What Are Personality Disorders?
4. What Are Cluster C Disorders?
Cluster C disorders include avoidant personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Avoidant patients are characterized by their extreme shyness and sensitivity, social anxiety, and avoidance of social situations. Dependent personality disorder patients go beyond “clingy”, though they often are; they present with a lack of confidence and can easily tolerate abuse.
OCPD patients, despite what it sounds like, do not have extreme OCD, though the two mental health conditions can be easily confused. These individuals are inflexible, rigid, and perfectionistic to the point that it interferes with their life.
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