It's even a big tendency among clinicians and clinical staff, unfortunately. Nurses especially tend to throw around personality disorder and other damning labels like candy. And even among clinicians in a team setting, there's so much boxing people into categories and dismissing them. Actually, a coworker who is also a clinician (who I had a crush on) rudely stared at the vertical scar I have on my wrist from when I was younger and now always brings up borderline personality disorder in convos with me, with a wink and a nudge. Shameful. Some will look at a Dx and treat a client accordingly, from a distance. Often the ones that work one-to-one with the client get to see the person for what he or she really is, but decisions are made in teams and everyone is consulted, and that's where you get a majority of the ******** from.
If anything, some narcissism is absolutely necessary.
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Originally Posted by DarknessIsMyFriend
No kidding. To me, for the most part, personality disorder diagnosis are no different than stereotypical labels suck as "geek", "goth", "jock", or whatever else people call other people who fit into a specific subgroup.
While it is true that personality disorder diagnosis are justified sometimes, I think they are only relevant in the most extreme cases.
Another words, if somebody is an asshole, a liar, a manipulator, or is more selfish than normal, I don't think that they automatically qualify as a Narcissist, Sociopath, ASPD, or whatever other labels you want to throw on them.
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Love your third signature quote.
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