Personality Disorder Map I

Socially Interested Personalities

(Oriented Toward Interaction with Others)

	Paranoid	Obsessive Compulsive	Antisocial	Narcissistic	Histrionic	Dependent	Borderline	Passive/ Aggressive
Sees Self As
	Unsure		Capable		Incompetent		Unstable
Good Things Come From
	Inside	Outside	Inside	Outside	Inside	Outside	Outside	In/Outside
Relies On
	Self		Self		Others		Others	Self/Others
Below You Can Review
	Thoughts	Thoughts	Thoughts	Thoughts	Thoughts	Thoughts	Thoughts	Thoughts
	Description	Description	Description	Description	Description	Description	Description	Description

A Comparison of the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style	Personality Disorder
Desire to complete tasks and projects without flaws or errors	Perfectionism that interferes with task completion
Take pride in doing all jobs or tasks well, including the smallest details	Preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost
Tend to want things to be done "just right" and in a specific manner, but have some tolerance for things being done another way	Unreasonable insistence that others submit exactly to their way of doing things, or unreasonable reluctance to allow others to do things because of the conviction that they will not do them correctly
Dedicated to work and working hard; capable of intense, single-minded effort	Excessive devotion to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships (not accounted for by obvious economic necessity)
Carefully consider alternatives and their consequences in making decisions	Indecisive: decision making either avoided, postponed, or protracted (but not due to excessive need for advice or reassurance from others)
Tend to have strong moral principles and strongly desire to do the right thing	Overconscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of morality, ethics, or values
No-nonsense individuals who do their work without much emotional expenditure	Restructured expression of affection
Generally, are careful, thrifty, and cautious, but are able to share from their abundance	Lack of generosity in giving time, money, or gifts when no personal gain is likely to result
Tend to save and collect objects and are reluctant to discard objects that have, formerly had, or may have value for them	Unable to discard wornout or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value
Source: Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-IV Personality Disorders, by Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D.

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A Comparison of Features of the Antisocial Personality Style and Disorder

Personality Style	Personality Disorder
Prefer free-lancer living, and live-well behavior	Unable to sustain consistent work by their talents, skills, ingenuity, or wits
Tend to live by their own internal code of values and are not much influenced by others or society's norms	Fail to conform to social norms with regard to lawful behavior, performing antisocial acts that are grounds for arrest (rule breaking)
As adolescents were usually high-spirited hell-raisers and mischief makers	Irritable and aggressive, as indicated by physical fights or assaults
Tend to be generous with money, believing that as it is spent, more will turn up somewhere and somehow	Fail to plan ahead or are impulsive, as indicated by moving about without a prearranged job or clear goals
Tend to have wanderlust, but are able to make plans and commitments, albeit for limited time spans	Have no regard for the truth, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or "conning" others for personal profit or pleasure
Tend to be white-tongued, gifted in the art of winning friends	Reckless disregard of their own and others' personal safety, as indicated by driving while intoxicated or recurrent speeding
Tend to be courageous, physically bold, and tough; will stand up to those who dare take to advantage of them	If parents or guardians, lack the ability to function as responsible parents
Tend not to worry too much about others, expecting others to be responsible for themselves	Have never sustained a totally monogamous relationship for more than one year
Have strong libidos, and while they may desire others, can remain monogamous for long periods	Lack remorse (feel justified in having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from others)
Tend to live in the present and do not feel much guilt	Repeatedly fail to honor financial obligations
Source: Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-IV Personality Disorders, by Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D.

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