News of Personality Disorders

Hi. So, as stated in the title. For years I thought myself to be histrionic because of my attention-seeking behavior. But I didn't realize until the last few weeks that I am in fact more likely a covert/vulnerable narcissist. I realize that my motivations and behaviors might be more in line with that. I've been in denial for years about the severity of my behaviors, desires, lies, half-truths, fantasies. But certain things lead me to ...

Her entire life, she had been a stranger to her family—a niece neglected, forgotten, and left to navigate the tumultuous waters of her existence alone. The bonds that most children take for granted—the warmth of an aunt’s embrace, the comfort of knowing that extended family is just a phone call away—were luxuries she never knew. No one called, no one wrote, no one visited. She grew up in an unpredictable, unstable home, where her father’s ...

is it possibleto have aspd and hpd i was reading about a subtype of aspd called risk taking which is aspd with hpd features.

In DSM-5-TR, having five out of nine symptoms is enough for a narcissistic personality disorder diagnosis. If you show five symptoms excluding empathy, it still suggests the disorder. Am I correct?

I have had a past of struggling with retaining a job over the years. There are some jobs that I've quit in one month. But the current job I'm at I have managed to hold on for one year and 3 months (laughing to myself right now, because that is how low the bar is). I love the work I do, because I get to help out rescued animals, and my boss has shared with ...

I am learning about Narcissism and feel this person fits the Vulnerable/Covert Narcissist perfectly except I keep hearing that they are not charismatic, but she is. Can someone point to some material that touches on this?

Thank you!

i like to write songs sometimes kinda bored form the typical genre that ppl tend to prefer have a lot of stuff i wrote over the years kinda fell odd/bad for them to just catch dust, i don't know why i feel that.
thought sharing here would be enough to sit right for me.

"title: bland emulsions.
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Nothing is in sight
I say it fully knowing
Odd sometimes
Eyes drift aside
Still road, still ...

I am so hurt.
had my brother's wedding last week. we dont have a close bond and dont talk much.

at wedding, i had fallen and was walking with a limp.
when i was helping move chairs for some relative, my brother's father-in-law tells me: oh where will you go limping around.. i'll tell someone else.

i got so hurt. how can you tell anyone: 'limping around'!!!

i'm not ur friend for u to use ...

Hi,i've diagnosed with AVPD 3 years ago,i've tried schema therapy without success,i've got drugs efexor for 1,5 year and stopped them with success,now i'm doing group therapy,started a month ago.

I have most of the symptoms the disorder involving,lack of friendships,lack of relationships,social anxiety,it's hard to open up and talk for my self,introvertion and extreme shyness my worst issues i have to face. :|

Saw an article in some scientific journal on ketamine for BPD, seemed promising. Think it was from Europe (Germany or Switzerland). Nasal ketamine spray for person with severe BPD, seemed to improve everything -- depression, anger outbursts, etc.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9156400/

On the other hand, I thought I read an article suggesting BPD makes people a bit more disassociated already, so that made me think a dissociative like ketamine could exacerbate ...