I think Patrick fits into Cluster A which includes people who often appear odd or eccentric because he seems to be suffering from schizoid personality disorder. His behavior of not interacting with other people very often and not showing a range of emotions are symptoms of schizoid personality disorder. I also think that social anxiety disorder would also very closely relate to Patrick because of his behavior of not interacting with people. Since we don’t know why he doesn’t like to interact with people we can for sure tell if he is suffering from social anxiety disorder or not. After interacting with someone like Patrick, you would feel negative because according to Oltmanns and Emery (2014) p. 239 “people like him like to be loners; they
Histrionic personality disorder, which is a part of cluster B of personality disorders, is classified by an extreme desire for attention. In order for a person to be diagnosed with it, they must exhibit at least 5 of the symptoms in DSM-5, which include awkward social encounters, shallow expression of emotions, talking in a way that lacks details, theatrical acts, and finding relationships more intimate that they actually are (Kupfer & Skodol 667). Personality disorders as a whole are characterized by lasting behaviors that inhibit normal social functioning (Myers 596). Histrionic personality disorder specifically however is the one where people need to get attention. They make all their relationships about themselves and look to have social events focus on them more than others. While it can seem that many people have it, especially since it is sometimes referred to as the “teenage girl syndrome”, it is only seen in about 1.84% of people (Kupfer & Skodol 668). This disorder is commonly treated through cognitive-behavioral therapy which aims to change people's negative thoughts as well as behaviors. For people with histrionic personality disorder, understanding why they think the way they do as well as learning coping mechanisms can help their alter their behaviors that were formerly socially
It is now time to fast forward 15 years later into his adult years where he has a job as a social media manager and is living alone. Evan is still seeing a therapist and has been since his adolescence, and it seems that this is the only way he can cope with his anxiety. A day when his depression and anxiety was at its worst, was when he had to give a presentation in front of his boss and other faculty members. He had fainted within in the first few sentences he spoke. Days after that, he had called in sick for work claiming that he had the flu when he was trying to avoid the consequences of what happened. Evan felt lonely at home with no one to take care of him. He had tried several times to create relationships with women, but he had always felt inadequate for his partner and avoided dates and seeing her. Evan told his therapist about these said problems, and he was diagnosed with an Avoidant Personality Disorder. In summary, a person with an Avoidant Personality Disorder is often extremely sensitive to rejection and not willing to be involved with others unless they are confident of being liked. They also experience social discomfort and fear of criticism which can correlate to the fact that they may not experience close relationships outside of their family as they have no ability to relate well to others. After Evan was diagnosed with this disorder, he had become more socially withdrawn, never showing up for
Joe has schizoid personality disorder. Like many with schizoid personality, Jose does not seem inclined to feel the need to interact with people. It is not because of paranoia, but because these people genuinely like to be alone and don’t show many emotions. To help Joe one could recommend cognitive-behavioral and group therapy. Cognitive side of the therapy would consist of talking to Jose about his feelings. Especially focusing on any positive feelings that he can remember. The behavioral part would be teaching Jose social skills by role-playing or exposure techniques.
The three main clusters of personality disorders are odd and eccentric behavior, dramatic, emotional or erratic behavior, and anxious and fearful behavior. Cluster A, Odd and eccentric behavior are personality disorders characterized by social awkwardness and social withdrawal. These disorders show a stable pattern of remarkably unusual behavior and are commonly characterized by distorted thinking. An example is Paranoid Personality Disorder which is characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of other people. Next cluster B is dramatic, emotional, or erratic behaviors and these disorders are characterized by shared problems with impulse control and emotional regulation. An example is Antisocial Personality Disorder which is characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of other people that often manifests as hostility and/or aggression. Lastly, Cluster C is anxious and fearful behavior and these personality disorders are share a high level of anxiety and represent range of symptoms for abnormal manifestations of apprehensiveness, timid, or frightened behavior. An example is Avoidant Personality Disorder which is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and a hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. People with this disorder are intensely afraid that others will ridicule them, reject them, or criticize them.
Psychologists place personality disorders into three clusters. There is Cluster A which share psychotic symptoms similar in Schizophrenia, these include: Paranoid, Schizoid and Schizotypal personality disorders. The second cluster focuses more on emotion, these include Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic and Narcissistic personality disorders. The final cluster includes Avoidant, Dependent and Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorders, which focus on factors similar in anxiety disorders. Each of these cluster require a minimum amount of symptoms shown the diagnostic charts, in order to be diagnosed with one of them. However it takes a trained professionally to truly diagnose a patient. This is because people who look in their life will see many of their family and friends with symptoms of a personality disorder.
Social anxiety disorder has two distinct types: generalized social anxiety disorder and specific social anxiety disorder. Taijin kyofusho has four types based upon the severity of the disorder these include: transient (short-term, moderate severity, and most common in teens), phobic (chronic, moderate to severe, most common form, begins before the age of 30), delusional (the obsession over a specific personal flaw of the body or mind and may periodically change), and phobic with schizophrenia (which is a separate and more complicated disorder, the taijin kyfusho may be part of the sufferer’s schizophrenic reactions, and is not really a simple phobia). The subtypes of taijin kyofusho and social anxiety disorder are another key difference between the two with taijin kyofusho having four different subtypes which includes: sekimen-kyofu (the fear of blushing), shubo-kyofu (the fear of a deformed body), jiko-shisen-kyofu (the fear of one’s own glance), and jiko-shu-kyofu (the fear of body odor). The subtypes of social anxiety disorder include speaking-only social phobia and complex social phobia. The final distinct
As Louis develops throughout the movie, his character develops an anti social personality behavior disorder. According to the Mayo Clinic staff website an antisocial personality disorder is defined as, “a type of chronic mental condition
He shows no interest in social interaction when someone attempts to engage with him, he will resort to withdrawing.
Everyone has noticed that there is at least that one person who seems like they just don’t fit in. They seem like they are not enjoying their selves and they look like they would rather be somewhere else. They are the ones who sit in the background and idly watch everything that goes on around them. Their hardly ever seen verbally or physically communicating to other human beings. These are the some of the characteristics of someone who has a social disorder such as anti-social personality disorder.
This person may also have a come and go attitude which is what we discussed in class as someone who is social and quickly becomes anti social because they do not know what they truly want or they simply do not know how to interact with certain individuals or how to react in situations.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013) defines personality disorders as a pattern of internal experience and behavior that greatly differs from what is normally expected in the person’s culture. They are also considered omnipresent and inflexible that is stable and causes both distress and impairment. Antisocial personality disorder is a severe disorder of personality. It is a disorder that helps compromise the dramatic, emotional, or erratic disorders, also known as the Cluster B disorders. The Cluster B disorders are also composed of borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and histrionic personality disorder. The
Andy is 26 years old. He says that his family has told him that he is too self-absorbed and arrogant. He says that he thinks that his family is wrong. He believes that his family only says these things because they are jealous of him and wish that they could be more like him. Andy says that he has lost some friends because they said he was not empathetic to them and it always seemed like he was putting them down, but Andy said that he is just very truthful and honest with them.
Social phobia very common in America, affecting 15 million, and some people confuse this with the occasional nervousness that comes. An example to distinguish between the two would be taking a public speaking class. If a normal person is nervous, they might sweat and stutter, but someone who as a case of social anxiety would try to skip the class entirely and when they finally spoke, they would have lots of troubles speaking. Another is example is giving a speech. It’s perfectly normal to get nervous before giving a big speech, but if you have social anxiety disorder or social phobia, you might worry for days or weeks before it. The individual will do everything to do anything to get out of it, like calling in sick. Someones social anxiety is often triggered by events like meeting new people, being the center of attention (like at a birthday party), being watched while performing a task, public speaking, including speaking up, being teased, etc. People with this mental illness also suffer from negative thoughts, such as “People will think I’m dumb.”, that disable them being apart of the norm. In terms of treatment, psychoanalysis is often used. They use cognitive behavior therapy, a special kind of psychoanalysis. This kind of psychoanalysis is primarily used for
Those who struggle with personality disorders find it difficult to fit in with others and usually do not have relatively normal social relationships. This is most likely because people with this disorder have maladaptive patterns in behavior and in ways of relating to others (Ciccarelli & White, 2017, chp. 14). While there are multiple types of personality disorders, those whose behavior are very dramatic, emotional, or erratic are known to have an antisocial, borderline, histrionic, or narcissistic personality. According to Lois Choi-Kain, a professor of psychiatry, people with a histrionic personality disorder find multiple ways to gain the attention of others as they lack a sense of self-direction and often act submissively to own the attention
The avoidant behavior an individual uses creates a lack of a human relationship. The less a person develops a relationship with someone, the more alone they will be. Avoidant behaviors include most of the social anxiety characteristics such as, lack of eye contact, preferred aloneness, and inability to hold a conversation. Claire uses avoidant behaviors such as lack of eye contact and lack of ability to create a relationship with an individual, specifically her roommates. As demonstrated with Claire, she gets invited to social gathering but continues to decline. The more she declines the less her roommates are going to ask her to participate with them, thus the cycle of social