Personality disorders: egocentricity

Many people we meet along the way can seem very narcissistic to us, as if only they exist in the world. This can cause many problems, especially if they are friends or our partner. Depending on your personality disorder, your self-centeredness can be really harmful, as you can reach hurt us to get what they set out to do, and they really wouldn't mind doing it because most of them lack empathy.

If you think that someone in your environment has an egocentric disorder, in Psychology-online we explain some of the ways that are known clinically self-centeredness as personality disorders.

To know if a person has antisocial personality disorder, it is enough for them to follow a dominant pattern of indifference and violation of the rights of others that occur from the age of 15, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:

• Trouble adjusting to social norms: with respect to lawful conduct as indicated by repeatedly perpetrating acts that are grounds for arrest.
• Falsehood: Indicated for repeatedly lying, using an alias, or defrauding others for personal gain or pleasure.
• Impulsiveness: or inability to plan for the future.
• Irritability and aggressiveness- As indicated by repeated fighting or physical assault.
• Reckless contempt: both for the safety of oneself or of others.
• Constant irresponsibility: as indicated by the inability to maintain a job or financial obligations with constancy.
• Lack of regrets: as indicated by indifference or justification of having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from others.

Sociopathy or psychopathy

About one in six people (mostly men) is believed to have this personality disorder. Antisocial disorder he was called the sociopath, and before that, psycho. The name change simply reflects the fact that the public tends to associate the disorder only with the most extreme and dramatic cases, such as serial killers. But in fact, people with little sense of empathy or guilt live around us and we hardly notice them until they affect us personally. If they have a good level of intelligence, they fully recognize that certain acts are illegal or looked down upon by others, and, since this only causes problems for themselves, they avoid such things. Namely most antisocials are rational.

Besides violent criminals who can be obviously antisocial, there are also many blockbuster antisocial that, in fact, they owe their success to the very fact that they don't really care how they get wealth and power, only actually get it. No one knows exactly where antisocial personality disorder comes from, but we do know that many violent criminals have damage to the prefrontal lobes. The prefrontal lobes appear to play an important role in controlling limbic system, including emotions. In some circumstances, the amygdala's fear response is mitigated, while the anger response is intensified. Of course, most antisocials do not have damaged prefrontal lobes, and therefore only we can speculate that perhaps these areas are not as well developed as they are in normal people.

Bad education and antisocial disorder

Others believe that antisocial personality disorder stems from rudeness, abuse, or neglect. In particular, some believe that it is the result of a lack of love, especially from the mother, who prevents the child from developing the ability to love, or even the ability to recognize the personality of others. As with most psychological disorders, developmental and physical explanations are quite likely to play a role. An unfortunate aspect of the disorder is that there doesn't seem to be therapy that I can touch it. These people are excellent liars and manipulators, absolutely capable of convincing their therapists and others that they have been reformed, that they have encountered Jesus, or that, in any other way, they have improved. Many form inspiration groups and write self-help manuals. But it is still another way of using people.

On the other hand, it could also be argued that desensitization to the pain of others and becoming arrogant and self-centered is a question of survival in some societies. Like paranoia, you are more likely to get sick in self-centered and hierarchical cultures.

A dominant pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affections, and marked impulsivity that begins in early adulthood and occurs in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

• Frenzied efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.
• A pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships and intense characterized by the alternation between the extremes of idealization and devaluation.
• Alteration of identity: a markedly unstable self-image or sense of self.
• Impulsiveness in at least two areas that are potentially harmful to yourself.
• Suicidal behavior Recurring gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior.
• Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of humor.
• Feelings of emptiness Chronicles.
• Inappropriate anger, intense, or difficulty controlling anger.
• Paranoid ideation transient stress-related or severe dissociative symptoms.

Borderline personality disorder is so named because of the belief that it represents a personality style which is close to, but it is not psychotic. Many of its symptoms, as you can see, suggest that. But these types of people also have a great capacity to lie and manipulate, just as well as antisocials. Instead of coming from powerful, they use their weaknesses to manipulate. And, like antisocials, they seem to feel little or no empathy or guilt. They pull you towards them, then they push you away, then they pull again. They pit one friend against another. They role-play situations for their own purposes. They move, like a chameleon, from one "personality" to another.

Like antisocials, they are extremely difficult to treat. Possibly some of the problems of antisocial personality disorder are combined with psychosis. Since the borderline are predominantly female, it is also possible that they have followed your cultural guidelines regarding traditional male-female differences in behavior, and it is the antisocials who use the most passive means of exiting with yours.

But it also seems that much of his behavior is self-destructive. There are signs of dissociation that suggest that borderline personality disorder may be related to some degree with multiple personality or even schizophrenia. It is more common in people who have a history of neglect, abuse, and family conflict, so a degree of dissociation and defensive manipulation is to be expected.

This type of disorder presents a dominant pattern of excessive emotionality and demand for attention, to beginning in adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

• You feel uncomfortable in situations in which he or she not the center of attention.
• Interaction with others is often characterized by a sexually seductive behavior or inappropriate provocation.
• It shows rapidly changing and low expression of emotions.
• Constantly use physical appearance to draw attention towards himself.
• Has a speech style that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail.
• Shows dramatization, theatricality and an exaggerated expression of emotion.
• It is influenceable, that is, easily influenced by others or by circumstances.
• Consider the more intimate relationships than they really are.

The histrionics are, so to speak, the drama queens of the world.

This type of disorder presents a dominant pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, which begins in adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

• Has a great sense of self importance.
• Cares about unlimited success fantasies, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
• Believe that he or she is "special" and unique and it can be understood only close to, or must be related to, other special or high status people (or institutions).
• Requires a excessive admiration.
• Has a sense of entitlement, that is, unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or of automatic conformity of your expectations.
• It is interpersonally exploitative, that is, takes advantage of others to achieve their own ends.
• Lacks empathy: is reluctant to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.
• It is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him.
• Demonstrates behaviors or arrogant attitudeshaughty.

Ultimately, narcissists appear to be histrionic but more confident in themselves.

This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.