Interpersonal Relationships In The Case Of John Doe

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The subject (John Doe) is a 41-year-old Caucasian heterosexual male who is experiencing problematic traits during his childhood, which the subject has express that it has caused him to be unhappy and desolated. Some of these traits include: name-calling, threatening, insulting, and demeaning towards his romantic partner and other family members. The subject also displays a sense of superiority, lacks empathy, manipulative, and tend to express himself with a sense of entitlement. The subject has express his difficulties with interpersonal relationships since he was a child, as a result, cannot maintain long-lasting meaningful relationships of any type. The subject seemed to be anxious when he disclosed feeling inferior growing up which lead

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