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This
question often comes up due to the common occurrence of misdiagnosis that
happens for Womb Twin Survivors who are wrongly labeled/treated until they find
the Womb Twin Healing Path as a solution which allows them a comfort level with
living not previously achieved with other methods.
First,
let’s look at the PD’s and their descriptions:
Millon's brief description of personality disorders[24]
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Type of personality disorder
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Description
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Paranoid
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Guarded,
defensive, distrustful and suspiciousness. Hypervigilant to the motives of
others to undermine or do harm. Always seeking confirmatory evidence of
hidden schemes. Feel righteous, but persecuted. People with paranoid
personality disorder are characterized by a pattern of pervasive distrust and
suspiciousness of others which last for a long time. They are generally
difficult to work with.[25]
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Schizoid
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Apathetic,
indifferent, remote, solitary, distant, humorless. Neither desire nor need
human attachments. Withdrawn from relationships and prefer to be alone.
Little interest in others, often seen as a loner. Minimal awareness of the
feelings of themself or others. Few drives or ambitions, if any. Is an
uncommon condition in which people avoid social activities and consistently
shy away from interaction with others. It affects more males than females. To
others, they may appear somewhat dull or humorless. Because they don't tend
to show emotion, they may appear as though they don't care about what's going
on around them.[26]
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Schizotypal
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Eccentric,
self-estranged, bizarre, absent. Exhibit peculiar mannerisms and behaviors.
Think they can read thoughts of others. Preoccupied with odd daydreams and
beliefs. Blur line between reality and fantasy. Magical thinking and strange
beliefs. People with schizotypal personality disorder are often described as
odd or eccentric and usually have few, if any, close relationships. They
generally don't understand how relationships form or the impact of their
behavior on others.[27]
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Antisocial
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Impulsive,
irresponsible, deviant, unruly. Act without due consideration. Meet social
obligations only when self-serving. Disrespect societal customs, rules, and
standards. See themself as free and independent. People with antisocial
personality disorder depict a long pattern of disregard for other people's
rights. They often cross the line and violate these rights.[28]
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Borderline
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Unpredictable,
manipulative, unstable. Frantically fears abandonment and isolation.
Experience rapidly fluctuating moods. Shift rapidly between loving and
hating. See themself and others alternatively as all-good and all-bad.
Unstable and frequently changing moods. People with borderline personality
disorder have a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal
relationships.[29]
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Histrionic
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Dramatic,
seductive, shallow, stimulus-seeking, vain. Overreact to minor events.
Exhibitionistic as a means of securing attention and favors. See themself as
attractive and charming. Constantly seeking others' attention. Disorder is
characterized by constant attention-seeking, emotional overreaction, and
suggestibility. Their tendency to over-dramatize may impair relationships and
lead to depression, but they are often high-functioning.[30]
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Narcissistic
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Egotistical,
arrogant, grandiose, insouciant. Preoccupied with fantasies of success,
beauty, or achievement. See themself as admirable and superior, and therefore
entitled to special treatment. Is a mental disorder in which people have an
inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those
with narcissistic personality disorder believe that they're superior to
others and have little regard for other people's feelings.[31]
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Avoidant
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Hesitant,
self-conscious, embarrassed, anxious. Tense in social situations due to fear
of rejection. Plagued by constant performance anxiety. See themself as inept,
inferior, or unappealing. They experience long-standing feelings of
inadequacy and are very sensitive of what others think about them.[32]
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Dependent
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Helpless,
incompetent, submissive, immature. Withdrawn from adult responsibilities. See
themself as weak or fragile. Seek constant reassurance from stronger figures.
They have the need to be taken care of by a person. They fear being abandoned
or separated from important people in their life.[33]
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Obsessive–compulsive
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Restrained,
conscientious, respectful, rigid. Maintain a rule-bound lifestyle. Adhere
closely to social conventions. See the world in terms of regulations and
hierarchies. See themself as devoted, reliable, efficient, and productive.
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Depressive
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Somber,
discouraged, pessimistic, brooding, fatalistic. Present themself as
vulnerable and abandoned. Feel valueless, guilty, and impotent. Judge
themself as worthy only of criticism and contempt. Hopeless, Suicidal,
Restless. This disorder can lead to aggressive acts and hallucinations.[34]
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Passive–aggressive (Negativistic)
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Resentful,
contrary, skeptical, discontented. Resist fulfilling others’ expectations.
Deliberately inefficient. Vent anger indirectly by undermining others’ goals.
Alternately moody and irritable, then sullen and withdrawn. Withhold
emotions. Will not communicate when there is something problematic to
discuss.[35]
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Sadistic
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Explosively
hostile, abrasive, cruel, dogmatic. Liable to sudden outbursts of rage. Gain
satisfaction through dominating, intimidating and humiliating others. They
are opinionated and close-minded. Enjoy performing brutal acts on others.
Find pleasure is abusing others. Would likely engage in a sadomasochist
relationship, but will not play the role of a masochist.[36]
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Self-defeating (Masochistic)
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Deferential,
pleasure-phobic, servile, blameful, self-effacing. Encourage others to take
advantage of them. Deliberately defeat own achievements. Seek condemning or
mistreatful partners. They are suspect of people who treat them well. Would
likely engage in a sadomasochist relationship.[36]
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These descriptions read like classic Womb Twin Survivor symptoms/feelings/traits
– the remarkably high incidence of similarities makes it plausible to ascertain
that Personality Disorders (PDs) are clusters of womb twin phenomena previously
characterized as such due to lack of Womb Twin Survivor Syndrome (WTSS) knowledge (established
in 2007).
To single out one of the PD’s, Borderline Personality
Disorder, its description sounds exactly like the inner life of a Womb Twin
Survivor. If this were true, and
they are indeed the same thing, then these Symptoms of Disorder would actually be An
Appropriate Reaction to Womb Trauma related to Twin Loss. When we look at them that way, we dial-down
the “crazy” aspect and dial-in the fascinating understanding of how the psyche
copes with trauma, pre and post limbic.
So what are the chances these are the same thing? When we look at research, it shows that
BPD does appear to be a distinct diagnostic entity, although it co-occurs
frequently with other mental disorders such as major depressive and bipolar
II disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance use
disorders, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and with
several other personality disorders.3 Being that these are also textbook
symptoms of Womb Twin Survivor Syndrome, this seems to further the case.
Going further into the correlation between the two, we must
not only look at the symptoms – we must look at the cause. It is generally held that biological
and environmental risk factors interact to reach a critical level of brain
dysfunction resulting in symptoms of BPD.
Further, it appears that this critical degree of disturbance of brain
function can be achieved by a large amount of biological risk, sometimes
combined with a low amount of environmental risk, or as low biological risk
coupled with high environmental risk, or intermediate levels of both. http://www.bpddemystified.com/what-is-bpd/co-occuring-disorders
A logical explanation of Biological Risk which seems to fit perfectly, is the pre-natal loss of a twin and the grief trauma suffered by the
surviving twin, who may also have also suffered Environmental Risk factors in utero.
It makes sense that a twin without a twin, who has nowhere
to put their twin identity or express the unknown trauma their body memory
holds, would show up with a label like
Multiple Personality Disorder because they are truly more
than one person, who lost a twin or multiple in the womb, who is severely
confused about whose life they are living. Unaware singletons in charge of writing diagnostic codes and
ordering courses of treatment can only do their best, but unfortunately it’s
not enough given the twin/multiple epidemic we are facing… which brings us to
the the real issue: there aren’t
enough practitoners in the know about pre-natal psychology and Womb Twin
Healing.
According to Theodore Millon, Ph.D., D.Sc.
"PDs's are inflexible and pervasive due to the fact that such behavior
may be ego-syntonic (i.e. the patterns are consistent with the ego
integrity of the individual). This behavior can result in maladaptive
coping skills, which may lead to personal problems that induce anxiety,
distress or depression".
I would like to put forth the question: What if the
ego-integrity of the individual is already compromised/damaged at birth
due to womb twin loss, resulting in anxiety, distress, depression which
is then exacerbated as life continues without acknowledgement or
remedy? Are we sure we are putting the right horse before the right
cart?
It’s my belief we can use Womb Twin healing techniques to
get to the cause of the problem for many sufferers of PD’s who are wrongly
labeled and mistreated because they are being misdiagnosed due to lack of a
better explanation – until now.
Perhaps not all of them are WT’s, but based on my research and work in
the field, I would guess many of these people are Womb Twin Survivors who don’t
know they are.
The quickest way to confirm the relationship between WTSS and
PD’s would be to treat these personality orders with the Womb Twin Healing
Path, preferably without traditional medicine/psychotherapeutic approaches, in order to
assess whether symptoms are alleviated.
If lessening or diminishment of symptoms is achieved, then we can prove
a relationship exists between WTSS and PD’s and perhaps help people alleviate
these symptoms, which may really just be manifestations of keeping their ‘dream of
the womb’ alive (as well as expressing their twin nature, who uses these
devices to make itself known until we can know it consciously).
With open minds, we can see these symptoms as an innocent
reaction, which need acknowledgment and release - rather than a label or
disease to be medicated or institutionalized. We can go beyond asking What If? to What Now? and strive to
provide proper treatment. The
proof of the correlation will be in the healing and of course, this work may need to augment some traditional approaches in some cases, but at this writing too much research and support is needed to crack the true answer to this question, even though we probably already have the answer.
