Avoidant personality disorder

In the 1999, biography, Girl, interrupted, Susanna Kaysen is diagnosed with a personality disorder at the age of 18. Beforehand, Susanna was experiencing unstable episodes and undergoing promiscuous activities. This later resulted in Susanna attempting to commit suicide by swallowing a bottle of aspirin with alcohol. Thereafter, Susanna reconciled and voluntarily committed herself to a psychiatric facility. Throughout her time, Susanna was impacted severely by others actions and was influenced…

My personal opinion from a psychology student point of view is that Billy demonstrates many symptoms of the Oedipus Complex. In other words, I believe he has rooted attachment issues with her primary caregiver, her mother. He is known to have a deep affection for her mother, as well as perceiving her as the center of his life. The most important sign of his hidden sexual desires towards his mother can be observed any time he gets rejected by his mother. He reacts ultra-sensitively, and leans…

In the case of Adam and his diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, I believe that he was properly diagnosed. His behavior fulfills several of the DSM 5 diagnostic criteria; Adam is over the age of 18, and is able to receive this diagnosis. He lied to his therapist about several things. At one point he stated that he thought it was ridiculous that his father hit his mother, but it was later revealed that he abused Tisch, his girlfriend, as well. He admitted that he had no pity for the…

about the movie split. The character in that movie has a personality disorder, and it was extremely interesting to watch and learn about. 3Personality disorder is characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience. 4The movie split is about three girls who get kidnapped by a man that is diagnosed with 523 distinct personalities. The girls try to escape from him before his 24th frightful personality emerges. In this paper I will be giving examples from…

psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder. In the article the article the etiology of psychopathy a neuropsychological perspective by Pamela R Perez outlines the Literature that has been written over the decades on childhood’s effect on psychopathy. The article outlines the effect of attachment disorder has on the development of anti-social personality disorder. The bond we form as children to our primary caregivers is very essential to development of normal personality characteristics.…

Susanna knew that they had labelled her with a character disorder, but she was not sure what that meant. She knew that she had done things that made her appear crazy, such as the wrist-banging and swallowing fifty aspirin, however she did not understand how they were able to label her with this illness. While in…

my mother was diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder. Some of the symptoms of borderline personality disorder are impulsive behavior, extreme reactions when the person feels alone, and changes in moods (). Before being told of her diagnosis my family knew that something wasn’t right, but we never knew that it was a psychological disorder. My sibling and I met with her outpatient counselor, and he provided us information on the disorder. My mother didn’t think anything was wrong…

with Borderline Personality Disorder after twenty-two years of medication, hospitalization, and therapy, for multiple mental and psychological disorders. Carrie was raised by an alcoholic and divorced mom. From a young age, Carrie had a tough environment which is a key trigger for Borderline Personality Disorder. At the age of twenty- one, Carrie was diagnosed with depression. A few years later, she experienced wild mood tendencies, and, therefore, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Carrie…

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is not Manic/Bipolar disorder, nor is it multiple personality disorder. It is defined as “A mental disorder characterized by unstable moods, behaviour, and relationships.” (“Borderline,” Mayo) This mental disorder is easily misdiagnosed as another mental disorder. The history of the disorder, characteristics and causes, and finally the diagnosis and the treatment are important for understanding borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder…

” (Harnisch, 2015) Psychological disorders affect about every one in four people in the United States every year, yet go unknown to many people. Although psychological disorders are problematic, they are not debilitating. In other words, a person may be obsessed with perfection in their work, however this does not mean they have obsessive-compulsive disorder. A psychological disorder interferes with a person’s ability to function properly. Psychological disorders may be influenced by a variety…