REBROADCAST: The New Elephant in the Room: Personality Disorders
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Aug 17, 2023
Podcast explores personality disorders, their impact in everyday life and relationships. Discusses the confusion surrounding them, prevalence of misinformation online, and the concept of confirmation bias. Explores the connection between personality disorders and criminal behavior. Emphasizes the importance of understanding and supporting individuals with personality disorders. Examines a recent murder case and the possibility of the accused having antisocial personality disorder. Highlights the relationship between personality disorders and high conflict behaviors.
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Personality Disorders Are Interpersonal Illnesses
Personality disorders are classified as mental illnesses but are primarily interpersonal disorders that show up in close relationships and crises.
People with personality disorders are in touch with reality but use rigid patterns like all-or-nothing thinking and blaming that distort interactions.
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Prevalence Is Higher Than You Think
Research estimates about 10% of adults have personality disorders, with some studies in the U.S. suggesting up to 15%.
Personality disorders are more common than alcoholism but remain under-discussed and poorly understood.
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Narcissism Creates A Defensive Dance
Bill uses narcissistic personalities as an example: they need to feel superior and will put others down to feel okay.
That behavior provokes defensiveness and a repeating cycle of escalation in relationships.
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Personality disorders are mystifying to those unfamiliar with them, and even to some in the mental health profession, although with copious amounts of information online about them these days, everyone acts like an expert and the terminology is bandied about with authority.
It’s sticky and fascinating information. Unexplainable behaviors can quickly be explained away as narcissistic personality disorder or other personality disorder types. Once that thought happens, it’s easy to develop confirmation bias, which we talked about in the last episode. But it can be dangerous information, information that must be treated with respect and caution.
In this episode, Bill and Megan discuss:
Are personality disorders a type of mental illness? What is different about them? How common are they?
How do they appear in everyday life? Would I know if someone had one? Examples?
What questions should be asked in relation to personality disorder and criminal behavior, including the current tragic case of the Idaho murders?
Are all people with personality disorders high conflict people?
If I think someone has a personality disorder should I tell them?
If I want to explain to a friend or family member what a personality disorder is, what should I say?
It’s All Your Fault: High Conflict People