PERSONALITY DISORDERS

PERSONALITY DISORDER:

• a deeply ingrained and maladaptive pattern of behavior of a specified kind,
• typically manifest by the time one reaches adolescence
• causing long-term difficulties in personal relationships

AVOIDANT DISORDER

• feelings of inadequacy and are extremely sensitive to what others think about them
• described by others as being “shy,” “timid,” “lonely,” and “isolated"
• They desire affection and acceptance and may fantasize about idealized realtion ships with others
• Avoids occupational activities
• Unwilling to get involved with others

ANTHROPOPHOBIA

• Fear of talking or meeting new people
• Leads to social withdraw
• Cause a person to not make any friends
• Keeps a person from trying new things

PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER

• Preoccupied with unjustified doubts if others
• Reluctant to confide in others
• Bears grudges persistently
• Thinks others are exploiting or harming them
• Reads hidden meaning as threatning

SCHIZOTYPAL DISORDER

• characterized by someone who has trouble in establishing and maintaining close relationships
• have extreme discomfort with such relationships
• may be unusually superstitious or preoccupied with paranormal phenomena

PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER

• -Exploiting, harming, or deceiving someone
• -Doubtful about the trustworthiness of others
• -To confide in others because of fear used maliciously against them
• Perceives attacks on their character or reputation that are not apparent to others
• Has constant suspicions regarding fidelity of a spouse