Personality
Disorder
A
“personality” is the collection of ways that we think, feel
and behave that makes each of us an individual.
Most of the time, our personality allows us to get on
reasonably well with other people but for some of us, this isn't
true. If you have a personality
disorder, parts of your personality make it hard for you to
live with yourself and/or other people. You don't learn from
experience how to change the unhelpful parts of yourself
For
whatever reason, parts of our personality develop in a way that
makes it difficult for us to live with ourselves and/or other
people. It can be difficult to learn from experience and to
change those traits - the unhelpful ways of thinking, feeling
and behaving - that cause the problems. Unlike the changes in
personality that can be caused by traumatic events, or an injury
to the brain, these traits will usually have been noticeable
from childhood or early teens.
An
individual may have a personality disorder if they find it
difficult to:
- make
or keep relationships
- get
on with people at work or with friends and family
- keep
out of trouble
- control
your feelings or behaviour.
- Or,
they are unhappy or distressed and/or find that they upset
or harm other people.
Research
has shown that personality disorders tend to fall into three
groups, according to their emotional 'flavour':
Cluster
A: 'Suspicious'
Cluster
B: 'Emotional and impulsive'
Cluster
C: 'Anxious'
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