Egocentric Personality Disorder

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Personality disorder forms a class of mental disorders that can cause serious problems and impairment of functioning for the individual. It can cause significant distress and serious problems in personal, occupational and social situations. Personality disorder is often marked by a persistent and rigid pattern of distorted thoughts and behaviors that deviates from the social norms and expectations particularly when relating to others. Individual with personal disorder often find difficulties in controlling one’s thinking processes, feelings and desires causing interpersonal disruptions in human relationship. The purpose of this article is an attempt to classify personality disorder under the five dimensional model of KYKO personality profile.

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Classifying Personal Disorder of KYKO Personality Profile Series

Personality disorder forms a class of mental disorders that can cause serious problems and impairment of functioning for the individual. It can cause significant distress and serious problems in personal, occupational and social situations. Personality disorder is often marked by a persistent and rigid pattern of distorted thoughts and behaviors that deviates from the social norms and expectations particularly when relating to others. Individual with personal disorder often find difficulties in controlling ones thinking processes, feelings and desires causing interpersonal disruptions in human relationship.The purpose of this article is an attempt to classify personality disorder under the five dimensional model of KYKO personality profile.

High Egocentric DimensionHigh Egocentric/Assertive Personality is characterized by a high need for power, image, status, recognition, take charge and to control and shape the environment Below is a list of characteristics of Assertive Personality Disorders:1. Depicts a pattern of cruel, demeaning, violent threatening and disruptive behavior.2. Aggressive, hostile and combative in response to disappointments, disgrace and rejections.3. Gets satisfaction from intimidating, coercing, hurting, and humiliating others.4. Stubborn and opinionated in coercing others to accept ones ideas.5. Overly concern and obsessive in taking charge and having everything done one's own way.6. Arrogant and conceited by flattery and admiration.7. Engage in physical attacks and assaults.8. Depicts an exaggerated sense of self-importance wants entitlement and special treatment.9. Self-centered, feels one is great, special and unique10. Likes to brag show off on ones achievements, abilities and success.11. Obsessed with chasing after position, power and status12. Dreams and fantasies of achieving success, often chasing rainbows.13. Used physical cruelty or violence for the purpose of establishing dominance in a relationship.14. Likes to humiliate, demean and belittle people in public15. Punishes people under ones control cruelly and harshly.

Low Egocentric DimensionLow Egocentric/Submissive Personality DisorderLow Egocentric/Submissive Personality is characterized by a low need for power, image, status, recognition, take charge and to control and shape the environment Below is a list of characteristics of Submissive Personality Disorders: 1. Low self-esteem and self-concept.2. Lack of confidence leading to fear of facing challenges.3. Submission to others' demands and threats4. Extremely shy and timid5. Avoid taking more responsibility due to fear of failure6. Keeping a low Profile 7. Avoiding disagreements with others at all cost, always submit to others demands8. Find difficulty in making everyday decisions needs others assurance, advice and input9. Dependent on others to assume responsibility for most major areas of ones life10. Has difficulty initiating projectsor doing things alone due to lack of self-confidence11. Cant say no to others to the point of doing others work12. Feeling of helplessness when confronted with personal and work related problems13. Preoccupied with fears of no one to depend on for ones survival14. Poor self-concept possess a feeling that one is inferior, inadequate and worthlessness15. Anxious and tense when interacting with very important people