Information on Personality Disorders

Every human on this planet is unique. Each person has specific character traits that make him or her up. These specific character traits make up a person's personality. However, many things can go wrong with a person's personality. This blog will highlight abnormalities/disorders and list their causes/effects.

Antisocial Personality Disorder: A disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family members.

Symptoms (gathered from Mayo Clinic):

• Disregard for right and wrong

• persistent lying to exploit others

• abusive relationships

• being consistently irresponsible and repeatedly failing to fulfill work

Causes (gathered from Mayo Clinic):

• genetics

• environment

• stress

Avoidant personality Disorder: A disorder in which a person feels extreme sensitivity to others' opinions of them

Symptoms (gathered from WebMD):

• Avoiding occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact, because of fears of criticisms

• viewing self as inferior to others

• unwilling to get involved with people unless they are certain of being liked

Causes (gathered from WebMD)

• Genetics

• Environment factors

• Childhood neglect

Paranoid Personality Disorder: A disorder in which a person is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty and trustworthiness of others

Symptoms (gathered from Mayo Clinic):

• Unjustified belief that others are trying to harm or deceive you

• Tendency to hold grudges

• Hostile reaction to perceived slights or insults

Causes (gathered from Mayo Clinic):

• family history (Genes)

• environment

Dependent Personality Disorder: A disorder in which a person relies too much on the attention and help of others

Symptoms (gathered from Mayo Clinic):

• Clingy behavior toward others

• Tolerance of poor or abusive treatment

• difficulty disagreeing with others

Causes (gathered from Mayo Clinic):

• Family history (genes)

• environment

narcissistic Personality Disorder: A disorder in which a person has an unwarranted sense of self-importance

Symptoms (gathered from Mayo Clinic):

• Expectation of constant praise

• Envy of others or belief that others envy you

• Boastfulness and arrogance

Causes (gathered from Mayo Clinic):

• Neurobiology

• Genetics

• Environment