Some people have a personality disorder where they just…

“Shorter believes that psychosomatic illnesses (such as leg paralysis at the turn of the twentieth century or multiple personality disorder at the turn of…

— Ethan Watters

“The word is dissociate. There is no 'a' before the 'ss'. People invariably say dis-a-ssociate, which, if you're suffering Disso-ciative Identity Disorder/Multiple Personality Disorder,…

— Alice Jamieson

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) cannot be medicated. It is treatable only through therapy. The problem is therapy is rarely sought by the afflicted. It…

— Andy Dunn

“When I think about what it would take to achieve freedom from all psychological stuff, the response that comes is this: life is about…

— Daniel M. Ingram

“He’s already run the standard battery of questions, checked the check boxes, computed the data: hears voices = schizophrenic; too agitated = paranoid; too…

— Mira T. Lee

“The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is the reference manual used by mental health professionals to diagnose psychological problems, defines the…

— Jonathan Berent

“Let’s take a quick look at what a psychopath is. Although the American Psychiatric Association (APA) no longer uses this term, much of the…

— Robert Kirkconnell

What's the difference between a personality disorder and a personality? You know? That's what I wanna know!

— Parker Posey

“It’s just what you’re stuck with, the lousy furniture you can’t change. The educated me knows hell’s nothing, a fiction I happened to inherit.…

— Glen Duncan

“While their personalities may differ from person to person, the commonality is that with a narcissistic parent: their needs and wants always come first,…

— Emily Parker

“When you fall in love, everything is impregnated with new meaning. It is as if you suddenly have borderline personality disorder.”

— Chloe Thurlow

We don't want to promote any system that treats the fact that an individual is LGBT as a personality disorder. And anything that perpetuates…

— Kamala Harris

“Because psychopathy is difficult to diagnose, but often subject to public scrutiny, it’s actually often confused with other personality disorders with which it shares…

— T. Rivers, Clarence

Welcome to the psychiatric hotline: if you are obsessive compulsive press one repeatedly. If you are schizophrenic listen closely and a little voice will…

— Barbara Oakley

“I left London to migrate to Manchester because at that time it was -- if you had a personality disorder and a good record…

— James Maker