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:• [[Schizoid personality disorder]] is a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression.

:• [[Schizoid personality disorder]] is a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression.

:• Schizotypal personality disorder is a pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior.

:• Schizotypal personality disorder is a pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior.

:• Antisocial personality disorder is a pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.

:• [[Antisocial personality disorder]] is a pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.

:• [[Borderline personality disorder]] is a pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity.

:• [[Borderline personality disorder]] is a pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity.

:• [[Histrionic personality disorder]] is a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking.

:• [[Histrionic personality disorder]] is a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking.

*Cluster C are PDOs with an anxious-depressed common theme. Here we find the Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive/Perfectionistic.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/and-running/202111/can-person-have-more-one-personality-disorder Can a Person Have More Than One Personality Disorder?] by Anthony D. Smith</ref>}}

*Cluster C are PDOs with an anxious-depressed common theme. Here we find the Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive/Perfectionistic.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/and-running/202111/can-person-have-more-one-personality-disorder Can a Person Have More Than One Personality Disorder?] by Anthony D. Smith</ref>}}

== Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to improve their personality  ==

== Neuroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality  ==

''See also:'' [[Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to improve their personality]]

''See also:'' [[Neuroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality]]

[[Personality]] is the way [[people]] think, feel, and behave.<ref>[http://www.personalityresearch.org/ Great Ideas in Personality]</ref>

[[Personality]] is the way [[people]] think, feel, and behave.<ref>[http://www.personalityresearch.org/ Great Ideas in Personality]</ref>

According to Dispenza, when an emotion lasts more than a few hours, it becomes a mood. When it lasts more than a few days, it becomes a temperament. When it lasts years, it becomes a personality trait. Replacing a negative personality trait with a positive one, then, requires changing the emotions that eventually build to that trait.<ref>[https://www.shortform.com/blog/how-to-become-a-new-person/#:~:text=According%20to%20Joe%20Dispenza%2C%20our,thinking%2C%20feeling%2C%20and%20behavior. How to Become a New Person Through Neuroplasticity]</ref>}}

According to Dispenza, when an emotion lasts more than a few hours, it becomes a mood. When it lasts more than a few days, it becomes a temperament. When it lasts years, it becomes a personality trait. Replacing a negative personality trait with a positive one, then, requires changing the emotions that eventually build to that trait.<ref>[https://www.shortform.com/blog/how-to-become-a-new-person/#:~:text=According%20to%20Joe%20Dispenza%2C%20our,thinking%2C%20feeling%2C%20and%20behavior. How to Become a New Person Through Neuroplasticity]</ref>}}

Some of the key ways an individual can improve their personality is through improving:<ref>[https://www.personalitieslab.com/articles/improve-personality 9 Tips to improve your personality], Personality Labs website]</ref><ref>[https://www.betterup.com/blog/activities-for-personality-development Activities for personality development: 15 ways to grow] by By Erin Eatough, PhD</ref>

Some of the key ways an individual can change their personality is through improving:<ref>[https://www.personalitieslab.com/articles/improve-personality 9 Tips to improve your personality], Personality Labs website]</ref><ref>[https://www.betterup.com/blog/activities-for-personality-development Activities for personality development: 15 ways to grow] by By Erin Eatough, PhD</ref>

*Listening skills

*Listening skills

*Expanding one's interests

*Expanding one's interests

*Empathy and increasing praise of others

*Empathy and increasing praise of others

*Self-confidence

*[[Self-confidence]]

*Communication skills

*Communication skills

*Positive/constructive thinking ability

*Positive/constructive thinking ability

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Atheism, alcoholism and personality disorders]]

*[[Atheism, alcoholism and personality disorders]]

==References==

==References==

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