Paranoid, Narcissist, Borderline, Histrionic... Which is your personality trait?
These personality traits that we see around us or exist within ourselves increase the risk of depression. Psychiatrist Dr. Uğur Hatıloğlu gave information about the most common personality traits and the reasons why these people are prone to depression.
- If Personality Traits Significantly Affect a Person's Harmony with the Environment…
Depression is a disease that generally occurs between adolescence and the thirties. One of the risk factors that increase depression is personality traits, also described as the person's nature. If personality traits are stable in all situations and times and significantly disrupt the person's harmony with the environment, a disorder can be mentioned. To diagnose a disorder, detailed information must be obtained from both the person and the environment and it is necessary to follow the person for a certain period of time.
- Depressive Periods Are Frequently Experienced in Borderline People
In these people who have tense and inconsistent interpersonal relationships and self-perception, tantrums, self-harming thoughts and behaviors, risky actions, feeling constantly empty, and emotional ups and downs may be observed. A person who cannot cope with these ups and downs in his life blames and devalues both his environment and himself internally, under the influence of stressful life events. These feelings are the reasons why the person experiences intermittent depressive periods.
- Hysterical People Get Depressed When They Cannot Be the Center of Attention
People with histrionic personality disorder, They feel uncomfortable when they are not the center of attention or feel that their value is not understood. Since their emotional ups and downs are rapid, they may be accused of acting outwardly. They get bored easily, and they always want their lives to be fun. That's why they are eager to establish new relationships. However, their interest in relationships they start with enthusiasm may quickly wane. They are prone to depression because they feel unhappy and worthless when they cannot be the center of attention.
- Paranoia Leads to Unhappiness
Skeptical ( par People with anoid) traits think that others are trying to use them or are being exploited, and that they may be harmed as a result, without sufficient evidence. These unfounded fears cause the person to be easily influenced by words and actions, to be unable to trust anyone, and to feel secretly angry at others. When this tension in interpersonal relationships becomes unbearable from time to time; Pessimism, unhappiness and loss of interest in life develop. This may result in depression.
- Narcissistic People Get Depressed in the Face of Criticism
Self-loving (Narcissistic) people have a grandiose perception that they are very important. They often boast about their achievements. They expect others to see their superiority and privileges and to be praised. They always desire more. It is difficult for them to empathize and they have difficulty understanding the wishes of others. They do not want to talk about other people's problems and have difficulty even listening. They are extremely sensitive to criticism because their self-esteem is easily damaged, contrary to what they show. They may feel humiliated, incompetent and empty in the face of criticism. They may experience depressive periods with feelings of shame and worthlessness in the face of ongoing criticism.
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