Personality is one of the most important traits that humans possess. All people are equipped with a personality that has grown with them since birth. Personalities are years in the making, and unique to each individual. This poses a creative roadblock to both artists and authors. How can artists and authors create such elaborate personalities in their work that make it seem like their subjects have been developing a personality for a lifetime? This isn’t an easy task to accomplish, however,…
Since Borderline personality disorder does not have a known cause, and only factors that play a part in its development, prevention for Borderline Personality Disorder can be either board or not possible. However, with there being no known prevention for BDP, we can assume that the many factors considered to be a possible cause of BDP can also be some of the ways to preventing the development of BPD, or reducing the risk for example abuse and neglect. Inside the home is where a lot of the…
Many people are perplexed when it comes to mental disorders. Lack of awareness of various mental health disorders, symptoms, and behaviors can lead to misunderstanding individuals suffering from mental illness. This can lead people to be intimidated when using the correct approach, much less reach out to support. In gaining knowledge and understanding can give employers and the community the upper hand, in offering people with mental illness in the workplace options. Support can be rendered in…
thoughts. All emotions and state of mind vanish as water does once the sun comes out. Everything is a puzzle that cannot be pieced together. With one simple diagnostic, the voices are labeled schizophrenia and the changes of mood is bipolar disorder. The disorders, the names, the treatment, the “solutions”, seem to never. It is not a name with a needle welcoming the voices in, but a man with an ear and pen ready to silence or quiet them to be more bearable. The voices and mood swings are the…
unanticipated murder, as opposed to a planned one, like most psychopathic serial killers (Pemment). After looking at another cluster B disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, or NPD, the article stated that there wasn’t a direct link between NPD and serial killing. The last disorder mentioned in the article in reference to serial killing is schizophrenia, a disorder in which people suffering from it can become violent when experiencing psychotic symptoms such as auditory and visual…
Almost 31 million Americans are affected by a serious personality disorder, the most common being Antisocial Personality Disorder. With social disorders one's characteristics are inflexible which may lead to distress in social, occupational, or other areas of one's life. Antisocial personality disorder affects around 4% of adults and those with the disorder have no respect for others, feel no remorse, become impulsive, belligerent, irresponsible, aggressive, and violent. Among the 15% of…
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…
A serial killer by dictionary definition is “ someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval,” many wonder what turns a person into a ruthless monster. (Collins English Dictionary) Numerous studies have been done on the brains and actions of serial killers, but there seems to be no single thing that causes a person to become a cold blooded murderer. Scientist do believe that there are certain characteristics that make a serial killer, and it is also…
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…