Personality Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #34

What exactly are Personality Disorders? How can they be diagnosed? Can we prevent some of them? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us the down-low on things like Ego-Dystonic and Ego-Syntonic Disorders, Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorders, and the potential biological, psychological, and social roots of these disorders.


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Chapters:
Introduction: Personality Disorders 00:00
Ego-Dystonic vs. Ego-Syntonic Disorders 00:44
Personality Disorders 1:12
Modern Classifications of Personality Disorders 2:03
Three Clusters of Personality Disorders 2:23
Overlapping Traits, PDNOS, & the Dimensional Model of Personality Disorders 3:35
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) 4:31
Anti-Social Personality Disorder (Psychopathy & Sociopathy) 5:29
Early Indicators & Genetic Factors of Anti-Social Personality Disorder 6:54
Neural Basis of Anti-Social Personality Disorder 7:58
Treatments for Anti-Social Personality Disorder 9:01
Review & Credits 10:07
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[JosephSalmans]

This guy is really chill if you play the video at .75 speed

[surrealboy]

A reminder for the self proclaimed “psychopaths”:
Just because you watch liveleak videos doesn’t mean you’re a psychopath

[ninanantakesanap]

Personality disorders are so stigmatised even by mental health professionals... Once they think you have something like BPD or AvPD they just say you're a hopeless case and refuse to help you or they suddenly treat you like you're less than them.

[rowanaird]

I read "Personality Dinosaurs" and was like oohh tell me more

[RumerPriestly]

I'm a BPD sufferer, and I really appreciate the delicate and respectful way this was covered. It's so troubling to see how terribly those with BPD are often represented amongst those who don't suffer from it. Thanks, Hank c:

[michaelalunz]

He doesn't mention DBT therapy and how Marsha Linehan has changed the way BPD can be treated and managed. That is so important when discussing BPD

[sKullkittehs]

Not everyone with personality disorders are inherently bad people. They can choose to not hurt others just like everyone else can. The lack of empathy means you cant understand other people and you cant put yourself in their shoes. It doesnt mean you don't care if those around you die.

You can have zero empathy and still have a ton of compassion or sympathy.

[ben]

I had a friend with antisocial personality disorder. One of the best people I've ever met. They had a great moral compass. We eventually stopped talking because they just decided they didn't want to talk to me anymore. They knew they had apd and earned me that might happen so we ended on good terms. What I'm trying to say is don't just someone or assume they are going to be violent just because they have apd

[no_namegkjhfkashfkdshflkjdashf]

I have ASPD, and other than accidentally hurting my husband's feelings sometimes, I'm improving a hell of a lot. My dad had ASPD too, and I had a hell of a time juggling traumatic incidence over traumatic incidence as a child. I was child. I was almost incarcerated and was horribly abusive to anyone I deemed unworthy of my presence.

When I was around 15 or so, I was diagnosed AGAIN with ASPD and PTSD. Unlike most, I realized I had a problem when I was thinking about killing animals. I looked online and found a religion I stuck to like glue. With meditation and this religion on my side, I got A LOT better. My PTSD is a raging mess right now because I haven't resolved my trauma yet, but I am not the little monster I once was.

Because of this, I "learned" most of the usual emotions (some I already naturally had like love, which is rare) so now I have a switch I can use when something serious is going on. I can "turn off" panic and anxiety during a social situation and get things done. I find it really useful. I also learned how to sympathize and look for body language that indicates people's feelings, this is entirely because I have a patient and loving husband.

I have no idea why I think I should be commenting this, but I hope this helps show that people with ASPD are treatable if they are willing to be treated.

[somethingsedona]

I'm taking a psychology class rn and my teacher (who is a psychologist/Dr.) Says they don't use the terms psychopath or sociopath anymore. They use the term "antisocial" when diagnosing someone.

[saaamherrera]

the problem isn't borderline... the problem is living in a environment where you can't get help, too expensive psychiatrist and without quality medication...

[caitrionabobb]

In this video I learned more in 11 minutes than I did in 11 years of school...

[madelinemcnamara]

that Sims cheat code reference at the beginning tho😂👌

[soulserpent]

Just a heads-up to everyone who watches psych videos like this and feels like they are suffering from a disorder: all people will have some degree of many of the behaviors, feelings, and/or thoughts that are symptoms of the disorder(s); however, there is a difference between extreme and normal ranges, and chances are you don't have the disorder. It's known as psych student syndrome when you learn about a disorder and feel that you have the disorder. Not to say that people don't have the disorders, just make sure you are properly diagnosed before you self-diagnose

[miamia]

i have bpd, and nobody really understood until i showed them this video, and everyone was like "i get it now" thank you for helping me

[PieALaMode]

The problem with self diagnosing is people see these disorders and see that a few traits fit them, not realizing that it's the extremely harmful frequent occurrences that makes these clusters of symptoms a disorder. Everyone can be a little isolated sometimes but it doesn't make you anti-social. Everyone makes a bad choice to drink too much a few times in their lives but it doesn't mean you have BPD per say. When people start labeling themselves they start to mimic these behaviors without cause and excuse themselves for it. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[annacbrown]

I was diagnosed with BPD several times by different psychiatrists between the age of 18-25. However, when I left my environment, moved somewhere completely else and switched my job I became completely normal. I live a happy life now. I think that our environment can make us insane ;)

[lunnah]

Exploiting other people for personal gain and lack of emapthy is extremely common even among people without a personality disorder. 🤢

[iamsongforsomeone]

Are some people just not watching the entire video? He literally says multiple times, people with the disorders won't necessarily become serial killers. He also used Psychopathy and Sociopathy as loose terms and mostly uses Anti-Social Personality Disorder to describe it. And people say I don't pay attention.

[Kevin-vrnp]

I really dislike misconceptions about personality disorders, about 60% of the people I know claim to have ocd, and they'll give examples like, "I put my coloured pencils in an order of colour", and "I get annoyed when some opens a chip packet unside down". That does not mean you have ocd, being organised does not equal ocd.