Impairments Flashcards
Psychological damage to the self produces ?
Psychopathology
severe disturbances of the self in which defenses do not cover major defects.
Psychosis
Permanent or protracted damage in which central defect is better covered by major defenses.
Borderline states
Defective self-structures are protected by aloofness and superficial involvement in relationships.
Schizoid personality disorders
Using hostility and suspicion to protect damage self.
Paranoid personality disorder.
Individuals feel empty, bored, and depressed.
Under-stimulated self
Person feels uncoordinated, may feel tired, mentally slow, and awkward.
Fragmenting self
Individuals exposed to excessive stimulation.
Overstimulated self
Person does not have the opportunity to merged with calmness. Result is lack of the self-soothing.
Overburdened self
Individuals who crave for confirming and admiring responses from self-objects.
Mirror-hungry personalities
They can relate to people they admire.
Ideal-hungry personality.
A self-object who looks and dresses like them and has similar opinions and values.
Alter-ego personalities.
Individuals who experience others as their own self.
Merger-hungry personalities
Intense longing to merge and is highly sensitive to rejection.
Contact-shunning personalities
