NEUROTIC NEURONS

Is your ex actually a narcissist, or has pop psychology gone too far and stigmatized the lived experience of those who have suffered through a narcissistic personality? Are those with borderline personality disorder attention-seeking, manipulative, and always emotionally unpredictable? Are loners and introverts antisocial, or are all antisocial personalities psychopaths? And what the heck is histrionic? All of this and more demystified as I slash through the misconceptions of the TikTok and Instagram pop psychology of the Cluster Bs!

References

American Psychological Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787

Helpful Information and Websites

Borderline Personality Disorder:

• https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder

• https://bpdalliance.org/

Narcissistic Personality Disorder:

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/narcissistic-personality-disorder
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556001/

Histrionic Personality Disorder:

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542325/

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/histrionic-personality-disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder:

• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12079384/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546673/

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