Medical Report
Personality Disorders
When a person has a personality disorder, this usually signifies the fact that his/her mental development once went in the wrong direction and continues doing so if compared with people with more stable (positive) personality traits. There are several types of personality disorders, each of them is characterized by special common traits.
The first group of personality disorders is connected with such signs as fear, social isolation, anxiety and dependence. It contains the following personality disorders: dependent personality, avoidant personality, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. For example, a person with dependent personality disorder is afraid of being alone, is very dependent on others and their opinion and is strongly reluctant to express (have) his/her own point of view.
The second group of personality disorders makes up the following: narcissistic, antisocial, borderline and histrionic personality disorders. Their common feature is extra theatrical attitude and feelings – extra emotionality and its expression in one's behaviour. For instance, people with borderline personality disorder are often hyper-emotional, masochistic (mentally, physically or both), relationships characterized by violent actions, changes of emotional condition, feeling of general inner void.
The third group of personality disorders is based on various deviations from behaviour of a normal person. They are schizoid, paranoid and schizotypal personality disorders. For example, people with schizotypal personality disorders think that their words convey globally special message to others, awkward ways in clothes, communication, behaviour. Sometimes a person's personality is characterized by a mix of several personality disorders.
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When a person has a personality disorder, this usually signifies the fact that his/her mental development once went in the wrong direction and continues doing so if compared with people with more stable (positive) personality traits.
Main types of anxiety disorders are phobias, separation anxiety, panic attacks etc. As for phobias, they deal with certain object or process or substance – anything that you strongestly avoid approaching or dealing with. Separation anxiety is characterized by someone’s excessive fear of parting with one’s home or someone he/she is very (physically) close to.
Colleagues at work talk bad things about me. I see them gather in groups and whisper some rubbish about my ‘shaky’ mental condition. And then Rachel, sales manager, approaches you and looks as if she wants to kill you. ‘You are on my death list’ she tells you using her lips only – for others to think she approached you to discuss issues connected with your common project.
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