Rethinking Personality Disorders
It’s hard to consider someone’s style of relating a “disorder” if plenty of people behave in a similar fashion and if, on top of that, the style “works” for them in many ways.
Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life published the following articles in June, 2016.
It’s hard to consider someone’s style of relating a “disorder” if plenty of people behave in a similar fashion and if, on top of that, the style “works” for them in many ways.
Although shyness has long been seen as a fairly stable and personality enduring trait, it can also be overcome with proper intervention. The secret to overcoming shyness is twofold.
Aggressive personalities hate taking “no” for an answer, and when they encounter one of life’s roadblocks, they invariably want to tear it down or somehow get around it.
Egregiously lying or hoodwinking someone while looking decent and caring at the same time is the mark of a skilled manipulator. Unfortunately, many people don’t come to appreciate this fact until the manipulator has already succeeded in getting what they want.
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