On one of the international blog sites that features my work, a woman commented: I have only recently realized that my elderly father is a covert-aggressive personality.  I spent so many years hating myself and feeling that others didn’t like me, including family members.  Knowing how I’d been duped has been a really hard realization to come to.  I always thought I had the “Leave it to Beaver life” yet I was... 

I recently received a note from a woman we’ll call “Dorothy” who found various blog posts I’ve written on disturbed characters helpful to her as she tried to understand a destructive relationship.  She wrote: Dear Dr.Simon, Thank you for your blog articles on Disturbed Characters. I just got out of a relationship with someone who I believe to have a character disorder. Often he would play the victim in everything... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles on several of the most common “thinking errors” common to individuals with disturbances of character. It’s important to remember that none of these dysfunctional thinking patterns can singularly indicate that a person has a character disturbance. But individuals struggling with significant deficiencies of character tend to engage in several of these thinking patterns, all of which help contribute... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles on the types of distorted thinking patterns or “thinking errors” individuals who have significant disturbances of character often exhibit.  We’re nearing the conclusion of this series, which has featured a fair number of the more common problematic thinking patterns including: unreasonable thinking, egocentric thinking, external thinking, hard-luck thinking, egomaniacal thinking, hedonistic... 

As part of an ongoing series on the nature of character disturbance, I’ve been posting several articles on the erroneous patterns of thinking common to individuals whose characters are seriously flawed. Some of the dysfunctional thinking patterns already explored include egomaniacal thinking, unreasonable thinking, and quick and easy thinking.  See: “The Egomaniacal Thinking of the Disturbed Character” “Unreasonable Thinking” “Quick... 

This post is part of a recent series on the problematic ways disturbed characters tend to think.  Their erroneous ways of thinking engender problematic attitudes, and most especially to problematic behaviors. Some of the thinking errors addressed in prior posts include: “Unreasonable Thinking” “The Possessive Thinking of the Disturbed Character” “Having to Win: The Combative Thinking of the Disturbed Character” “Prideful... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles describing the dysfunctional ways disturbed characters tend to think and how those distorted ways of thinking are responsible for many of the problems people experience in their relationships with such characters.  I have already outlined over a dozen major “thinking errors” common to individuals with disturbances of character. Some of these include prideful thinking, hedonistic thinking,... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles on the problematic ways disturbed characters tend to think.  These erroneous ways of thinking lead to dysfunctional social behaviors and patterns of irresponsibility.  Some of the “thinking errors” I’ve addressed already include unreasonable thinking, possessive thinking, combative thinking, and prideful thinking: “Unreasonable Thinking” “The Possessive Thinking of the Disturbed... 

I’ve been posting a series of articles on the erroneous ways disordered characters tend to think that lead to significant behavior and relationship problems. Some of the “thinking errors” I’ve addressed already include unreasonable thinking, possessive thinking, combative thinking, and prideful thinking: “Unreasonable Thinking” “The Possessive Thinking of the Disturbed Character” “Having to Win: The Combative Thinking... 

Disordered characters are very unrealistic in their thinking about life and the world around them. They also tend to harbor excessive expectations. But their expectations are usually very one-sided.  They tend to set virtually unattainable standards for everyone else, while feeling no concomitant sense of obligation to meet the expectations most of us would like them to accept. Disturbed characters expect a whole lot from their government,...