[1] Personality disorders (PD) are a class of mental health cases depicted by enduring maladaptive behavior, cognition, and inner experience patterns. Such patterns develop early, are inflexible, and linked to crucial distress.
There are 10 types of personality disorders, each with their traits and symptoms.
[2]Cluster A personality disorders are unusual behaviors:
cluster: group
Paranoid personality disorder's main feature is paranoia, a nonstop mistrust of others with unclear reasons or others will demean/threaten them.
Schizoid personality disorder is marked by consistent disinterest in relationships. One has a limited emotion range if interacting.
Schizotypal personality disorder: They show consistent intense discomfort patterns for close relationship needs. Relationships may be hindered by distorted reality views, superstitions.
[2]Cluster B personality disorders are dramatic and erratic behaviors. One may show intense, unstable , and impulsive behaviors:
Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD): One shows a lack of respect to others and don’t follow socially norms. They may break laws or emotional harm others, don't responsibility or show disregard for consequences.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD): This condition is marked by difficulty with emotional regulation, resulting in low self-esteem, mood swings, impulsive behaviors and subsequent relationship difficulties.
Histrionic personality disorder: This condition is marked by intense, unstable emotions and a distorted self-image. 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 by others, and may display dramatic and/or inappropriate behaviors to get attention.
Narcissism has a consistent pattern of perceived superiority, a need for praise and empathy. These thoughts and behaviors often stem from low self-esteem and a lack of self-confidence.
Cluster C personality disorders involve severe anxiety and fear. They include:
Avoidant personality disorder:One has chronic inadequacy feelings and are very sensitive to being negatively judged by others. Though they like to interact, they avoid social interaction due to high rejection fear.
Dependent personality disorder: This condition is marked by a constant and excessive need to be cared for by someone else. It also involves submissiveness, a need for constant reassurance and the inability to make decisions. People with dependent personality disorder often become very close to another person and spend great effort trying to please that person. They tend to display passive and clinging behavior and have a fear of separation.
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD): This condition is marked by a consistent and extreme need for orderliness, perfectionism and control (with no room for flexibility) that ultimately slows or interferes with completing a task. It can also interfere with relationships.
This is a separate condition from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which is classified as an anxiety disorder. While people with OCD usually are aware that OCD is causing their behavior and accept they need to change, people with OCPD usually have little, if any, self-awareness of their behaviors.
People might have mixed symptoms of more than one personality disorder.