| I don't really believe in personality disorders. Or insanity, for that matter. An individual personality is comprised of different traits/tendencies/inclinations/strengths/weaknesses which influence how he/she copes with the environment. This environment is subject to change over time, hence what constitutes insanity is subject to change. I believe that people who are labeled as having a particular personality disorder simply have similar personality traits. It's ok to group similar people under a common classification, I guess, but I just don't like the way people consider them diseases. Or "disorders" of the mind. There is technically nothing wrong with how their minds function, they just possess certain personality traits. One does not have Antisocial Disorder, one has antisocial tendencies. People who suffer from "OCD" are but victims to their overly obsessive/compulsive tendencies. And so on.
Last edited by desdemona; 10-17-2007 at 08:34 AM.
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