Thoughts and Resources

This post is a summary of Nancy McWilliam's chapter on Masochistic personalities in her book Psychoanalytic Diagnosis

This post is a summary of Nancy McWilliam's chapter on Manic personalities in her book Psychoanalytic Diagnosis

Paranoid personalities, like all of the personality types are on a spectrum. One doesn't have to live in a bunker or present stereotypically

The spectrum of functioning in this personality type ranges from higher functioning, known as hysterical, to lower functioning, known as...

In simplest terms, psychopaths are people that have no attachments to other people and have a strong desire to control and use them.

Contrary to the popular idea of narcissism that equates it with vanity, narcissism is actually the product of an inner world of shame ...

Depression is enduring whereas grief comes in waves. Severely depressed people can take on years of therapy and still believe "uncritically

This post is a summary of Nancy McWilliam's chapter on Obsessive and Compulsive personalities in her book "Psychoanalytic_Diagnosis."

People with a schizoid personality can be overwhelmed by external stimulation and may be very withdrawn and introverted.