I find i'm more troubled by masochistic personality disorder than any other personality disorder. It's not actually an accepted diagnosis but mental health professionals use it to explain many facets of human behavior. The accepted term is self-defeating personality disorder.

I've been diagnosed with traits of other personality disorders in the past, such as borderline. But i don't find those traits bother me, probably because i am enjoying solitude now and not talking to anyone. However, i am still inflicting pain and humiliation on myself via negative self-talk on a regular basis as in masochistic personality disorder.

The only thing that doesn't fit about masochistic personality disorder is that it's only present during depression. So it's not pervasive. When i'm hypomanic i am delighted with myself. Not sure if any of the personality disorders apply when one has bipolar because the traits vanish when mood flips...

Thoughts?