2012年9月20日 星期四

Pathological Partnerships - 7 Signs Your Romantic Partner Has a Personality Disorder


Relationships have enough challenges under normal circumstances, when both partners are emotionally healthy. However, when there is a personality disorder involved in one of the partners, a relationship can become a futile exercise leading to misery. These disorders include sociopathy/psychopathy, narcissism, and borderline personality disorder. There is a significant segment of the population that is simply "wired" mentally in a fundamentally different way than the rest of us -- and the wiring difference may not be immediately obvious. However, this different way of processing mentally and emotionally may lead to behavior which is bewildering, hurtful, destructive, and often incomprehensible to the rest of us. Here are 7 signs that your partner may have a personality disorder:

1. Grandiose sense of self-worth. Your partner may feel superior to others, adopt a disdainful attitude, and believe that he or she should only associate with high status or special people or institutions. He or she may play up achievements and exaggerate accomplishments.

2. Lack of empathy. This may manifest itself over time as you begin to wonder if your partner really "gets it" emotionally. People with personality disorders are not able to put themselves in another person's shoes. He or she may make a show of empathizing, but it is not genuine understanding.

3. Lack of guilt or remorse. Again, your partner may be able to mimic this emotional state, but genuine guilt is not there. The true emotional source is absent. At heart, the individual may feel that the victim of their hurtful actions deserved it or "set themselves up" by being weak.

4. Poor impulse control and risk taking behaviors. The need for instant gratification and a tendency for boredom often contributes to destructive behaviors, like sexual compulsivity and drug addiction, in the pathological individual.

5. Compulsive lying and manipulation. Disordered people may lie about everything, big and small, insignificant or not. They may be the classic "con artist" and take advantage of others whenever it benefits them.

6. Irresponsibility and lack of follow through to commitments. This may be an inability to maintain gainful employment, pay bills, or follow through on marital commitments.

7. Extreme black and white thinking. This may manifest in extreme valuing and devaluation of you as a person. Either you are amazing and on a pedestal, or you are a horrible person unworthy of any respect or consideration.




Are you interested in addressing your life challenges from a holistic standpoint, assessing the physical, emotional, and relationship components?

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Shannon Cook is a personal growth and relationship expert who has written a number of informative articles and ebooks on the topic of toxic relationships and holistic personal growth, including physical, emotional and relationship health.





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