Avoidant personality disorder can make most activities and interactions extremely difficult. While receiving treatment is already a challenge, it takes more courage to continue challenging yourself in your daily life. This includes pushing yourself to attend social gatherings, make conversation,… Read More ›
Category: Personality Disorder
False Assumptions About Dissociative Identity Disorder
The media often portrays various mental health diagnoses in a negative light, which perpetuates harmful stereotypes. One of the disorders that people are often confused by is dissociative identity disorder. Let’s talk more about this disorder and dispel some of… Read More ›
Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Personality disorders can be complicated, both for those experiencing them and the people around them. Several disorders fall within this category, and they can all manifest in different ways. It’s important to learn about the symptoms of personality disorders so… Read More ›
Understanding Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Personality disorders are a subset of mental health disorders that revolve around unexpected or illogical thought and behavioral patterns. They can alter the way that one handles personal and social situations. Personality disorders fundamentally change the way that an individual… Read More ›
OCD Breakdown: What You Need to Know
Have you ever noticed that you’re very particular about certain things, or that you like to be in control? Do things have to be a “certain way” for you to feel at ease? If so, you may have obsessive-compulsive disorder… Read More ›
Symptoms of a Personality Disorder
A personality disorder is a form of mental illness that can affect nearly every aspect of a person’s life; it can make relationships, careers, and daily life challenging if not treated appropriately. Many people who suffer from a personality disorder… Read More ›
Why Xanax Is So Addictive
Xanax, also known as alprazolam, is the most prescribed psychiatric medication in the United States. Used to treat anxiety and panic disorders, nearly 44 million prescriptions of Xanax are written each year; this drug is used to suppress neurotransmitters in… Read More ›
Your Ultimate Guide to DBT and Borderline Personality Disorder Recovery
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental disorder that involves unstable moods, self-perceptions, and behavior. Typical symptoms of BPD involve efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment, instability regarding relationships, distorted sense of self, impulsive and often dangerous behaviors, self-harm,… Read More ›
What Is Dissociation?
Author Alexandra Katehakis wrote in her book titled, “Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence” explained dissociation as this: “The problem with checking out so thoroughly is that it can leave us feeling dead inside…the process of repair… Read More ›
Can Someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder Recover?
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is often characterized by a sense of grandiosity, lack of empathy, and a need for admiration. It is estimated that nearly 1 in 16 Americans has NPD at some point in their lives, leading many people… Read More ›