Cluster B Personality Disorders
Cluster B personality disorders are commonly associated with dramatic, overly emotional or unpredictable thinking or behavior. These disorders include antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder.
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
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- Disregard for others’ needs or feelings
- Constant lying, stealing, using aliases, conning others
- Repeated problems with the law
- Recurring violations of the rights of others
- Aggressive and typically violent behavior
- Disregard for the safety of self or others
- Impulsive behavior
- Consistently irresponsible
- Lack of remorse for behavior
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Borderline personality disorder
- Impulsive and risky behavior, such as having unsafe sex, gambling or binge eating
- Unstable or fragile self-image
- Unbalanced and intense relationships
- Drastic mood swings, often as a reaction to interpersonal stress
- Suicidal behavior or threats of self-injury
- Intense fear of being alone or abandoned
- Continuous feelings of emptiness
- Regular and recurring intense displays of anger
- Stress-related paranoia that comes and goes
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Histrionic personality disorder
- Constantly seeking attention
- Overly dramatic, excessively emotional, or sexually provocative behavior to gain attention
- Speaks dramatically with strong opinions, but few facts or details to back them up
- Easily influenced by others
- Shallow, rapidly changing emotions
- Excessive concern with physical appearance
- Thinks relationships with others are closer than they really are
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Narcissistic personality disorder
- Belief that you’re special and more important than others
- Fantasies about power, success and attractiveness
- Failure to recognize others’ needs and feelings
- Exaggeration of achievements or talents
- Constant expectation of praise and admiration
- Overt arrogance
- Unreasonable expectations of favors and advantages and often taking advantage of others
- Envy of others or belief that others envy you