Antisocial personality disorder

memoirs Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen and The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston reflect on experiences in the authors’ lives that have impacted their transition into womanhood. Kaysen has borderline personality disorder and recounts her struggle with mental illness during the time she spends at a mental institution when she was 18 years old. Kingston is Chinese-American and she reflects on her battles with her cultural identity in her coming-of-age…

from numerous personality disorders. With Joan Crawford’s obsessive compulsive disorder there would never be a single spot on her marble floor. Following the obsessive compulsive disorder, is Joan and her borderline personality disorder, where she can transform from a sweet little bunny to a ravage deadly T-Rex. As well as her narcissistic personality disorder, Joan believes that she is the most important person in the world. Lastly, she suffers from histrionic personality disorder leading her…

Borderline personality disorder is a dreadful mental illness that affects every aspect of a victim’s life. Holden Caulfield, the main character in The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, seems to be suffering from BPD. Holden is a sixteen year old boy who was recently kicked out of his school, Pencey Prep, and he decides to travel to New York City and live there by himself for a few days. During his time in New York, he shows undeniable signs of the mental disorder, Borderline Personality…

for a person with a mental illness, it defines who they are as a person. They are not deemed normal or okay to society. Society allows the illness to define who they are instead of them being a great person who happens to have a mental illness or disorder. Whether the person is born with the illness or develops it, it is no different from any other disease. When reading this paper, keep in mind that we cannot judge these people with mental illnesses, but rather further understand who they are or…

Dr. Spencer Reid is brilliant and genuinely entertaining who hints at having Schnipornia and autism, passed on from generation through generation. Throughout the series, we get glimpses/flashbacks to Reid’s childhood where it shows the hard moments in his life. For Spencer, I would say the worst time when death does the most damage to him both mentally and individually as a person happens when his mother is killed by her long time stocker. This event in his life is very similar to the events of…

Classified in the DSM-5 under “Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders” lie all abnormal possibilities for aggressive, antisocial, and oppositional behaviors. These behaviors can be displayed through irritable moods, defiant acts, destruction of property, violation of rules, lack of remorse, and aggression towards others or animals, along with several other possible symptoms (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In order to be recognized for treatment, a range of social, emotional…

Assignment Question 1: The ‘double curse’ as outlined by Dunning is when a person’s lack of expertise or knowledge causes them to make inaccurate decisions, but it also them to become unaware of their incompetence. The first curse is that with the lack of expertise and competence, people fail to produce the correct response leading to “erroneous conclusions” or “unfortunate choices” (Kruger & Dunning, 1999). As mentioned by Dunning, the individual lack metacognitive ability. The individual…

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V to find a proper diagnosis. We chose Borderline Personality Disorder as the diagnosis. In the film, we see how Nina transforms from an innocent and calm White Swan to a seductive and wild Black Swan as the film progressed. As a group we will examine the disorder as well as the symptoms presented to find evidence for our claims. The evidence found will help us understand the development of the disorder. Also, we will talk about some…

Conflicted Avoidant Personality Disorder Overview According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders handbook, avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) affects persons who display a pattern of social inhibition, often considering themselves to be socially inept, which is why they avoid social interaction for fear of being rejected, ridiculed or humiliated. They are also extremely sensitive to negative feedback and evaluation, and feels inadequate and inferior. Passive…

Borderline Personality Disorder even was, so everything was quite a shock to me. I believe Kiera did a fantastic job of describing how she felt in specific and different situations, so it made it clear what Borderline Personality Disorder really consists of. It disgusted me how everyone tried convincing her that she did not have this disorder or how no one really talked about it because of the stigma around it. That is why it impressed me when she kept fighting and admitted to having this…