Paranoid: Moderate
Schizoid: Very High
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Low
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv

Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: Moderate
Antisocial: Moderate
Borderline: Low Histrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Moderate
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

This test says I have all the personality disorders except for Histrionic, Narcissistic, Dependent, Borderline and Obsessive-Compulsive! Then again, I answered the questions a bit carelessly (that sounds kind of like me? Okay. Yes!), and of course the results of this test mean nothing. Still, it's nice to have some proof that I'm a nutcase (though I hardly need a test to determine that!)

Paranoid: Very High
Schizoid: High
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: High
Borderline: Moderate
Histrionic: Low
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: High
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low

I am "very high" narcissistic and "high" histrionic. I am "moderate" avoidant and antisocial.

Paranoid: Low
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: Low
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: Moderate
Avoidant: Low
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

Paranoid: High
Schizoid: Low
Schizotypal: Very High
Antisocial: Moderate
Borderline: Very High
Histrionic: High
Narcissistic: High
Avoidant: Very High
Dependent: Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

This test is stupid.

"Do others see you as being cold and distant?"
"Have other people accused you of being cruel to animals or people?"
"Do other people accuse you of being manipulative?"
"Do other people accuse you of being self-centered?"

How could the opinions of 'others' be reliable? It should be "do you see others as seeing you as being cold and distant?" :p How many constitutes others? How many times do they have to call you 'cold and distant', 'cruel', etc.? Key word is "accuse".

"Do you always feel the need to have a story to tell?"

OMG That's mental patient behavior! :| The other day I heard a voice in my head telling me to get a meat cleaver and chop up some human meat, so I proceeded to the local kitchenware store and purchased the knife, then made my way to the nearby movie theatre where "I, Robot" was playing. Walking through the dark theatre I ran down row after row...

The other day I heard a voice in my head telling me to get a meat cleaver and chop up some human meat, so I proceeded to the local kitchenware store and purchased the knife, then made my way to the nearby movie theatre where "I, Robot" was playing. Walking through the dark theatre I ran down row after row...

You too, huh?

You too, huh?

No, I just always feel the need to tell a story. :|

Paranoid: Moderate
Schizoid: High
Schizotypal: Low
Antisocial: Moderate
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: High
Avoidant: Moderate
Dependent: Very High
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low

Paranoid: Low click for info
Schizoid: Low click for info
Schizotypal: Moderate click for info
Antisocial: Low click for info
Borderline: Low click for info
Histrionic: Low click for info
Narcissistic: Low click for info
Avoidant: Low click for info
Dependent: Low click for info
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low

Schizotypal
Many believe that schizotypal personality disorder represents mild schizophrenia. The disorder is characterized by odd forms of thinking and perceiving, and individuals with this disorder often seek isolation from others. They sometimes believe to have extra sensory ability or that unrelated events relate to them in some important way. They generally engage in eccentric behavior and have difficulty concentrating for long periods of time. Their speech is often over elaborate and difficult to follow.

Does anyone believe in these personality disorders? If so, why?

Maybe it should be asked if the individual in question is living healthily, and functioning on a high level. Not just 'that seems strange'

Maybe it should be asked if the individual in question is living healthily, and functioning on a high level. Not just 'that seems strange'

Most of the disorders are based around whether someone can adequately function in society, it is not even a disorder unless the symptoms are strong enough to render someone 'maladaptive'. Mild abnormalities are regulated by social scrutiny resulting in some sign of disapproval and inacceptance. Severe ones can become 'insanity'.

A personality disorder is identified by a pervasive pattern of experience and behavior that is abnormal with respect to any two of the following: thinking, mood, personal relations, and the control of impulses.

What a joke.

The (American Psychiatric Association) defines a personality disorder as an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectation of the individual's culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment. http://www.focusas.com/PersonalityDisorders.html

There is no real culture in America, or other 'multicultural' nations, and I think that partly because of this the mass acceptance of psychology has replaced some aspects of a common spiritual belief system. The psychiatrist is, in a way, the new priest where people confess their sins to purify their soul, and be saved from having some form of 'disorder' (really just the inability to 'fit in'). I don't think these 'disorders' would exist, at least noticeably, in places where people define themselves by common values, beliefs, culture rather than individual traits.

American Psychiatric Association... This says it all :rolleyes:

Does anyone believe in these personality disorders?

I don't. They were concocted by people in the psychiatry profession who want to get people hooked on drugs.

Mental Illness Ranks First In Terms of Causing Disability in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe

"When compared with all other diseases (such as cancer and heart disease), mental illness ranks first in terms of causing disability in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, according to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2001). This groundbreaking study found that mental illness (including depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) accounts for 25% of all disability across major industrialized countries". (President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health)
http://www.mentalhealth.com/


Interesting:

5. Country life (vs. city living) before age 15 is associated with lower rates of schizophrenia. Researchers have found a positive correlation between country living conditions and lower rates of schizophrenia. In fact a number of studies have demonstrated that psychotic illness is more prevalent in urban settings than in rural areas. Why this potential connection exists is unclear, but the researchers note that deprivation and social isolation in childhood neighborhoods have been shown to affect mental health. Where you are born and brought up is a larger contributing factor to risk than genetic predisposition. Indeed, 34.6% of schizophrenia cases would be prevented if people were not born and brought up in cities, compared to 5.4% of cases that would be prevented if people did not have parents or siblings who suffered from the illness, Dr. Susser (of Columbia University) told participants at a recent New York conference.


Preben Mortensen, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at Aarhus University in Taasingegade, Denmark, and colleagues have found the more time a person spends before the age of 15 in an urban area, the higher his or her risk of developing schizophrenia. Those researchers speculated that people born in urban areas are exposed to more infections during prenatal development and childhood. Some experts believe early exposure to infections may affect the developing brain in a way that makes it more vulnerable to schizophrenia.
http://www.schizophrenia.com/hypo.html#country

In my experience, most 'nuts' are just that way temporarily because of drugs, then get put on more drugs by psychiatrists furthering their own profession.

A way for corrupt psychiatrists to make money - tell someone he's nuts and that your sessions can cure him.

A lot of people seek out psychiatric help themselves because they are convinced they need it, or some 'malinger' in order to get drugs like thorazine and lithium. Prozac and paxil are advertised on television now. I don't think it is the result of exploitive psychiatrists, just a demand for a legitimate pill to cure every problem, as well as drug companies that utilize that demand. In Canada it is the drug companies that make the money, not the shrinks. The shrinks make money per session, and they would lose their license handing out prescriptions everytime. It keeps a patient coming, what, once a week? I think they believe that the medications work, though a lot of it is experimenting as well... :|

Paranoid: Low click for info
Schizoid: Low click for info
Schizotypal: Low click for info
Antisocial: Low click for info
Borderline: Low click for info
Histrionic: Low click for info
Narcissistic: Low click for info
Avoidant: Low click for info
Dependent: Low click for info
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low click for info

This means i don't have any personality disorder, right? ;)

Paranoid: Low click for info
Schizoid: Low click for info
Schizotypal: Low click for info
Antisocial: Low click for info
Borderline: Low click for info
Histrionic: Low click for info
Narcissistic: Low click for info
Avoidant: Low click for info
Dependent: Low click for info
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low click for info

This means i don't have any personality disorder, right? ;)

It means you don't have a personality :D ;)


Paranoid: Low click for info
Schizoid: Low click for info
Schizotypal: Low click for info
Antisocial: Low click for info
Borderline: Low click for info
Histrionic: Moderate click for info
Narcissistic: Low click for info
Avoidant: Low click for info
Dependent: Low click for info
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low click for info

It means you don't have a personality :D ;)


Histrionic: Moderate

Ohh, be quiet you Irish attention seeker! :D ;)

Ohh, be quiet you Irish attention seeker! :D ;)

Just as well it didn't test for Addictive Personality Type, or my over-fondness for alcohol would have been exposed too :)

Just as well it didn't test for Addictive Personality Type, or my over-fondness for alcohol would have been exposed too :)

It's already assumed :p And you just gave it away.

Paranoid: Very High
Schizoid: High
Schizotypal: High
Antisocial: High
Borderline: Low
Histrionic: Moderate
Narcissistic: High
Avoidant: Low
Dependent: Low
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate