Now people are offended by the term "personality disorder"

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I saw it today on a blog somewhere and I didn't bookmark it and I really REALLY wish I had. I can't find it again to save my life, but it was on a serious blog and not a parody one. Now it seems that there is a group of people who want personality disorders to be labeled as something else because some people are offended that the name implies that something is wrong with their personalities.

Did nobody else see this coming?

While it almost sounds reasonable to say that it wouldn't hurt to change the name, stop and think about it for a minute. Personality disorders are exactly that - a disorder of the personality. The personality is how you behave and think and it's the thing about you that is "you". Saying that you have a personality disorder is "implying that there is something wrong with who a person is at a very deep level". Or something almost exactly like that, I can't find that damn site now! I'm still looking, it was one I surfed onto while looking at housewife/cleaning/decorating/thrifty sites. I'll find it.

This group of people wants the powers that be to rename them something else. I can't remember what it was that was suggested, I read it pretty fast but the first part sunk in. If we are now renaming psychiatric conditions based on how someone else is interpreting it, don't you think we have gone too far? There has to be a line somewhere that we stand on and say enough is enough. I think this is the spot where we as a society should say no, we aren't doing that. If you don't think we should draw the line here, then where do you think we should?

I don't know how far or how big this is going to get, but the way society is nowdays I can imagine it going all the way and becoming part of our politically correct vernacular.

I'm also going to keep looking for the site and post it as soon as I find it. If anybody else finds it, please post it.


ETA: It wasn't about renaming only borderline personality disorder, it was about all of them. There is a debate about borderline too because they know more about it now and it doesn't fit being on the border between neurosis and psychosis, but this thing I'm talking about is about changing "personality disorder" across the board.

Their identity probably revolves entirely around their diagnostic labels, so they feel that 'personality' disorder will imply responsibility unlike autism, OCD, ADHD etc. I'd say it's likely they do not have such disorders and are Tumblr Queens or something. If not..

f****n' christ lolz.

It is thought that a person's "personality" is ingrained in that person--and that it's resistant to change.

Therefore, there is, by implication, not much hope for an alleviation of the symptoms. In other words, the person will "never get better."

I'm not into all this PC crap myself.

But I do see some justification in the above.

They are treatable. There are quite a few personality disorders and depending on the person and their cooperation and how bad their disorder is, there are different prognosis. I think some have their disorders because of life experiences and others are just organically that way. Borderline is the hardest to treat, if I remember correctly. That's what my mother was. She also seemed a whole lot like a narcissist to me, but I'm not a doctor and her doctor dx'd her as borderline. Then of course she had a vendetta against him and tried to get his privileges taken away at the hospital. They are also very manipulative and very believable.

SJWs live for finding things to be offended by.

I have seen someone argue that we should all pander to people who have histrionic personality disorders because in their minds everything is about them.

I was thinking more along the lines of people's perceptions of the meaning of "personality," rather than the disorders themselves.

TBH I don't really know what to think about Personality Disorders. I think the idea is confusing and people can show a variety of different traits in their personality, switching from one type to the next, depending on whom they are talking to! Ever hear someone say, "She acts completely different when she's with him!" or around her parents, boss, kids, friends...it's not so simple as labeling someone with a disorder and expecting them to fit into that label forever and ever. I think it over simplifies complex beings.

It can be offensive if you are labeled, lets say, Narcissistic and you may say, yeah, sometimes I am and you may notice others are as well from time to time and you may feel like you can change gears yet you are stuck with this label and the intonations are negative so I can see their point. Who wants to be tagged with a label that has negative intonations especially if you feel over simplified.

I guess it was just a matter of time until this started.

Ever work for someone with NPD?

You bet it has a negative connotation for me. Never again. I'd rather live in my car.

So was this person diagnosed or did he just have those traits in his personality because he could act like that with one person and not with another and he might have rationalizations in place why he thinks so and so deserves his lesser appealing side. That's mostly what I observe. Someone can be arrogant and rude as hell around me but then, just like that, right in front of me, talking to someone else, so sweet, kind, considerate, caring, serving, just not like that with me. So, to me, it appears his personality is severely disordered but my friend may say, he's always so nice and helpful! Just bums me out big time because I think, why do they have to be such jerks around certain people. Haven't you ever noticed this about people?

Is it fair to say someone is narcissistic if they are good to certain ones just not to you?

But it shouldn't matter anyway because it's a medical diagnosis and it goes in their charts, not on a bumper sticker or anything like that. They don't have to tell anybody about it or even speak it out loud. It's a term professionals are going to use when keeping records about their treatment. They don't ever have to hear the term again after they are diagnosed, so why is it that big a deal that somebody else is using it?

Why aren't more women getting mad about being called an "elderly primagravida" at 35? They aren't elderly and it's insulting, but it's old to be having your first baby and it goes in your chart. Whats the difference?

I've got ya disorder right here!
Wanna make sometin' of it?

Well, if you are going to be offended by the wording of the diagnosis, and the perceived lack of complexity and deep understanding of yourself by the wording of the diagnosis, then don't go to a psychiatrist.

Also, people with NPD aren't just vain and egotistical like we think of when we hear "narcissist". It's a whole pathology and type of behavior that goes very far beyond the notion of narcissism that is in the vernacular.

What happens when the general public starts disliking other medical terms and words?

I don't know his diagnostic status. He met the criteria in spades.

It is fair to say someone is narcissistic if they meet the criteria.

Being good to some people doesn't negate or even contradict the criteria. He had his favorites - and if he perceived any kind of slight, they were no longer his favorites.

There is a world of difference between someone who is a narcissist and someone with narcissistic personality disorder. NPD doesn't mean you just tend to be arrogant and rude. That's simply being an as*hole, not a disorder.

There is a difference between someone who is high strung and given to histrionics and someone with HPD. There is a difference between someone who avoids unpleasantness and drags their feet and someone with APD, and between someone who is dependent on others and someone with DPD.

These personality disorders are much more than just personality traits taken to the extreme. There is underlying pathology and consistent behavior that goes along with it. This isn't the consistent behavior that we think of when we think of somebody with the particular trait. Look these disorders up and you will see what I'm talking about. It is actually very complex and it takes much more than a little observation to come to a diagnosis, unlike saying that someone exhibits certain traits. A disorder is pathology and a trait is habit.

I think they need to come up with a diagnosis for people who are constantly offended by everything.