What Are Personality Disorders?
10. Does My Mother-in-Law Have a Personality Disorder?
Does that difficult person in your life have a personality disorder? Probably not. Though the percentage of people living in the United States who have a personality disorder might seem high at 9.1%, chances are that your overbearing mother-in-law or your melodramatic friend does not, in fact, suffer from one of these disorders.
If you know someone who is truly suffering from rigid thinking, paranoid thoughts, or intense fear of abandonment, he or she would probably benefit from talking to a trained therapist. If you have a loved one who is in therapy due to a personality disorder, do your best to support his or her decision and ask how you can help.
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