Paranoid Personality Disorder: What do you know about it?
[i]Just trying to connect some dots when it comes to mental health and trying to identify certain traits in potential lovers...[/i]
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Mrowe718 · 41-45, F
@LittleEvilOne I was involved with someone who exuded the traits of: paranoid personality disorder, bipolar disorder, and also narcissistic personality disorder (I was in hell).
As you stated, everything is a lie to them, they question everything, and even they say very nasty things when they’re mad and expect things to go back to normal after saying those things.
I don’t know what made me think I could handle being with someone like that, I guess “empathy” but the more time that passed, I realized he had a serious mental problem. He told me but very vaguely got into detail as to what his diagnoses was. Instead he told me that his mother tried to get him “medicated” When he was younger and he refused, as a result...he self medicates with a plethora of weed. An unhealthy amount.
He was easy to get along with (when he was high) but once it wore off, being back to his sober self was not fun for me. Accused me of acting weird when I wouldn’t be doing anything, always suspicious of me when it was him doing things he wasn’t supposed to.
Accused me of being flirtatious when that was actually a lie, he couldn’t go one day without flirting with women (in my face).
He’s also physically and verbally abusive. Blames his outburst on what he’s going through.
Whenever caught in lies, he deflects, manipulates and claims I’m the one with issues.
I fell in love but he was hard to love at the same time. I wanted to be close but I felt so distant at the same time. He was affectionate but not loving (if that makes sense). Very emotional and emotionless at the same time. He was confusing and manipulative...
Does this sound like a paranoid schizophrenic to you? He could be, as well as have everything else I mentioned above. Psychologist say these illnesses can be comorbid and exist with other illnesses.
That’s really tragic.
As you stated, everything is a lie to them, they question everything, and even they say very nasty things when they’re mad and expect things to go back to normal after saying those things.
I don’t know what made me think I could handle being with someone like that, I guess “empathy” but the more time that passed, I realized he had a serious mental problem. He told me but very vaguely got into detail as to what his diagnoses was. Instead he told me that his mother tried to get him “medicated” When he was younger and he refused, as a result...he self medicates with a plethora of weed. An unhealthy amount.
He was easy to get along with (when he was high) but once it wore off, being back to his sober self was not fun for me. Accused me of acting weird when I wouldn’t be doing anything, always suspicious of me when it was him doing things he wasn’t supposed to.
Accused me of being flirtatious when that was actually a lie, he couldn’t go one day without flirting with women (in my face).
He’s also physically and verbally abusive. Blames his outburst on what he’s going through.
Whenever caught in lies, he deflects, manipulates and claims I’m the one with issues.
I fell in love but he was hard to love at the same time. I wanted to be close but I felt so distant at the same time. He was affectionate but not loving (if that makes sense). Very emotional and emotionless at the same time. He was confusing and manipulative...
Does this sound like a paranoid schizophrenic to you? He could be, as well as have everything else I mentioned above. Psychologist say these illnesses can be comorbid and exist with other illnesses.
That’s really tragic.
Graylight · 51-55, F
Were somebody you knew really suffering from paranoid personality disorder, you wouldn't need to work to identify the truth. To have a personality disorder, the dysfunction must be profound and interfere with daily activities like work and relationships. Somebody who has PPD is generally under medical care because their functioning is so limited.