PERSONALITY DISORDERS
List of personality disorders defined in the DSM
Cluster A (”Weird” – odd or eccentric disorders)
- Paranoid personality disorder: characterized by irrational suspicions and mistrust of others.
- Schizoid personality disorder: lack of interest in social relationships, seeing no point in sharing time with others.
- Schizotypal personality disorder: characterized by odd behavior or thinking.
Cluster B (”Wired” – dramatic, emotional or erratic disorders)
- Antisocial personality disorder: “pervasive disregard for the law and the rights of others”.
- Borderline personality disorder: extreme “black and white” thinking, instability in relationships, self-image, identity and behavior.
- Histrionic personality disorder: “pervasive attention-seeking behavior including inappropriate sexual seductiveness and shallow or exaggerated emotions”.
- Narcissistic personality disorder: “a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy”.
Cluster C (”Wimpy” – anxious or fearful disorders)
- Avoidant personality disorder: social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation and avoidance of social interaction.
- Dependent personality disorder: pervasive psychological dependence on other people.
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (not the same as obsessive-compulsive disorder): characterized by rigid conformity to rules, moral codes and excessive orderliness.
Have you been diagnosed with any of the above personality disorders?
I look at medical labels–such as these–a little differently now after watching the video below.
It’s a real eye-opener.
Pharmaceutical deception:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sjajVVEzoE
I believe we were born with the ability to overcome our difficult aspects (in natural ways) and clues to these solutions are in our chart, even though sometimes they are not easily found and sometimes downright hidden.
We are much like plants in that we are designed to grow toward perfection, but lack of a healthy environment and nutrition can severely hinder that natural process, sometimes even to the point of deformation of the personality–similar to the physical deformation of a plant that is deprived of its neccessities [healthy soil, clean water, plenty of sunlight].
Our natal charts hold the answers to the best environment and nutrition for our individual needs. The Ascendent (and any planets within 10 degrees or so) can provide a large portion of these answers, as well as the location of the Ascendent’s planet ruler. In addition, our North Node can reveal the psychological shifts that need to occur within us to make our spiritual growth faster, easier, and healthier….throughout our lives.
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December 22nd, 2009 at 11:22 am
I really like your writing style, its not generic and extremly long and tedious like a lot of blog posts I read, you get to the point and I really enjoy reading your articles! Oh, and merry Christmas!