‘Personality Disorders’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 49

Q: Hi, I am 18, and I have been diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder. I am also battling depression and am currently on an antidepressant. The biggest thing I suffer with is the fact that I have not been in any intimate relationships, and truly desire them. I hate the way I feel in social [...]

Q: I was married to Steve for twelve years. When we got married we agreed that if we had any problems we would get counseling. I owned my own home when I met Steve and after we got married he moved in with me. I thought we had a good marriage, and I loved him. [...]

Q: How do you get someone with Histrionic Personality Disorder traits to get help or to recognize the disorder without making it worse?
I have been doing a lot of reading on the subject and have become rather apathetic about the prospect of my sister ever getting help. Most of what I have read about the [...]

Q: Somewhere between 1995 and 1999 I was diagnosed as having Mixed Personality Disorder, Aggressive Behavior Disorder and Chronic Depression. I was prescribed such medications as Prozac, Paxil, Valium, Zoloft, Serzone and Trazadone. They all helped to some degree, I guess, but I didn’t really feel anything at all. I wasn’t happy or sad, excited [...]

Q: Hello,
I have a question regarding differential diagnosis specifically with respect to Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder. My question is this, both illnesses hold to the criteria of “being hyper sensitive to criticism”. For someone who is sensitive to criticism how do you differentiate between this symptom being Narcissistic or Social phobic?

A: What [...]