Disturbed characters think there’s nothing worse than admitting a mistake, backing down in a conflict, or giving in to someone else — because it makes them look inadequate or “weak.”

Disturbed characters often think they’re so smart, so clever, or so “special” that they can do what most others wouldn’t dream of trying and somehow get away with it. They see themselves as “legends in their own minds.”

Most of the time, the disordered character will act first and think about what they’ve done later.

Disordered characters often live in a world of their own fantasy, adhering to the belief that “thinking makes it so.”

Dr Simon has asked me to thank you for all your comments on his recent posts about distortions of thinking. Due to a bereavement, Dr Simon won’t be able to respond right away, but he hopes to be able to catch up again after Christmas.

Right from the first minute the disordered character thinks someone is asking something from them, they start planning how they will resist.

Disordered characters hear what they want to hear, remember what they want to remember, and learn what they want to learn.