Personality disorder.

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Personality disorder.
is "Personality disorder" just someone who has one extreme personality trait showing or
am i wrong?

Not really. Personality disorders are clusters of traits which are for lack of a better concept grouped as pathological personality types. There are severe and dysfunctional qualities in the way the person deals with their life, and these are distinguished by being largely ego-syntonic and non-psychotic. "Who" the person is, is effectively pathological in and of itself.

The distinction between a personality disorder and other mental disorders is not always clear. Their are clear phenotypic similarities between the eccentric cluster (Schizoid, Schizotypal, Paranoid) and say schizophrenia, and I believe that schizotypal is related to schizophrenia by genetics, indicating that the two are similar in nature.

Likewise, sociopathy is considered to be an extreme of antisocial personality disorder. It is not necessarily appropriate to view PDs as "just" extremely unusual personalities.

^ Sociopath describes me quite well, especially when I was younger. It is not as prevalent now, but it is a ongoing battle that I am determined to win. In time......

^It is not something I was born with. It is something I developed. Therefore, I think I can un-develop it.

A personality disorder is a personality that causes disorder in their own, and/or others lives. A personality disorder is based on not one, but a cluster of traits that as I said before, cause disorder.