Our look at personality disorders is coming to an end. It seems a good time, since the blog is going on vacation for a couple of weeks. Yay!!! I’m not going away but I’m going to edit my next two books, mow my grass and spend some time at the Calgary Stampede. It’s a tough …
Category: personality disorders
Do You Like Making Decisions or Do You Defer in ALL Things to Somone Else? Dependent Personality Disorder
For most of us, our teen years are simply the time between childhood and adulthood. We can’t wait until we are adults and can make our own decisions and set our own path. We long for independence. But for some of us, we never truly become independent, fully functioning adults. Rather we develop and live …
Admit It: You Wondered About or Double Checked the Iron, Coffee Pot or Washer Before You Left the House or After Leaving on Vacation: Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder.
We all do. It’s natural. Yesterday I turned around about 5 minutes from home because I wasn’t sure I’d closed the garage door. We all want our homes, possessions, family and selves to be safe. But what happens when that drive for safety becomes overwhelming, affecting our everyday lives? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety …
Histrionic Personality Disorder – One of the Claims Arising from the Penn State Pedophilia Trial
The Huffington Post reported here that the lawyers for accused pedophile Jerry Sandusky have claimed Histrionic Personality Disorder may be a factor in his behavior. This diagnosis would not mean he’s medically incompetent, nor does it mean he is insane, rather his ‘behavior has another label than pedophilia’. Histrionic Personality Disorder is one of the …
You Don’t Have a Personality Disorder, Do You?
Given the comments on the last few blogs, I realized I should probably put in some introductory comments, just to ensure we’re all on the same page. Personality disorders have been defined as the cause of long term patterns of inner experience and outer behaviour that deviate from the expectations of society. They are all-encompassing, …