by Lawrence Cooper | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity: Emotional liability – Emotions that are easily aroused, intense, and/or out of proportion to events and circumstances. What we know Lucas and others (1989)[1], using computerized tomography,...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter, The Higher Self
BPD – Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Emotional liability – Unstable emotional experiences and frequent mood changes. Silver Lining (Rather that rehash the same stories that were involved in Sad Story sections of Part 1,...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter, The DSM 5
We now move on to the personality traits. First of all, let’s distinguish between traits and impairments. Personality traits reflect characteristic patterns of thoughts and feelings that are consistent and stable over time. These traits are usually formed by a genetic...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Borderline Personality Disorder Impairment 13 – Alternating between over involvement and withdrawal. My Sad Story I will, of course, because it only seems natural to do so, refer to my past love affairs when thinking of involvement and withdrawal....
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Impairment 12 – Significant impairments in interpersonal functioning, b. Intimacy: Close relationships often viewed in extremes of idealization and devaluation; Devaluation and idealization are defense mechanisms that the mind creates subconsciously to help it...