which caused him to become morally blinded‚ and develop dissociative identity disorder. The movie is about a young‚ motel manager named Norman
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or a foster home. They take those troubling thoughts and basically take it out on people‚ or just do it for fun. They most likely have a mental illness‚ the most common mental illnesses in serial killers is Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) and/or Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). APD is when they show acts of lying or they show that they don’t care about the safety of others. BPD is when the person can have mood swings‚ impulsive behavior‚ and severe problems with self-worth (Psychology
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Man has always felt the need to document his experiences. Man has always drawn hours of entertainment from the art form of storytelling. Man has always had a story to tell. In the beginning‚ all they needed was a way to tell it. Once something more substantial than a rudimentary language was formed‚ the very first books began to appear. Books connected‚ and continue to connect‚ people and their ideas. They were especially essential before the age of technology we live in today‚ because books did
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