Hello,

I have crossed over from the other side! I thought this was a very interesting and insightful article from the American Psychological Association, that really speaks to some inherent conflicts in relationships. I will post it on both sides of the forum. My hope is that, it will help to promote better understanding on all sides.


Personality disorders
Mixing oil and water


Psychologists often find that opposites attract in couples with personality disorders.

BY BRIDGET MURRAY
Monitor staff
Print version: page 52

<!---body here--->By now, Florida psychologist Florence Kaslow, PhD, has seen the pattern so often among some couples that it's practically a clinical archetype: Both parties have personality disorders (PDs)--but on opposite ends of the spectrum.

The fastidious, stoic spouse with obsessive-compulsive PD clashes with the often messy, flamboyant spouse with histrionic PD. Or, likewise, the self-absorbed, self-important person with narcissistic PD spars with the needy, clingy partner with dependent PD. It may seem like an oversimplification,.....

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:) Yup that's interesting in both forums.