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...ikes and hobbies. In a chillingly detailed process, he actually assumes Greenleaf's identity. Disembarking from a luxurious Cunard liner in his des... ...discover towards the end of this suspenseful, taut yarn. Ripley himself lacks an identity. He is a binary automaton driven by a set of two instru... ...aiting, Marge, they are a family. Hasn't Greenleaf Sr. actually adopted him? This identity disturbance, which is at the psychodynamic root of both... ...Great American Novel but he is neither and he bitterly knows it. Even their sexual identity is not fully formed. Ripley is at once homoerotic, auto... ...nd made possible the third sequel, "Matrix Revolutions". Return The Shattered Identity Read these essays first: The Habitual Identity De... ...selective amnesia: hypnosis, trance and possession, hallucination, illusion, memory disorders (like organic, or functional amnesia), depersonalizati... ...nstitutes the "Personal Narrative", or "Personality". Thus, "organic" and "mental" disorders (a dubious distinction at best) have many characterist... ...ionships Study List, and the Links and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various W... ...tories (Open Directory, Search Europe, Mentalhelp.net). Editor of the Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the Verbal and Emo...

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...response led me to the understanding that most of us view the loss of our identity and name second only to death. Since I can now speak as a person ... ...erson who has been there, I can say with assur­ ance that if you lose your identity, you do not lose yourself! More­ over, deprivation of anything whi... ...nd how good he looked in his blue Air Force uniform. I was looking for an identity, and this one shone. I joined up as soon as I could persuade Ruby... ...ceiving. And dedication to high ideals is like a trademark. It becomes an identity which one can wear with great pride. I would be giving up who I a... ...ceiving. And dedication to high ideals is like a trademark. It becomes an identity which one can wear with great pride. I Reached for the Sky But ... ...onary work is decisively changing the way we see addictions and emotional disorders. Our unhealthy addictions aren't bad, he says-and it's a waste o...

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...rds. One tear enough to alter your allegiances. You are malleable to the point of having no identity. You crave my touch and my affection. I crave y... ...n. I called out: Uzi! He turned around listlessly and looked at me, as though unsure of my identity. My guide hopped from one dainty foot to anothe... ...oxic Relationships Study List, and the Link and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in v...

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...ed like natural abortions, STD/VD, continuous periods and other gynecological disorders. Some girls have also lost their mental balance for 3 or 4 y... ...as. 295 36. Goffam, E. (1963) Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, USA. 37. Gold, J.R. (198...

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...a@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Find additional articles about personality disorders here - click on the links: http://www.narcissistic... ...y Brain and Personality Psychosexual Stages of Development Gender and Personality Disorders The Genetic Roots of Personality Disorders Defense Mech... ...lopmental Psychology Brain and Personality First published here: "Personality Disorders (Suite101)" By: Dr. Sam Vaknin Phineas Gage was a 25 ye... ...: the brain-injured may acquire traits and behaviors typical of certain personality disorders but head trauma never results in a full-fledged person... ...plained by heredity: anxiousness, callousness, cognitive distortion, compulsivity, identity problems, oppositionality, rejection, restricted expres... ..., we sometimes "disengage". We lose track of space, time, and the continuum of our identity. We become "someone else" with minimal awareness of our... ... people develop a permanently rent personality and this is known as "Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)". Fantasy Everyone fantasizes now and... ...ted intruder." So, the child learns to sacrifice a part of his autonomy and of his identity in order to feel secure. Horney identified three neuro... ...o pronounced – that in most likelihood this is the reason why no operative sense of identity emerges until after the fourth year of childhood. It ca...

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...a@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Find additional articles about personality disorders here - click on the links: http://www.narcissistic... ...The Myth of Mental Illness IV. The DSM Pros and Cons V. The History of Personality Disorders VI. The Metaphors of Mind – The Brain VII. The Metaph... ...emselves to their environment and if the latter changes - they change. Personality disorders are the best possible responses to abuse. Cancer may b... ...ack to Table of Contents The Normal Personality First published here: "Personality Disorders (Suite101)" By: Dr. Sam Vaknin In their opus magnum "Pe... ...he interplay of all these factors results in an abnormal personality. Personality disorders are dysfunctions of our whole identity, tears in the f... ... in an abnormal personality. Personality disorders are dysfunctions of our whole identity, tears in the fabric of who we are. They are all- pervas... ...tates) used in psychology and psychotherapy are one and the same, regardless of the identity of the patient and his therapist. In psychoanalysis, th... ...Scientific theories satisfy most of the above conditions as well. But this apparent identity is flawed. The important elements of testability, verif... ... is the source of her separation anxiety (fear of abandonment). This generates her identity disturbance, her affective and emotional lability, suic...

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... chapters or to access online resources. Foreword Prologue Introduction – The Habit of Identity The Narcissistic Personality Disorder A P... ... FAQ # 55: Narcissism – The Psychopathological Default FAQ # 56: Narcissism, Other Mental Health Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Reckless Behaviours... ..., Substance Abuse, and Reckless Behaviours (Co-Morbidity and Dual Diagnosis) FAQ # 57: Eating Disorders and the Narcissist FAQ # 58: Can the Narc... ... psychopaths, and abuse in relationships I N T R O D U C T I O N The Habit of Identity Warning and Disclaimer The co... ...ves through the agency of our habitual objects. Because of this, we tend to confuse habits with identity. When asked WHO they are, most people reso... ...pets, their hobbies, or their material possessions. Yet, surely, all of these do not constitute identity! Removing them does not change who we are.... ...re. They are habits and they make people comfortable and relaxed. But they are not part of one's identity in the truest, deepest sense. Still, it i... ...hange, does not live. What is Personality and What is Normal? In their opus magnum "Personality Disorders in Modern Life", Theodore Millon and Roge... .... Sometimes the interplay of all these factors results in an abnormal personality. Personality disorders are dysfunctions of our whole identity, t...

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...: American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR). Washin... ...al health pathology ever. Many researchers also believe that all Cluster B personality disorders (Histrionic, Antisocial, and Borderline) have an u... ... "Question: Many of the symptoms and signs that you describe apply to other personality disorders as well (example: the Histrionic Personality Disor... ... Disorder or the Borderline Personality Disorder). Are we to think that all personality disorders are interrelated? Answer: Yes, they are interrelat... ...ogy. We do not know whether there are – and what are – the mechanisms underlying mental disorders. At best, mental health professionals register sym... ...m/archive34.html "The role of 'professional victims' – ones whose existence and very identity is defined solely and entirely by their victimhood –... ... Of War. It was war, you know, not a relationship. You were fighting for your life and identity. For your sanity and his. For your relationship as y... ...ing'. This is the source of her anxiety and fear of abandonment. This gives rise to an identity disturbance, affective instability, suicidal ideati...

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...c, emotional, or erratic) Personality Disorder. Other Cluster B personality disorders are the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), the Antisocial ... ...cific rubrics". It relegates it to the category "Other Specific Personality Disorders" together with the eccentric, "haltlose", immature, passive-ag... ...c, "haltlose", immature, passive-aggressive, and psychoneurotic personality disorders and types. The American Psychiatric Association, based in Wash... ...ington D.C., USA, publishes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) [2000] where it pro... ...d Psychopathy Does the Narcissist Have a Multiple Personality (Dissociative Identity Disorder)? http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticab u... ...ally in his childhood) was rendered helpless. It is about re-exerting one's identity, re-establishing predictability, mastering the environment – ... ...worse enemy. It is corporeal agony that compels the sufferer to mutate, his identity to fragment, his ideals and principles to crumble. The body bec... ... others", as the CIA put it in one of its manuals. A sense of cohesive self-identity depends crucially on the familiar and the continuous. By attac... ...or to any action, to forgo her preferences and priorities, to erase her own identity – hoping to thus avoid the excruciating pains of her partner's...

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...tial to develop into a person with consciousness and free will. Philosophically, no identity can be established between potential and actuality. The... ...al obligations, to one's kin and kith. Note - The Exclusionary Conscience The self-identity of most nation-states is exclusionary and oppositional:... ...vocation by an outside agent. It would seem that people suffering from personality disorders are in a CONSTANT state of anger, which is effectively... ...ed on the angry person by the world). These are also the two sources of personality disorders. The personality disordered is moulded by recurrent an... ...ger is not acute, of fear). The striking similarity between anger and personality disorders is the deterioration of the faculty of empathy. Angry ... ... mechanism of risk assessment) appears in both acute anger and in many personality disorders. The illusion of omnipotence (power) and invulnerabili... ...d behaves like me – then he is privileged. Moreover, similarity is not necessarily identity. Monkeys, dogs and dolphins are very much like us, both... ...cording to Wise, it is quantity (the degree of observed resemblance), not quality (identity, essence), that is used in determining whether an anima... ...in? A correlation between these three phenomena can be established – but not their identity or the existence of a causative process. We cannot prov...

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...tial to develop into a person with consciousness and free will. Philosophically, no identity can be established between potential and actuality. The... ...al obligations, to one's kin and kith. Note - The Exclusionary Conscience The self-identity of most nation-states is exclusionary and oppositional:... ...vocation by an outside agent. It would seem that people suffering from personality disorders are in a CONSTANT state of anger, which is effectively... ...ed on the angry person by the world). These are also the two sources of personality disorders. The personality disordered is moulded by recurrent an... ...ger is not acute, of fear). The striking similarity between anger and personality disorders is the deterioration of the faculty of empathy. Angry ... ... mechanism of risk assessment) appears in both acute anger and in many personality disorders. The illusion of omnipotence (power) and invulnerabili... ...d behaves like me – then he is privileged. Moreover, similarity is not necessarily identity. Monkeys, dogs and dolphins are very much like us, both... ...cording to Wise, it is quantity (the degree of observed resemblance), not quality (identity, essence), that is used in determining whether an anima... ...in? A correlation between these three phenomena can be established – but not their identity or the existence of a causative process. We cannot prov...

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...nty but the certainty of void, an anomie inside an abnormality - a Macedonian self identity, tentative and merely cultural at first, began to emerg... ...es Macedonia was subjected to by the Big Powers. Misirkov believed in culture as an identity preserving force. And the purveyors and conveyors of c... ...usade, both cultural and religious. To the Serbs the very maintenance of their self-identity and civilization was at stake. This was the backgroun... ...erican Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition (DSM IV). Washington, DC: American Ps... ... o NPD (=the Narcissistic Personality Disorder) is one of a "family" of personality disorders (formerly known as "Cluster B"). Other members: Border... ...tisocial PD and Histrionic PD. o NPD is often diagnosed with other mental health disorders ("co-morbidity") - or with substance abuse, or impulsi... ...ment. Medication is applied to side-effects and behaviours (such as mood or affect disorders and obsession-compulsion) - usually with some success.... ..." I mean any event, or series of events, or circumstances, which threaten the self identity, self image, sense of self worth, and self esteem of th... ...nd fought over their spoils. This sempiternal fight is a determinant of Balkan identity. The nations of the Balkan are defined more by ornery ...

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... here arises the crucial difference: All the points in the Stick will retain their identity under any transformation and under any physical action.... ... a trait of an ever changing field. In cases of multiple personality (Dissociative Identity Disorder), the dissociation can become a "field all its... ...an - An Epistolary Dialogue Bestowed Existence Being John Malkovich The Shattered Identity The Matrix Return Turing Machines and Universes In ... ...lso positively false. n. A law of parsimony must apply the principle of redundant identity. Two facets, two aspects, two dimensions of the same t... ... transition was characterized by transitional pathologies reminiscent of psychotic disorders. The exceptions are (arguably) the disciplines of medi... ...orbidden" thinking. These rigid ceremonies are reminiscent of obsessive-compulsive disorders in individuals who engage in ritualistic behavior patt... ... by his own yardsticks. Descriptive criteria aside, what is the essence of mental disorders? Are they merely physiological disorders of the brain,... ..., as well as his milieu. The members of the functional school regard mental health disorders as perturbations in the proper, statistically "normal"... ...tates) used in psychology and psychotherapy are one and the same, regardless of the identity of the patient and his therapist. In psychoanalysis, th...

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...e respectively and o i represents, the semi group operation of the monoid. The identity of o i is defined by the relations E (x, y) = ⎩ ⎨ ⎧ ≠ =... ...ed to proceed further. Details will be discussed in the following: In order to identity whether the problem is decomposable, consider a set of cons... ...y mention two of them. The relational model given by them associates directly disorders and manifestations. This model is not capable of capturing... ... n possible manifestations {m 1 ,…, m i ,…, m n }. Let D be a set of possible disorders {d 1 ,…, d j ,…, d k }. A disorder can be present or absen... ... (d j , m i ) ∈ R ⇔ m i ∈ M(d j ), which associates manifestations and disorders. Given a set M + of present manifestations which are obse... ...rved effects. In other words, one looks for plausible explanations (in terms of disorders) of an observed situation. Clearly while it is at least th... ... R(T ∨ U) = RT ∨ R U , ( 3 ) R(T ∧ U) ≤ RT ∧ R U . ( 4 ) It has the identity element I, I R = R I = R . ( 5 ) I(x, y) = ⎩ ⎨ ... ... = X x∈ inf min {1, [ [ x ε / A ]] + [ [ x ε B ]] }. And the fuzzified identity is defined as A ≡ t B = def A ⊆ t B ∧ t B ⊆ t A. ... ..., C ∈ F(ℵ) the following conditions hold true: (M1) Q (A, B) = 0 iff A = B (identity property), (M2) Q (A, B) = Q (B, A) (symmetry), (M3) Q ...

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...e respectively and o i represents, the semi group operation of the monoid. The identity of o i is defined by the relations E (x, y) = ⎩ ⎨ ⎧ ≠ =... ...ed to proceed further. Details will be discussed in the following: In order to identity whether the problem is decomposable, consider a set of cons... ...y mention two of them. The relational model given by them associates directly disorders and manifestations. This model is not capable of capturing... ... n possible manifestations {m 1 ,…, m i ,…, m n }. Let D be a set of possible disorders {d 1 ,…, d j ,…, d k }. A disorder can be present or absen... ... (d j , m i ) ∈ R ⇔ m i ∈ M(d j ), which associates manifestations and disorders. Given a set M + of present manifestations which are obse... ...rved effects. In other words, one looks for plausible explanations (in terms of disorders) of an observed situation. Clearly while it is at least th... ... R(T ∨ U) = RT ∨ R U , ( 3 ) R(T ∧ U) ≤ RT ∧ R U . ( 4 ) It has the identity element I, I R = R I = R . ( 5 ) I(x, y) = ⎩ ⎨ ... ... = X x∈ inf min {1, [ [ x ε / A ]] + [ [ x ε B ]] }. And the fuzzified identity is defined as A ≡ t B = def A ⊆ t B ∧ t B ⊆ t A. ... ..., C ∈ F(ℵ) the following conditions hold true: (M1) Q (A, B) = 0 iff A = B (identity property), (M2) Q (A, B) = Q (B, A) (symmetry), (M3) Q ...

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...oblematic species: those suffering from serious psychological problems, personality disorders, clinical phobias, psychoneuroses and the like. This ... ... in "The Culture of Narcissism" and Theodore Millon in his books about personality disorders, singled out American society as narcissistic. Litigio... ...f to it" and on the pathological envy it fosters. Not surprisingly, narcissistic disorders are more common among men than among women. This may b... ...arcissistic personality disorder. Otto Kernberg, a notable scholar of personality disorders, confirmed Lasch's intuition: "Society can make seriou... ... work is one of the best achievements of technology. Your exposition of "the quasi-identity of law and technology" cleared a blind spot in my visio... ...to see - while continuing to debate old things within the old frame. To affirm the identity of law and technology is indeed to erase the law - the ... ...ctory: it is dynamic, unstable, ever- changing, fluctuating but, by and large, it is identity- preserving and it is functional. The new systems are s... ...of the Prigogine-type social systems, you include one philosophically-dubious term: identity-preserving. Which identity? human race? life? nature? I... ...f one and the same thing) - are concerned with the preservation and propagation of identity. The Law (religious and secular alike) is chiefly con...

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...se we are better than him, It didn't happen to us. Why do we live and die with our hometown football and baseball teams? We get power from our identi... ...rtunities for self fulfillment and we give them equal rewards for achievement ―A major need of every person is to have his or her own identi... ...have his or her own identity. Globalization tends to try to make us as one, with similar identities. Our minds, however, seem to need a closer identi... ...nd drives are effectively handled in the classroom social environment. But here also medical intervention may be necessary. Attention deficit disord... ...e woman adopted. Chris Sizemore, the real life ‗Eve‘, had nearly 40 personalities. No personalities were aware of the others. ―The anxiety disord... ...ies, arthritis remedies, or asthma inhalers. Withdrawing from an excessive intake of caffeine can also cause this disorder. Among the anxiety disord... ...other twin's chance is 50 to 60% of developing it. However it seems to be the environmental stresses that bring on the disease. ―Personality disord... ... this to a personal level. Am I on the right track? How can we get more out our lives in terms of our needs and drives, our values, our gender identi... ...res that don‘t really accept them push people into finding their pasts for something to cling to. If that doesn‘t happen they must find a new identi...

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...while the software or content pirate does not bother to hide or alter the identity of the content's creator or the software's author - the plagiaris... ... technologies to take random samples of the copy traffic, as long as your identity was not recorded?" Even what constitutes copyrighted work is not ... ...eodore Millon, a great scholar and an undisputed authority on personality disorders. 5. Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia Truth in advertising is n... ...short: their own "personality". Thus, they will be able to maintain an "identity" and a consistent pattern of communication which they will develo... ...increase the quantity of interaction between them. It fostered a sense of identity and community. The Internet is not ubiquitous in the countries in... ...one of the best achievements of technology. Your exposition of "the quasi-identity of law and technology" cleared a blind spot in my vision. I was s... ... Study List, and the Link and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various Web directo... ...Open Directory, Search Europe, Mentalhelp.net). Editor of the Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the Verbal and Emotional Abu...

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...y (legal person), whether a private or a public sector entity, has a separate legal identity from the central government and from the members, share... ...bonds: straight and convertible; 3. The various types of bonds (according to the identity of the issuer); 4. The structure of a bond: principal ... ...ionships Study List, and the Links and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various W... ...ctories (Open Directory, Search Europe, Mentalhelp.net). Editor of the Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the Verbal and Emo... ...s regarding relationships with abusive narcissists), Prague, 1999-2007 Personality Disorders Revisited (e-book about personality disorders), Prague...

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... Christopher Lasch in "The Cultural Narcissist" and Theodore Millon in "Personality Disorders of Everyday Life" have singled out the United States ... ...st defining Other. Islamic existence and "gaze" helped to mold the West's emerging identity as a historical construct. From Spain to India, the inc... ...e must be serious prospects of success; the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated." A just war is... ...ationships Study List, and the Link and Factoid Study List. Editor of mental health disorders and Central and Eastern Europe categories in various W... ...ctories (Open Directory, Search Europe, Mentalhelp.net). Editor of the Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, the Verbal and Emo... ...ups for Victims of Narcissists and Narcissists http://dmoz.org/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Narcissistic http://www.narcissistic-abuse....