Category: Psychology

BEHAVIORS THAT MAY INDICATE BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER Cannot tolerate stress. Emotional moods keep changing from time to time. Prone to anger with slightest provocation Manipulate others and sense reactions to threat-full situations to keep others chained to them. This is how they survive. Incapable of taking responsibility for their behavior. So, whatever happens is not…

Emotional healing from the painful emotions experienced in childhood requires shifting mental focus away from others and toward a curiosity about one’s inner experiences. Recovery is a feeling of deep respect for one’s personal interests and desires, and experiencing the peace of mind of being free from the rage of a wounded child. Source: http://www.guidetopsychology.com/bpd.htm

Hiding and blaming can manifest in two destructive forms of desire. First, desire to control circumstances to avoid being “blindsided” (that is, taken by surprise). But, the desire to control circumstances will amplify the defensive tendency to hide true thoughts and feelings; thus gives the impression that one is manipulative, calculating, or untrustworthy. Second, desire…

When children have to cope with dysfunctional parents—especially when the mother is demanding and the father is absent physically or emotionally—they learn to suppress their own needs and capitulate to the needs of the parents. Essentially, the children learn that hiding their true thoughts and feelings is the surest way to survive. Eventually, the child…

Narcissists feel regret for what they do, the difference is that the narcissist likes the pain because their brain releases more opiates than it should. Narcissist is an addict who loves to feel emotional regret, because of the opiates their brain releases.

The hallmark trait of a narcissist is they lack self-awareness. Self-Awareness Our attempts to maintain positive self-views lessen our ability to accept negative feedback from others.

Psychopaths’ impaired capacity for empathy is the reason they lack the conscience that might otherwise keep them from so callously victimizing others.   Psychopaths actually do have at least the capacity for empathy but also have a chillingly unique capacity for “compartmentalizing” or mentally walling-off all feeling when they need to for the purpose of…

Cognitive : Under Emotional / Empathy by thought than by Empathy by feeling Emotional : Over Emotional / Emotional Contagion Compassionate : Balance of Logic and Emotion Cognitive Empathy: Cognitive empathy is basically being able to put yourself into someone else’s place, and see their perspective. Emotional Empathy: Emotional empathy is when you quite literally…

There are 10 recognized personality disorders divided into three clusters. Cluster A (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal) perceived as odd and eccentric; Cluster B (antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic) being dramatic, emotional, and erratic; and Cluster C (avoidant, dependent, obsessive compulsive) described as anxious and fearful.