personality disorder
Personality disorders are as complex as they are misunderstood; delve into this diagnosis and learn the typical cognitions, behaviors, and inner experience of those inflicted.
OCD or OC...Me
I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Or as it's more commonly known: OCD. I was not diagnosed, officially, until I was in my mid-twenties. However, it wasn't until just a week ago that I truly understood what it meant, besides the glaringly obvious fact that I will pull my hair straight out of my head if not medicated properly. (Trichotillomania is the official term. It's a subset of OCD)
By Heather Miller5 years ago in Psyche
Running from Eggshells
Running around the park, I probably look like a madwoman for anyone who cared to pay any attention. I don’t care. I just need to get away. As far and as fast as my feet can carry me, I just need to get away. I run and keep running my laps around the track until my exhaustion finally beats out my will and I collapse onto the ground gasping for breath. I flip into my back and sprawl out looking up into the sky, the tear stains drying on my cheeks.
By Jessica Williams 5 years ago in Psyche
Me, myself and BPD
Hello.... I am Paul. I am 41 years old from Liverpool, England. I am writing about my life so far. It has been filled with glorious highs and incredible lows that are mostly self-inflicted, due to my inability to resist the unfortunate skill of acting on impulse. This instalment covers my childhood years.
By Paul Lloyd5 years ago in Psyche
Valuable delusion
Princeton, the late 1940s. The U.S. military is interested in a solitary but obviously highly gifted mathematics student. On a secret mission, he is to decipher espionage messages that Soviet agents have hidden daily his opponents are already hot on his heels: as unscrupulous doctors, they try to put him out cold in a mental hospital ...
By AddictiveWritings5 years ago in Psyche
Signs You're Talking to a Narcissist
Talking to a narcissist is like talking to a brick wall. Talk to a brick wall, and people will call you crazy. Talk to a narcissist and, well... you'll make yourself crazy. It can be difficult to navigate the conversational quirks that dictate a narcissists normal speech patterns. They rely on cheap-tricks to bait you into giving supply; they're like a black hole, and the more life-force they suck from you, the bigger their ego becomes. Worse still, if they recognise you as an easy source of supply, they'll keep coming back for more.
By Rachel M.J5 years ago in Psyche
Finding the Light
For as long as I can remember I knew something was different about me. My moods were so drastic, and the way I felt things when I had an emotion was extreme. I wasn't just sad; I felt like my life was not the way I had planned it. I wasn't just mad; I felt like a bomb was ready to go off in my head. I wasn't just happy; I felt this wonderful feeling of elation.
By Katherine Shannon5 years ago in Psyche
Six Subtle Ways a Covert Narcissist Manipulates You
You've likely heard of the overt or 'grandiose' Narcissist; the larger than life personality that fill the room with the booming of their voice. The one who refers to co-workers by patronising nick-names and claps them on the back in a show of false comradery. Insidious as they are, a more dangerous personality lurks in the grandiose narcissists shadow; the covert or 'vulnerable' narcissist.
By Rachel M.J5 years ago in Psyche
XOXO Part 2: The White Picket Fence Wasn't So White
The feelings of anger have slowly begun to decrease; I guess. Or at least I think so until I am so unnerved it takes an hour to lessen the shaking. My mind continuously plays back in increments the twisted and dark attraction between us. Anger so large that before this, I couldn’t fathom empathizing with. I’ve loved this man for shit; almost 17 years.
By The Good Wives Guide to True Crime5 years ago in Psyche
The Narcissist And His Family
Question: Is there a “typical” relationship between the narcissist and his family? Answer: We are all members of a few families in our lifetime: the one that we are born to and the one(s) that we create. We all transfer hurts, attitudes, fears, hopes, and desires – whole emotional baggage – from the former to the latter. The narcissist is no exception.
By Em Hoccane5 years ago in Psyche
