They always need to be the center of attention and are willing to act impulsively or in an extremely sexual manner to get that attention. These patients are usually very colorful, extroverted and flirtatious. Histrionic Personality Disorder: A childish Prima Donna that is overly theatrical or dramatic. Examples include The Hulk and the stereotypical Teenage Drama Queen. They will say you are the best doctor in the whole world while your nurse is completely incompetent or vice versa. These patients often display the splitting defense mechanism where they think people are all good or all bad. Some people think of Borderline Personality as a less extreme version of Bipolar Disorder. They may consider suicide or self-mutilation during emotional outbursts and then seem totally fine just a few minutes later. They have poor impulse control which often leads to substance abuse. Paranoid Personality is like a distortion of reality while paranoid delusions are almost entirely disconnected from reality.īorderline Personality Disorder: A very temperamental person with drastic mood swings. For example, my wife is cheating on me not I was abducted by aliens. The complaints for somebody with Paranoid Personality Disorder are at least plausible. Paranoid Personality should not be confused with Paranoid Delusions in disorders like Schizophrenia. You can also think of the stereotypical jealous husband who constantly accuses his wife of cheating when he is really the one cheating. Examples include Richard Nixon, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin & Saddam Hussein. They feel like everyone is out to get them and get aggravated about minor things. Paranoid Personality Disorder: These people are almost always suspicious of others motives and don’t trust other people. Examples include Kramer from Seinfeld, Doc Brown from Back to the Future and the characters on the Big Bang Theory. So you can think of Schizotypal as Schizoid plus magical thinking and odd behavior. They usually have voluntary social withdrawal similar to people who are Schizoid. They often have odd speech, dress, and mannerisms. Magical thinking, such as paranormal or superstitious beliefs, is common. Schizotypal Personality Disorder: These people are extremely nerdy & awkward. Examples include Squidward from Sponge Bob Squire Pants and Dexter Morgan from Dexter (just his personality not the serial killing). These individuals may also be uninterested in sexual contact with others. They often day dream a lot, have a limited range of emotions and are largely apathetic. They have no desire to have friends and voluntarily choose to be socially isolated. Schizoid Personality Disorder: These people are super introverted. And when I mention real people I do so completely based on speculation and I have no actual knowledge of how these people are in real life. I’m just trying to help people memorize these things better and to make this content a little more interesting. However, I want to stress that I’m not trying to make light of or make fun of these conditions which can be debilitating for people who have them. Only learn the clusters if it helps organize things, but if it doesn’t help don’t feel like you need to know it.ĭISCLAIMER: I believe the best way to memorize these disorders are by using celebrities, historical figures and TV or movie characters as examples. I won’t use these clusters in my materials, because I don’t find them that helpful and you will never be asked what cluster a patient is in on Step 1. In different text books and study aids you will usually see these disorders grouped together in clusters called A, B and C. Having a disorder is much more extreme than having mild characteristics of these disorders (AKA personality trait not a personality disorder). We can all identify somewhat with some of these disorders, but don’t go diagnosing yourself or your friends. These disorders develop early in life and primarily affect a person’s relationships. This lack of insight is why diagnosing and treating these disorders can be difficulty. These individuals don’t think they have a disorder so they rarely seek out help and have low compliance with suggested therapy. Personality Disorders are rigid ways of thinking and behaving that differ greatly from the norm, cause distress and hinder function.
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