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Re: Perhaps, perhaps ...
As an answer to: Perhaps, perhaps ... written by Paul B. at 05 Feb 2003 13:23:18:
>I was somewhat more interested in what the enigmatic Phillip had to say in reply. Not much, I gather.
I had a look in the archives and didn't have any success finding it because I have no idea of the time frame, but I can't recall that Phillip gave an answer.
>An excellent summary, certainly. It's interesting to consider that whilst traditionally considered a different condition, these may turn out to be psychoses similar to endogenous depression and schizophrenia, as they also involve faulty processing of information and an inability to understand reality.
Yes, that ex-boyfriend I keep mentioning was diagnosed with personality disorder, but he had a few different ones, similar to what we're dealing with in here. Everytime he became violent the police took him away and I wouldn't allow him to come back till he'd seen his psychiatrist again and was on new medication which appeared to make him better (but we know they can cover it up at times). The medications cured his OCD and insane jealousy. He counted everything - fence palings, flocks of birds etc, and measured everything down to the last 1/32 of an inch, even when planting trees that had to be the exact measurement from one tree trunk to the next. Unfortunately it didn't cure or treat any of his personality disorders. Yes, they certainly are very similar to the other psychoses, and I still wonder if he's bi-polar.
> so far as I understand, they have never been found to be responsive to medication, but - who knows what the future may hold?
That's why I stayed in the relationship for three years, because I thought some medication was going to cure him, but once the psychiatrist's colleague told me he'd never get better because there was no treatment and our lives were in danger, I ended it immediately. Maybe one day they'll inject some healthy cells into the prefrontal cortex to fix the dysfunction. I see they're now using the patients' own, instead of foetal cells, for similar fields.
>> The worst of those with personality disorders was the ex boyfriend who was also violent and abusive.
>Different personality disorder. He was apparently sociopathic (AKA "Psychopathic"; "Antisocial", possibly other synonyms), focussing his malice on others, whereas we are dealing with an obsessive/ obsessive-compulsive (I must say, I'm not entirely clear how much of each, and they are not the same - indeed OCD does respond quite well to antidepressants), who mostly injures himself.
Yes, the Antisocial Personality Disorder was one of my ex b/f's disorders. The others were Narcissistic PD and Paranoid PD, which our resident is also cursed with.
>Consequently, the poor bugger is lonely - that is only too obvious, and literally "looking for friendship" amongst - he hopes - people who will value his "experience". But I don't (believe it or not) think he's entirely malicious in intent, unlike your "ex-", who is of the type that aren't searching for respect, but for fear!
I'll go along with that. Our subject is textbook Narcissistic and Paranoid PD's.
May I presume he is by now in prison, or is he on parole?
Amazingly, he is still on the loose, and people avoid him in his usual haunts. I'm amazed his first two wives let him beat them mercilessly without pressing charges. The police always rescued me before he could get to that stage, so I couldn't have him put away.
>Actually, I had in mind that venomous snakes are quite manageable when they are tame, as long as you don't make a mistake and hurt them. Viz. our own Crocodile Hunter.
Hmmm... I've seen our crocodile hunter step back very quickly to avoid becoming lunch. I hope the rest of the world doesn't think we're all as strange as he is.
>It's really a quite ironic situation, I have to say
Yes, his latest effort in geocities, is helping our cause very nicely.