Interested in number of PD people boardmembers deal with

[lighter]

As boardmembers here, I know everyone has been impacted by at least 1 PD person in their life.

I'm curiouse how many total, there are, and how it breaks down between FOO/family/spouses and SO's, Social and Work situations.

Please include all FOO members, even if you're NC.

A disordered neighbor would be a social contact, and not the guy who asks to carry groceries to the car every 3 months, when you fail to avoid him.

Anyone who impacts your life regularly, like someone at your gym, church or longterm message board, would be considered a social contact, even if you're not dealing with them directly.

You may select 2 options, breaking down number of PD's and the situations you encounter them.

If I failed to address all the categories, I'll add more.

Thank you

[teartracks]

Hi lighter,

Does PD stand for Personality Disordered?

tt

[lighter]

Yup.

[Guest]

If I include myself , there are more than 5.
Seriously, I know/have met many people who might pass a PD diagnosis, or who have a bunch of traits I would judge as negatively affecting their life or another's life. But they are mostly harmless to themselves and others, as are most people...
politicians and corporation owners excepted.

[teartracks]

I voted lighter.

Having PD's 'in' or having them directly affect ones life is, I think, the dividing line whether FOO, work or social.   

Thanks for the poll. 

tt


 

 

[sKePTiKal]

OK Light... I couldn't vote yesterday until I simplified things down and eliminated the list of people from the past: 2 Ex's... and the Nboss I worked for, for 10 years that triggered the major stress (by being so much like my FOO) that finally made me get some help. A daughter who could be OK, if only she realized that help is a good thing; and that we all need help...

And I suppose, my Dad's classic Nism needs to be included in there somewhere, too - but I'm not completely sure - because this seemed more like a defense mechanism for him; most of the time he was pretty normal. Maybe his Nism is only that, in the context of my FOO, he refused to be manipulated and maintained his self-boundaries and protected his self-interest...

I've just had a reminder that this is how "Mom-Bro" tags people who don't wait on them hand & foot and dare to feel and think things contrary to them. So I grew up thinking that this was seriously bad.... ya know?