Personality Disturbance Gathering, nr.49 (key to possible disturbances)

Every person may be used only once, except “by proxy” will overlap another person/condition, and there is one condition which will not be assigned to characters.

1. Agoraphobia – Fear of being out in the open or in public places; nervous; anxious

2. Autophobia/Monophobia – Extreme dislike or anger of oneself, or of an ethnic group from which one descends.

3. Anti-Social Personality Disorder – Failure to conform to societal norms; lack of remorse or indifferent; impulsivity or failure to plan ahead; consistent irresponsibility; deceitfulness.

4. Avoidant Personality Disorder – Socially awkward; fear of criticism, disapproval or rejection; views self as socially inept; reluctant to take personal risks or to engage in new activities because they may prove embarrassing.

5. Body Dysmorphic Disorder – A perceived defect of oneself.

6. Borderline – Very unstable relationships; erratic emotions; self-damaging behavior; impulsive; unpredictable aggressive and sexual behavior; sometimes similar to Autophobia/Monophobia; easily angered.

7. Brief Psychotic Disorder – Delusions, hallucination, disorganized speech or catatonic behavior which last between one and four weeks.

8. “…by Proxy” – Any condition where someone uses another (adult, children) to achieve their needs.

9. Cognitive Dissonance – the wrestling with opposing viewpoints in our mind, and determine which decision to make; our effort to fundamentally strive for harmony in our thinking.

10. Compulsive – Perfectionists, preoccupied with details, rules and schedules; more concerned about work than pleasure; serious and formal; cannot express tender feelings.

11. Compulsive Hoarding – Excessive acquisition of possessions, and failure to use or discard them, even if the items are worthless, hazardous or unsanitary.

12. Conduct Disorder – Bullies, threatens or intimidates others; deceitful; deliberate engagement in damaging property of others; knowingly breaks established rules/laws of society.

13. Conversion Disorder / Psychogenic Mass Hysteria – Anxiety or fear; feeling physical symptoms (pain, irritation) in the absence of a physical cause.

14. Delusional Disorder – Characterized by holding one or more non-bizarre delusions; non-bizarre delusions are fixed beliefs that are certainly and definitely false, but which could be plausible.

15. Dependency Psychotic Disorder / Folie à deux – Symptoms of a delusional belief are transmitted from one individual to another, and then shared by the two. They inadvertently encourage one another’s beliefs by ascribing truth to them.

16. Derealization – An alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems strange or unreal.

17. Diogenes Syndrome / Senile Squalor Syndrome – Extreme self-neglect; domestic squalor; social withdrawal; apathy; compulsive hoarding of rubbish; lark of shame.

18. Dyskinesia – A disorder resulting in involuntary, repetitive body movements.

19. Dysphoric Mania / Agitated Depression / Mixed Episode – In the context of a mental disorder, it is a condition during which symptoms of mania and depression occur simultaneously

20. Histrionic – Overly dramatic; attention seekers; easily angered; seductive; dependant on others; vain, shallow and manipulative; displays intense, but often false, emotions.

21. Hypochondriasis – Pervasive fear of illness or disease

22. Kleptomania – Irresistible urge to steal items of trivial value.

23. Major Depressive Episode – Insominia or hypersominia; depressed mood most of the day, every day; frequent fatigue or loss of energy; diminished ability to think or concentrate.

24. Manic Episode – Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity; decreased need for sleep (ie, may feel rested after three hours of sleep); more talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking; flight of ideas; easily distractible; excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences.

25. Megalomania – a psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, fame or omnipotence.

26. Munchausen Syndrome – Attention seekers make themselves ill or fake sickness to get attention.

27. Narcissistic – Grandiose; crave admiration from others; extremely self centered; feel they are privileged and special; expects favors from others; emotions are not erratic.

28. Narcolepsy – a chronic sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness in which a person experiences extreme fatigue and possibly falls asleep at inappropriate times

29. Neurotic Voyeurism – Someone who habitually observes others engaged in private behaviors without their knowledge.

30. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – Characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing anxiety, or by a combination of such thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions).

31. Oneirophrenia – A hallucinatory, dream-like state caused by several conditions such as prolonged sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation or drugs

32. Oppositional Defiant Disorder – Loss of temper; deliberately annoys people; ascribes blame to others for their behavior; angry or resentful; spiteful or vindictive; is often touchy or easily annoyed by others.

33. Paranoid – Suspicious; argumentative; paranoid; continually on the lookout for trickery and abuse; jealous; tendency to blame others; cold and humorless.

34. Passive-Aggressive – indirectly expresses anger by being forgetful and stubborn; procrastinates; can not admit to feeling angry; habitually late.

35. Pathological Manipulation – Someone who strives to get the better of others, even without consciously trying to influence them.

36. Pathological Perfectionism – a belief that perfection can and should be attained.

37. Prosopagnosia – Inability to interpret facial expressions and even to recognize faces.

38. Psychogenic Amnesia – memory loss due to extreme stress.

39. Pyromania – pyromania is an impulse to deliberately start fires to relieve tension and typically includes feelings of gratification or relief afterward.

40. Risk-taking neurosis – Embrace of risk taking behaviors

41. Schizoid – Has few friends; a “loner”; indifferent to praise and criticism of others (like Schizotypal); unable to form close relationships; no warm or tender feelings for other people.

42. Schizophrenia – Paranoia; seeing, hearing or interacting with hallucinations or delusions.

43. Schizotypal – Aloof and indifferent (like the Schizoid); tends to engage in magical or fantasy thinking; superstitious beliefs; uses unusual words and has peculiar ideas; a very mild form of Schizophrenia.

44. Selective Mutism – Shyness; anxiety; voluntarily not speaking.

45. Self injury – Self-injurious behavior which is done for emotional control; non-suicidal; generally done in secret and not as a group activity.

46. Separation Anxiety – An individual experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment.

47. Sociopath – Breaks the rules and laws; takes advantage of other people for personal gain; feels little remorse of guilt; appears friendly and charming on the surface; dangerous; often intelligent.

48. Somatization Disorder / Briquet’s Disorder – Patients who persistently complain of varied physical symptoms that have no identifiable physical origin.

49. Trichotillomania – Low self-esteem; pulling of hair

Name: ______Period: ______Date: ______Personality Disturbances Gathering, nr. 49

Please write the name of the person whom you think the condition best describes. All may be ascribed to only one person, and there is one condition which is not represented at the party.

1. Agoraphobia – 2. Autophobia/Monophobia – 3. Anti-Social Personality Disorder – 4. Avoidant Personality Disorder – 5. Body Dysmorphic Disorder – 6. Borderline – 7. Brief Psychotic Disorder – 8. “…by Proxy” – 9. Cognitive Dissonance – 10. Compulsive – 11. Compulsive Hoarding – 12. Conduct Disorder – 13. Conversion Disorder / Psychogenic Mass Hysteria – 14. Delusional Disorder – 15. Dependency Psychotic Disorder / Folie à deux – 16. Derealization – 17. Diogenes Syndrome / Senile Squalor Syndrome – 18. Dyskinesia – 19. Dysphoric Mania / Agitated Depression / Mixed Episode – 20. Histrionic – 21. Hypochondriasis – 22. Kleptomania – 23. Major Depressive Episode – 24. Manic Episode – 25. Megalomania – 26. Munchausen Syndrome – 27. Narcissistic – 28. Narcolepsy – 29. Neurotic Voyeurism – 30. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – 31. Oneirophrenia – 32. Oppositional Defiant Disorder – 33. Paranoid – 34. Passive-Aggressive – 35. Pathological Manipulation – 36. Pathological Perfectionism – 37. Prosopagnosia – 38. Psychogenic Amnesia – 39. Pyromania – 40. Risk-taking neurosis – 41. Schizoid – 42. Schizophrenia – 43. Schizotypal – 44. Selective Mutism – 45. Self injury – 46. Separation anxiety – 47. Sociopath – 48. Somatization Disorder / Briquet’s Disorder – 49. Trichotillomania –

Which five would you be most interested in meeting and hanging out with? Which three would you very much want to avoid meeting?

Personality Disturbance Gathering, nr.49

ADRIAN is viewed as egotistical, so much so that he tends to alienate other partygoers. He constantly advertises how his success is a reflection of determined ha rd work, practices one-upmanship when around other seemingly successful men and routinely navigates around any topics which might indicate failure on his part. This effort to elevate himself over the status of others disturbs many, something he seems either unaware of or unconcerned about . ARTHR wandered into the party, but didn’t stay long. The ‘negative forces’ in the room were unsettling to his ‘psychic soul spot.’ The few guests he spoke to felt somewhat uneasy being with this aloof ‘space cadet.’

ANIA danced into the party and immediately became the center of attention. With sweeping gestures of and dramatic displays of emotion, she boasted about her career as an actress in a local theater group. During a private conversation, a friend inquired about rumors that she was having some difficulties in her marriage. In an outburst of anger she denied any problems and claimed her marriage was “as wonderful and charming as ever.” Shortly thereafter, while drinking her second martini, she fainted and had to be taken home

ANA paraded into the party drunk and continued to drink throughout the night. Laughing and giggling, she flirted with many of the men and to two of them expressed her ‘deep affection.’ Twice during the evening she disappeared for almost a half hour, each time with a different man. After a loud argument with one of them, because he took ‘too long’ to get her a drink, she locked herself into the bathroom and attempted to swallow a bottle of aspirin. Her friends encouraged her to go home, but she was afraid to be alone in her apartment.

People tend to stay away from CHANA is easily distracted. She AVIGDOR . He intentionally says things recently became fixated with to upset people. It’s unclear if he is online shopping, so much so that being rude purposefully, or if he doesn’t she bid $242 for one hundred have the social skills to behave sequentially numbered $2 bills on appropriately. He tends to have a Ebay! spiteful streak and expects all to go his way; if not, he gets easily annoyed.

COSETTE, who at some level was unhappy about some aspect of the party planning, didn’t come to the event, even though she promised the hostess that she would bring the ice. The hostess was upset that

everyone had warm drinks.

CHAYA is forgetful and is having difficulty locating the words she wants to use in conversation. She says this is due to not sleeping well. She is depressed, but tries to keep this from others.

DAWID, while conversing with a socially reluctant GILL about a recent interview he felt positive about, nonchalantly reaches for his cell phone and seems to dabble with it. After appearing to check his messages, Before entering, YEKATERINA watched DAWID holds it resting atop his knee. Ten the party from outside through the minutes later GILL notices the phone is still window. Once she went in, she seemed out and, even though DAWID seems to be uncomfortable. When people tried to be ignoring it, his phone is pointed in the nice, she looked guarded and distrustful. direction of MONIKA, who is on the People quickly became uncomfortable by adjacent couch her habit of finding fault with every little thing said or done. She seemed to be picking fights with people.

EFRUSINA spent most of the time talking about her trip to Europe, her new Mercedes, and her favorite French restaurants. People seemed bored, but she kept right on talking. When she made a critical remark about how one of the men was dressed, she could not apologize for her obvious blunder. She tried to talk her way around it, and even seemed to be blaming him for being upset

GALI was unable to make the party. She was planning to, but her daughter grew ill and she brought her to the hospital. Once there, she was seen injecting urine into the i.v. of her kid. While the people at the party do not know of her arrest, they were familiar with the knowledge that she is a frequent visitor to doctors

GILL is sweating because he is nervous in social settings. He sees a girl across the room he would like to speak to, but is too afraid to approach her to even say hello. This feeling of inadequacy manifests itself in behaviors not appealing to others, and they tend to take a standoffish approach to him. He situates himself in the corner of the room by the punch bowl

HANITA refuses to touch anything. She seems hyper- attuned to any thumbprint on drinking glasses or anyone at the gathering who sneezes or sniffles.

HADAS is seventeen and feels she is overweight. At the party she avoids any glances at mirrors, and her favorite speaking topic is of the intense workout she does every day. While not a great athlete, she compulsively wants to know everything which is related to quality athletic workouts. She demonstrates grooming behaviors to cultivate a preferred image of herself in others. Only her best friend from the synagogue knows that she idealizes thoughts of suicide

ITZHAK refuses to sit Everyone is happy that down, preferring HANOCH came to the instead for his height to party. This eighty year prevent anyone from old (the grandfather of seeing his three small all the teens at the awkwardly -shaped party too) lives alone balding patches. Given and in a state of his 6’7 frame, this extreme neglect. His makes speaking to sweater vests are four anyone awkward, decades old and every particularly the 5’5 girl story he can recall (MICHAL ) he is dates to the 1950s. His interested in, yet the interactions with others thought of sitting down seem both out of place produces anxiety and out of time

JANA storms into the party MAREK quickly jumps through the door after bragging about her recent date MONIKA enters. He is hunched down in the with Brad Pitt. Immodest, she corner on his knees, holding a grocery bag up to weaves together a tale about obscure his face. MAREK puts the bag aside and how he brought her to the top then – on the floor – slithers behind the curtains to of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. an open window, where he cautiously looks out at She claims to have dates next the passing cars four stories below. NOYA comes week with George Clooney up to this off-duty postal worker to ask what he is and Matt Damon, but was doing. “Sush!’ MAREK whispers. “Homeland unable to state who on which Security is looking for me and I’m hoping to days “until I consult my social evade their surveillance.” secretary.”

LENA approaches everyone

with an air of urgency,

ordering them to be at

Waterloo at noon tomorrow

in full uniform so they can

repel Napoleon’s invasion

force. Her voice has an air

of immediacy to it.

She then proceeds to have a

deep, insightful philosophical

conversation with the

chandelier. MICHAL spent the

hour prior to the party

determined to resolve

a fundamental

question: red shoes or

blue shoes! Her mind

raced over the fashion

pros and cons, and she

even telephoned her

MIRJAM is in conversation sister in New York with CHAYA, and is City to gauge another expressing her desire to opinion bungee-jump off the Eiffel Tower in Paris. She is torn as to whether doing it on a cloudy or sunny day would be more exciting. Perhaps MONIKA feels skydiving over the Atlantic sudden fatigue and Ocean should occur first, she the urge to sit down ponders. on the couch. Within minutes, in spite of having been in the middle of a conversation about her university studies, she is sound asleep.

NIR is regularly in trouble with the law. This seventeen year old is the type of person, his sister NOYA says, who, if told what he can not do, will go right out and do it! Recently he was caught forging documents purporting to be of an FBI investigation into his principal, and a year earlier he listed the entire property of his school as being for sale on Craigslist!

NOYA, a high school sophomore, purposely wears long sleeves and by all accounts seems like a normal teenager. However, in conversation she hints toward self- esteem issues. There are things which appear out of her control, she tells MENDEL, such as grades, boundary issues with her brother NIR and occasional arguments her parents have. She expresses the stress this creates

ODELIA is the hostess of the party. She does not particularly like to entertain, but once she heard that a friend was thinking of hosting a party – one which she was invited to – she grew restless and anxious about the prospect of going to it. Her mind grew preoccupied of every little things which could occur on her way there. She felt more comfortable bringing the party to her own doorstep instead, and so put out an invitation before her friend could.

PAULINA complains about her physician, citing his “incompetence” in determining the source of her lower back pain and muscle soreness. “Even since my teens,” she exclaims aloud to no one in particular “I have been plagued with this.” She wanders through the gathering, from person to person, asking if there is a job opening at their work because she feels she needs better long-term insurance coverage

PAWEL wanders from group to group, briefly listening to and engaging in each discussion, yet seeming to not be able to keep distinct the different lines of discourse he hears. His eyes are glazed over and his face emotionless, and seems to have difficulty focusing on something several feet away. When noticing a friends baseball cap, for instance, he had to get within two feet of it – this make his friend feel awkward – just to make out clearly what the image read. He has a feeling of un-reality and confusion

PETR’s sense of identity is wrapped into a shame-based persona. He is American-born and thoroughly values all which this nation represents. Yet his grandfather fought for the Nazi’s and the Nazi government represents everything Petr is against politically and morally. He has a tough time reconciling who he is today with the blood in him from his ancestors.

Little RONI is very quiet. SASHA wasn’t invited to the party. No Having been adopted by one really knows him well because he PETR (who is actually his rarely talks, and their past efforts to reach biological uncle), he is out to him had been rebuffed. In fact, he twelve years old, and while spends most of his time secluded alone at he does not hide away from home reading. the other party-goers, RONI will not say anything and will only rarely make eye contact. PETR Many at the gathering were surprised to see dismisses his behavior by SELMA and her husband BENJAMIN, as expressing that his adoptive they usually were socially isolated from son is “just shy.” others. They were timid throughout the party, and BENJAMIN cryptically mentioned to YOSEF that certain persons were entering their home, spreading dust and fluff and "wearing down their shoes". SELMA was keen to notice any little discrepancy, such as when the pillow had an unexplained compression in it.

SHAI really didn’t care when learning that a friend of his was killed in a

bicycle Regularly during

accident conversation, STEFAN

recently. would grimace and smack

That lack of his lips together. When

remorse is not speaking to anyone, he

characteristic would stand solitarily,

of his daily occasionally rapidly

dealings with blinking his eyes.

people.

SVE TLANA was originally going to host the party before ODELIA took it on. SVETLANA was late to the party because she stopped at every store on route and went shopping. She has a reputation for collecting little knickknacks which no one else cares about or sees value in.

TEMA is under a TEVYA is tremendous amount of fifteen and the stress due to employment cousin to the and marriage issues, and is having a difficult time other teens at the gathering. remembering things. As he

converses with others, he nondescriptly examines small objects and pockets them, seemingly without consideration of his actions.

TZEITEL was determined to have her back to the wall whenever in conversation.

As she spoke, rather than maintain eye contact with the person she is speaking with, her eyes dart around the room, particularly paying keen attention at anyone who may glance in her direction. At times she may hear a voice in the distance commenting about her, but was unable to determine who said it. Anxiety and paranoia steadily increase.

YULIA, who seemed to be a well-adjusted individual while in high school, and as been in YONATON feels the urge to let college for a year already, now YOSEF thought the cheese on his flame free from its captivity. He seems to be paralyzed by would light the corner of the indecision, distress and cracker tasted a bit ‘off’, and in the middle of a conversation about the window drapes, only to have homesickness, her mother someone quickly spill water on reports to friends at this NCAA Track and Field Championships in Oregon he mentioned this to those in it. Frustrated, he continues the gathering. YULIA is having sense of euphoria which difficulty sleeping and calls his discussion circle. Before long, others commented on this as well. As accompanies releasing the flame home multiple times a day. their stomachs felts more queasy, all excused themselves before the evening ended

DIMIR arrived at the party exactly on time. He made a point of speaking to every guest for five minutes. He talked mostly about technology and finance, and avoided any inquiries about his feelings or personal life. He left precisely at 10:00p because he had work to do at home.

Tired after a long day as a 911-dispatcher, ZOFIA feels as though her environment is ILAN is trying to lacking in spontaneity. convince ALISA to Everything which happens invest in his pyramid seems too ordered and scheme. He speaks all predictable; crisis calls seem about it in glowing routine and repetitive in terms, but is frustrated nature, and her social world when she won’t feels inauthentic. commit to invest. ILAN started challenging her, subtly implying she is not smart for throwing AMIT is incredibly frustrated, since he away an obvious feels like a failure while at the same time opportunity. he has many promising ideas racing through his mind! He is impulsive, but sometimes finds himself tearing up when he is actually happy

BARAK has been trapped in the restroom for the past 45 minutes. Once inside, he is afraid to touch the door handle, fearful of any germs which may be on it and of how those germs would make him ill.

ALISA (when speaking to ILAN) is unclear whether her friend is happy or sad, serious or kidding around. She can not discern why he is being so persistent in advocating for himself.