Dangerous personalities Flashcards

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What are the 4 personalities responsible of the most harm in our daily lives ?

A

1) The narcissist personality
2) The emotionally unstable personalities
3) The paranoid personality
4) The predator

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What would an egocentric do to get others’ attention ?

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They would arrive late at meetings, parties, and family events, delaying activities.
They can also storm in or make a dramatic entrance.
They will not hesitate to let people know they are smart and important.

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What would a narcissistic personality do to overvalue her/himself to in front of people ?

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The narcissistic personality would find weaknesses or insecurities in others.

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Give some words that would describe a narcissit personality.

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Abusive, acting, amoral, arrogant, beguiling, charismatic, contemptuous, dehumanizing, egocentric, self-centered, shallow, swindler, two-faced, unreliable

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What could a narcissistic personality do to her/his children to look even greater ?

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They would push their children towards perfection to get the spotlight in the end
Ex : Getting As at school, participating in TV shows or contests, performing public or profitable endeavor.

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Why do people think they get over a narcissist personality’s behavior ?

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They think things will get better. Unfortunately, it never happens.

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What can do an emotionally unstable personality to get someone’s attention ?

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They can try to harm themselves if they feel alone or about to be abandoned.

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Why does an emotionally unstable personality lie to people ?

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They crave for attention.
In extreme cases, they can lie about being pregnant, or having cheated on their spouse, or they can lie about being raped.

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What is the best reaction when an emotionally unstable personality threats to commit suicide ?

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Stay calm. Call emergency services.
France => SAMU : 15 / police : 17 / pompier : 18

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Why you should not try to solve all alone a situation where an emotionally unstable personality threats to commit suicide ?

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Because these people can and will take advantage on that. Leave the situation to professionals.

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How can an emotionally unstable personality test the loyalty of someone ?

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They can ask publicly : “Are you with me or with her ?”, “Whose side are you on ?”

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Give some words that describe the emotionally unstable personality

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Abnormal, angry, borderline, chaotic, clingy, complainer, confusing, controlling, demanding, destructive, draining, frustated, frustating, histrionic, irrational, lascivious, moody, risky, seesaw, tornado, unhappy

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How is doing someone living with an emotionally unstable personality most of the time ?

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They feel stressed and drained. They can have anxiety issues and chronic stress.

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What can we not argue with a paranoid personality ?

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Because their thinking is not based on rationality.

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Paranoid personalities are afraid of what ?

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Everything.

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How long can a paranoid personality can stay at home without seeing anyone ?

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Forever.

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Give some words describing the paranoid personality.

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Alarmist, alone, aloof, barricaded, biased, calculating, careful, cautious, control freak, defensive, delusional, disbeliever, distrusful, extremist, hypersensitive, insular, narrow-minded, obdurate, pessimistic, suspicious, unforgiving

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What can paranoid personalities do to test your loyalty ?

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They can scour your calendar, check your emails, go to work unannounced. They need control over everything you do.

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What does the predator do most of the time ?

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They scan people to find opportunies, weaknesses to exploit.

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What can a predator do to ensnare their victims ?

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They use superficial knowledge of many topics to impress the victims.

21
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Give some words describing the predator.

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Abusive, aimless, amoral, antisocial, beguiling, belligerent, bullshitter, calculating, callous, cold blooded, dangerous, dishonest, disingenuous, empty, guiltless, impulsive, malevolent, sleazy, thrill-seeker,

22
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How to find out that a person has the traits of several dangerous personality types ?

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By observer and narrowing down the search after getting information.
Do not forget, it takes time. Let the behaviors speak for themselves.

23
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When someone has the traits of several dangerous personality types, what can he/she do to hurt even more people ?

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They can look for other dangerous personalities to create a group and use them to hurt others without getting caught.

24
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Why talking to a dangerous personality about his/her “issues” is not such a good idea ?

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Because that person may overreact whatever the personality type, and you might put yourself in danger.
They do not think anything is wrong with them.

25
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When you find out that someone has traits of a dangerous personality type, what should you do to protect yourself ?

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Distance yourself. Do not try to talk this through.

26
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What can you do when you are being rushed by someone (who is potentially dangerous) ?

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Take your time to think it through. A person having consideration for you will understand that you need time.

27
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What to do when someone threatens to leave you, or commit suicide, or they say they will be devastated if you don’t do this or that ?

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You are being manipulated and you have to set boundaries, distance yourself to get control over your life back.

28
Q

How to assess someone over time ?

A

Assess how much/how often.

29
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What should you do to be less “surprised” by someone ?

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Check them out, check that what they do and say is coherent. Check a bit about their past without being too personal (school they have been, work, their family, etc…)

30
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If you sense something wrong, what should you do ?

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Act. Quickly. Don’t wait for too long.

31
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How do you prove that you are being mistreated by someone ?

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You can write down in a journal about anything that happens (with time and date).

32
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What is the first thing to do when encounting a dangerous personality let’s just say for work ?

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Set boundaries. Do not allow that person to do things you do not want him/her to do.