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ANDREIANU (ILIE) DANA

AN I, SEM I

Personality disorders

Personality is vital to defining who we are as individuals. It involves a unique blend of


traits — including attitudes, thoughts and behaviors — as well as how we express these traits in
our interactions with others and with the world around us.
A personality disorder is a mental health condition that involves long-lasting, all-encompassing,
disruptive patterns of thinking, behavior, mood and relating to others. These patterns cause a
person significant distress and/or impair their ability to function.
Approximately 9% of adults in the U.S. have some type of personality disorder, and about 6% of
the global population has a personality disorder.

Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is a mental health condition marked by intense,


unstable emotions and a distorted self-image. The word “histrionic” means “dramatic or
theatrical.” For people with histrionic personality disorder, their self-esteem depends on the
approval of others and doesn’t come from a true feeling of self-worth. They have an
overwhelming desire to be noticed and often behave dramatically or inappropriately to get
attention.

People with histrionic personality disorder often don’t realize their behavior and way of
thinking may be problematic.

Histrionic personality disorder usually begins in your late teens or early 20s.

Women and people assigned female at birth (AFAB) are more commonly diagnosed with
histrionic personality disorder than men and people assigned male at birth (AMAB), but
researchers think that men and people AMAB may be underdiagnosed.

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a mental health condition that


causes an extensive preoccupation with perfectionism, organization and control. These behaviors
and thought patterns interfere with completing tasks and maintaining relationships.

People with OCPD have rigid beliefs and specific ways of doing different tasks. They
don’t allow for any flexibility and are unable to compromise with others. People with OCPD
often don’t realize their behavior and way of thinking are problematic.

Even though they sound similar, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)


and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are different conditions.

OCD is an anxiety disorder in which you have frequent unwanted and intrusive thoughts
(obsessions) that cause you to perform repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Examples of
compulsions include flipping a light switch a certain number of times or repeatedly washing your
hands.
ANDREIANU (ILIE) DANA
AN I, SEM I

People with OCD usually are aware that the condition is causing their behavior and
accept that they need professional help to treat it. People with OCPD usually have little, if any,
self-awareness of their behaviors.

The main sign of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a pervasive preoccupation


(obsession) with order, perfectionism, control and specific ways of doing things. These behaviors
make it difficult to complete tasks and cause issues with relationships.

Avoidant personality disorder is one of a group of conditions known as personality


disorders. These disorders, in general, are enduring patterns of behavior out of keeping with
cultural norms that cause emotional pain for an individual or those around them. Avoidant
personality disorder is grouped with other personality disorders marked by feelings of
nervousness and fear. People with avoidant personality disorder have chronic feelings of
inadequacy and are highly sensitive to being negatively judged by others. Though they would
like to interact with others, they tend to avoid social interaction due to the intense fear of being
rejected by others.
The exact cause of avoidant personality disorder isn’t known. However, it’s believed that
both genetics and environment play a role. It’s also believed that avoidant personality disorder
may be passed down in families through genes, but this hasn’t yet been proven. Environmental
factors, particularly in childhood, do play an important role. Shyness, often normal in young
children, lasts into adolescents and adulthood in those with avoidant personality disorder. Those
with the disorder often report past experiences of parental or peer rejection, which can impact a
person’s self-esteem and sense of worth.

Schizoid personality disorder (ScPD) is a mental health condition marked by a consistent


pattern of detachment from and general disinterest in social relationships. People with schizoid
personality disorder also have a limited range of emotions when interacting with other people.
People with schizoid personality disorder may seem aloof, disengaged and distant. They often
don’t realize their behavior is unusual or problematic. Schizophrenia is a range of mental health
conditions that cause a significant disconnection from reality. A person with schizophrenia may
experience a combination of hallucinations, delusions and extremely disorganized thinking and
behavior that dramatically impairs their daily functioning.

Schizoid personality disorder doesn’t cause hallucinations or delusions, and the condition
usually doesn’t significantly affect a person’s day-to-day functioning

Most personality disorders begin in the teen years when personality further develops and
matures, but people with schizoid personality disorder may display signs of the condition at an
earlier age.

Schizoid personality disorder is slightly more common among people assigned male at
birth (AMAB).

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