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Sadistic Personality Disorder

Sep 17th, 2011
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Have you been continuously noticing someone displaying unusual behavior, feelings and thoughts that are socially unacceptable? This person may be a victim of one of the many personality disorders. Odd, unusual, abnormal and eccentric behavior, erratic emotions and thoughts – these are all the traits of a personality disorder. Amongst the many personality disorders, some are antisocial personality disorder (APD), borderline personality disorder (BPD), histrionic personality disorder (HPD), narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), sadistic personality disorder and multiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder (DID).
Talking about sadistic personality disorder, this disorder had appeared in the appendix of the revised third edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R). However, the present version of DSM (DSM-IV) does not include this disorder. Hence, it is not regarded as a valid diagnostic category anymore. Sadist personality disorder can be defined as a pattern of gratuitous cruelty, aggression and demeaning behavior indicating a lack of empathy for other people. A sadistic person leaves no stone unturned when it comes to humiliating people in front of others. Be it the subordinates, children, students, prisoners, patients or spouses, not even a single person is spared from a sadist’s controlling behavior.
All these people are likely to suffer the sadist’s “control freakery” or exacting “disciplinary” measures. Much against the psychopaths who use the physical force to showcase their crime, sadists confine their aggressiveness to social gatherings, such as family or workplace only. Often fascinated by gore and violence, sadists turn out to be vicarious serial killers. Hitler is the best historical figure that best fits this disorder. Such people love death, torture and marital arts in every form. To know the different characteristics of a sadistic personality disorder, glance through the lines below.

A sadistic person does not hesitate in humiliating people in front of others. The disgrace that he puts down on other person makes him feel unstoppable and supreme.
He treats all the people under his control, irrespective whether the other person is a child, student, patient or prisoner, unkindly and harshly. All that he aims for is an unchallenged dominance in the relationship. Anyone who tries to lose free is treated in a callous manner.
A sadist finds pleasure in harming or causing pain to others by lying without any motive behind achieving any other goal. The harm that he inflicts upon the other person makes him feel invincible and contented.
Unlike normal people, a sadistic person frightens and terrorizes people for the sake of getting his work done.
He often restricts the freedom of people with whom he shares a close relationship. For example, the spouse is not allowed to leave the house premises unaccompanied or the teen-age daughter is not permitted to attend social functions. Such is the person’s controlling nature that nobody is allowed to have his/her say. For a sadistic person, his is the final word and ultimate law. It must be obeyed, no matter how outrageous and senseless it may be.
A sadistic person is highly enthralled by violence, weapons, martial arts, injury, death or torture. He/she channelizes the killer instinct in socially acceptable ways such as “studying” and admiring historical figures such as Hitler.
He does not falter from using cruelty or violence for establishing dominance in any relationship. The ultimate goal is to have full and undivided control over the person or the situation.

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How to Develop Your Personality Through Dating

Nov 27th, 2010
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“What kind of person are you looking for?”

We have asked this question to many people time and time again and the same type of answers is given:

“I want someone who makes me feel good.”
“I want someone who can make me laugh.”
“I want someone who treats me with respect.”
“I want someone who is kind and generous.”

One simple question can evoke many of the same answers and often times those are exactly what we hear. The truth is that each one of these answers has something to do with a personality trait that someone is looking for. We tend to spend a lot of time working on our physical characteristics but very little on our personalities. Yet overwhelmingly it is our personalities that cause us to fall in love.

Building your personality is a lot like building muscle mass. You have to spend time developing your personality or you will lose the progress you’ve gained. We tend to overlook our internal self and substitute our lack of personality with an over abundance of external.

Think about it like this: imagine for a moment that you own a house. You walk outside one day to notice a crack in the foundation. Your house is sloping down on one side and you begin to panic. “I need to fix this before my house is ruined!” You decide that what you need is to build a new garage and that will fix the house. You build a beautiful new garage and the house is still sloping even worse now. So you panic again and decide that you need a new balcony. You build that and the house soon slopes even more.

It would be insane to build a garage when there’s a crack in the foundation of your home. But that’s exactly what we do when we choose to ignore personal development. We keep adding external components to a house that has a foundational issue. When we take the time to build our personalities it’s the same as fixing the crack in the foundation.

There are several ways to build your personality but for the sake of this article we’re going to specifically focus on how to develop your personality to enrich your dating life.

 

Take your passions and make it happen

It’s important to know what you’re passionate about. Men and women alike connect deeply to someone who has a deep understanding of what they really enjoy. If you’re passionate about your comic book collection, someone else might not be. However, the mutual respect that one can obtain from expressing something they love is very substantial; it’s how we all communicate it.

If you’re passionate about something then you want to be able to share that part of your personality. I am extremely passionate about playing guitar. When I first meet a woman I talk about my love for playing guitar and how it has been such an amazing journey, from starting with beginner things to learning more advanced concepts.

You MUST take your passions and let them display your personality. Ever notice how people light up when they talk about something they love? That’s because they’ve tapped into their passions and it builds a connection with who they are. People don’t need to have all the same passions as you. They just want to know that you’re passionate about SOMETHING.

What are you passionate about?

Personality Development Exercise: Take 5 minutes right now and write down 5 things that you are passionate about. If you cannot come up with 5, then it’s time to get some hobbies. Try martial arts, skiing, snowboarding, fencing, sports or anything you can think of. Worst case scenario is you don’t like it and you end up with an awesome story.

 

Develop your sense of humor

Having a sense of humor is ranked amongst the highest attractive traits that a women desires in a man. This doesn’t mean you need to be a stand-up comedian to attract a mate. It means that being funny displays your personality. Humor is a sure fire way to show others the type of person you are.

The biggest key to being funny is to simply amuse yourself and say what makes you laugh. When you’re laughing and truly enjoying yourself, it is the ultimate display of your personality. Laughing is contagious and people will be drawn to the positive energy you give off. Far too often we are self-conscious about displaying humor in fear of putting the other person off.  The irony is that the opposite is true. If you don’t display humor and you’re always serious, you will push your potential mate away.

If you’re really feeling stuck or that you don’t know how to be funny, actively immerse yourself in humorous things. Watch some TV stand-up specials, see a live comic, read some funny books, watch a good comedy flick, etc. It doesn’t happen overnight but like anything else, the more you surround yourself with it, the easier and more natural it gets.

Personality Development Exercise: Take 5 minutes and write 5 things, shows, movies or jokes that you think are funny. Why are these things funny to you? How can you use them to display your own sense of humor.

 

Authenticity

Being completely authentic with who you are is very powerful. Many times people will try to exhibit behavior that is contrary to who they really are in order to impress that special someone. This behavior is not only destructive to their own personality but it is also destructive to their potential partner. They will build a false connection based in an inaccurate representation of who they are.

It’s true that often times perception can lead to deception. But in the case of building your personality, you want to be authentic with whom you are down to the core. Not everyone is adventurous and has travelled the world. You don’t need to be a professional skydiver to attract a great person, but you do need to be authentic with who you are.  Authenticity shows an extreme amount of confidence which is universally the most attractive trait that one can have.

You want your potential partner to like you for who you are and not what you appear to be. Why build a relationship with someone who doesn’t like you for YOU? You’re family and friends love you for the person you are deep inside and you should look for someone who will do the same. Don’t ever be afraid to be the real you. There are billions of people on this planet and I guarantee you can find someone who will appreciate your authentic self.

Personality Development Exercise: List a time that you faked an alternate personality or lied to impress a potential partner.  What were your motivations for lying?

 

Building your personality through dating is a process in which you become your authentic self. You stop trying to hide traits that you feel will cause the other person to not like you. There is a quote that we use in our Pillars of Self Confidence Seminar, “I would rather be hated for who I am then loved for who I’m not.” This quote cuts to the core of the matter and teaches us that we are a person to be loved just the way we are.

Through dating you can build your personality by displaying these characteristics at appropriate times. Keep in mind that this process takes time, effort, and lots of internal reflection. This is why I always suggest keeping a journal. It allows you to take a clear look at yourself and track your personal growth.

If we spend billions of dollars a year on products to keep our looks in order, shouldn’t we put the same effort into keeping our personalities in order?

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Mayson is the co-founder of New Social Systems, a company that specializes in building self confidence and personality development. He works with people from all walks of life teaching them the tools to self confidence and lasting change.


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Face Shape Personality: How to Know Anyone’s Personality Through Their Face

Mar 8th, 2010
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Did you know that by reading a person’s face shape personality, you could actually determine their traits or behavior? Faces are always interesting to observe. They tell so much about a person and come in various shapes and sizes.

Studying one’s face shape personality is nothing new. People from different parts of the world have been analyzing faces for hundreds of years. In this article, you’ll also be privy to the different indicators which help determine a person’s character.

<b>Face Shape Personality Sign # 1: Strong Jaw Lines</b>

People who have a strong jaw line are said to have quite stubborn natures. If you notice, cartoonists who draw characters with strong or stubborn natures often make sure they come with a strong jaw line.

People with such a jaw line are also said to have authority over others. Just how well such a person thinks of himself can also be detected by the level and angle of his face.

If the person you’re talking to always has his chin up, then you can bet that that person has a great deal of confidence in himself.

<b>Face Shape Personality Sign # 2: The Eyes</b>

When a person’s eyes tend to wander, this could be a sign of restlessness or even dishonesty. Some say that this could even imply inconsistencies in work performance.

On the other hand, those who have steady eyes have more perseverance and straightforward personality.

<b>Face Shape Personality Sign # 3: The Lips</b>

Lips curved upward indicate a sunny disposition, while lips curved downward speak of dissatisfaction.

Those with narrow lips are more controlled with their emotions, while those with full lips are said to be more considerate of others around them.

Studying face shape personality is a fascinating venture. Just by looking at another person’s facial features, you’ll be able to determine just what sort of person you’re dealing with.

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Personality Disorders

Feb 4th, 2010
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Personality Disorders

 Definition:

Clinically significant deviation of normal personality development.  Personality disorders must have the following features:

Marked deviations in behavior and attitudes from the expected cultural norm The abnormal behavior and attitude are enduring and consistent across a range of experiences The abnormal behavior and attitudes have their origin in childhood and adolescence The disorder causes distress to the subject or to others, and creates problems in areas of personal and social functioning.

Personality does not change except:

Organic personality disorder: secondary to a general medical cause such as encephalitis Enduring personality change: occurs following either a prolonged experience where life at risk (PTSD due to torture, natural disaster) or recovery from a severe mental illness.

Epidemiology:

Range from 6 to 10% (very common). Population with PD have a higher rate of mental illness, depending on the type.

Aetiology:

Genetic Predisposition (30%-60%) Attachment Experience Traumatic events (causing connection ‘failure’) Family constellation and dysfunction Socio cultural and political factors.

All the above function in a complex fashion

v Cluster A (The Eccentric) or The Weird:

1. Schizoid Personality Disorder:

Emotional coldness and lack of warmth displayed towards others, few activities provide pleasure. Prefers to be alone, little interest in social relationships or sexual experience. Indifferent to social conventions, personal criticism. Excessively introspective preferring solitary activities.

2. Paranoid Personality Disorder:

Distrust and suspiciousness of others, extreme sensitivity to criticism plus a tendency to misconstrue the remarks or actions of others Incapacity to forgive others and tendency to bear grudges Excessive sense of self-importance and personal rights

3. Schizotypal Personality Disorder:

Similar to the above but with more prominent eccentric behavior, overvalued ideas, and non-hallucinatory perceptual abnormality (related to schizophrenia genetically). v Cluster B (The Dramatic) or The Wild:

4. Dissocial (Antisocial) Personality Disorder:

Low tolerance to frustration with tendency to react aggressively Excessive irresponsibility and rejection of social norms; tendency for impulsive, short-term gains without fear of potential consequences Others are blamed for their behavior Inability to experience guilt or remorse Inability to form long term relationship

5. Borderline Personality Disorder:

Emotionally unstable with excessive mood fluctuation usually lasting a few hours but occasionally several days. Containing feelings of anger and are particularly difficult Recurrent suicidal threat or attempts, such as overdosing or self-mutilation Other impulsive behavior such as substance misuse or promiscuity which could be dangerous for the individual Tendency to form intense and volatile relationships Disturbance of self image with characteristic feelings of emptiness, boredom and fear of being abandoned by others.

 6. Histrionic Personality Disorders:

Prone to self-dramatization particularly through activities where they are centre of attention Emotionally shallow, suggestible, exaggerated expression, and over concern with their appearance. Self-indulgence and manipulation of others for their needs. v Cluster A (The Fearful) or The Worried:

7. Dependent Personality Disorder:

Excessive submissiveness and subordination to others with reduced capacity to take responsibility for their own actions and make decisions Excessive fears of being abandoned by those they are dependent on, going to great length to engender support and reassurance from others Preoccupation with feelings of incompetence and inability to care for themselves.

8. Anxious (Avoidant) Personality Disorder:

Preoccupation with feelings of inadequacy and inferiority Feeling of tension and apprehension Avoidance of personal relationships and social situations for fear of rejections or negative criticism Reluctance to take risk or take part in new activitie

9. Anankastic (Obsessive-Compulsive) Personality Disorder:

Preoccupation with details and rules Excessive perfectionism, single- mindedness and inflexibility in behavior and attitudes to the extent that task completion and decision-making are impaired Excessive doubt, caution, and self-criticism Insistence that others conform to their own standards Although intrusive thoughts or impulses may occur, the disorder is distinct from obsessive-compulsive disorder in that obsession and compulsions do not occur and is ego-syntonic

Prognosis and treatment:

Integrative (i.e. medication and psychotherapy). Stronger evidence for psychotherapy. Cluster A most resistant to treatment, reward dependence à Noradrenalin Cluster B most amenable to treatment, Novelty seeking àDopamine Cluster C intermediate, Harm avoidanceàSerotonin

Previously PD was assumed to reduce with age, however recent evidence suggests that this view is unrealistic and the traits may be more rigid and transform.

References:

1. Stevens L, Rodin I. Psychiatry: An illustrated colour text, Churchill Livingstone 2001 2. Steple D. Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry, Oxford University Press, 2006 3. Guthrie E & Creed F. Seminars in Liaison Psychiatry. Royal college of Psychiatrist 2007 4. World Health Organization (WHO). ICD-10 Classification of mental and behavioural disorders. Churchill Livingstone 5. American Psychiatric Association (APA). DSM-IV-TR. Fourth Edition Text Revision. APA Publication 6. King D. Seminars in clinical psychopharmacology. Second Edition 2004. Royal College of Psychiatrists

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Saoud Al Mualla (M.B, MSC, M.D, Dip, MRCPsych)