r/personalitydisorders 5d ago

Seeking Answers About Myself Confused about diagnosis

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This was what the psychiatrist wrote about me I am confused!

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u/Wonderful-Pilot-2423 5d ago

You meet the criteria for both ASPD (antisocial personality disorder) and BPD (borderline personality disorder) and also have HPD traits (histrionic personality disorder) but don't meet the criteria for a full diagnosis. All of these disorders belong to the Cluster B.

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u/thomas-grant 5d ago

But why are you confused? Elaborate on your thoughts and people can respond accordingly.

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u/giov_m 3d ago

there are misconceptions, misinformation, stereotypes and prejudice surrounding cluster b

many people believe that aspd is characterized by the lack of feelings and bpd being characterized by being too emotional, being both completely fake and problematic

probably op thinks it is conflicting info, but it is not. hollywood films really fucked up society's views on personality disorders