Personality

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is “ a disorder characterized by a pattern of intense and chaotic relationships, with affective instability, fluctuating and extreme attitudes regarding other people, impulsivity, direct and indirect self-destructive behavior, and lack of a clear or certain sense of identity, life plan, or values.” (Townsend, 2015, p.900). I chose BPD as my topic because my most interesting patient on the behavioral health unit was diagnosed with BPD. Also, BPD appears to be…

The Black Widow suffering from borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder is a serious mental disorder marked by a pattern of ongoing instability in moods, behavior, self-image, and functioning. These experiences often result in impulsive actions and unstable relationships. A person with BPD may experience intense episodes of anger, depression, and anxiety that may last from only a few hours to days.Someone with borderline personality disorder is a very manipulating person.…

In James Baldwin’s story “Sonny’s Blues”, one can automatically identify that the two brother’s personalities are polar opposites right from the start. Sonny, one of the main characters, is more musically inclined, social and takes risks while his brother is more logical, academically successful, and reserved (Joseph). Readers may relate to this with their own family because they are genetically similar but seem to be totally different from each other. Baldwin could be trying to show that…

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), or emotional dysregulation disorder, is a disorder of personality. People with this disorder have very high rates of instability in their moods and behaviors. Trouble in social environments may be overly hyper or excessively unstable. BPD is most commonly caused by childhood trauma. It does not usually seem apparent until early adulthood. One can detect BPD by having extreme struggles with relationships and trust. If you have an excessive amount of concern…

A. While being treated for alcoholism in an outpatient program, 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…

affective instability, chronic feelings of emptiness, inappropriate or intense anger, and transient or dissociative symptoms when under stress (DSM-V). BPD, as well as many other personality disorders, share some feature of other mental disorder in the DSM-V. For example, the personality disorder obsessive-compulsive personality disorder shares some similarities to obsessive-compulsive…

So I asked myself, much like I would later question the interviewees, “What are Joshua McPhails’ major personality traits?”. Surprisingly, coming up with the answers to this question, about the one person in the world, I should know best came with a challenge. After much consideration and introspection I came up with this list of six traits that I would use…

psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder are identical, and interchangeably utilize the two terms. Upon further investigation and research, both have been proven to be in fact different, and entail different elements. Psychopathy is a bundle of socially deviant behaviors and personality traits; antisocial personality disorder, on the other hand, is composed of both criminal and antisocial behavior. According to Hare’s article, Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Case of…

Antisocial Personality Disorder According to Mayo Clinic, antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a mental disorder in which victims of it may ignore the rights, wrongs, and feelings of someone. People who are antisocial are not found to be delusional and they do not hallucinate, or have any other cognitive issues, in most cases. Symptoms of APD are being disrespectful, mischievous, arrogant, dishonest, stealing and sometimes not showing empathy toward others. These symptoms create a…

trauma. Trauma plays a significant role in the development of borderline personality disorder. McLean and Gallop (2003) express that the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder was quite higher in patients that suffered from trauma in their childhood, than the patients that experienced trauma in their adult life. This portrays that trauma can cause a harmful effect on an individual’s mental health. Borderline personality disorder is an illness that causes individuals to behave impulsively,…