Self-defeating personality disorder
| Self-defeating personality disorder was a proposed personality disorder. As a descriptor for "Other personality disorder" it was included in the DSM-III in 1980.. It was discussed in an appendix of the revised DSM-III-R in 1987, but was never formally admitted into the manual. The distinction was not seen as clinically valuable because of its significant overlap with other personality disorders. Both the DSM-III and DSM-III-R separated the condition from sexual masochism. | |
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| Subtype | Description | Personality traits |
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| Virtuous masochist | Including histrionicfeatures | Proudly unselfish, self-denying, and self-sacrificial; self-ascetic; weighty burdens are judged noble, righteous, and saintly; others must recognize loyalty and faithfulness; gratitude and appreciation expected for altruism and forbearance. |
| Possessive masochist | Including negativisticfeatures | Bewitches and ensnares by becoming jealous, overprotective, and indispensable; entraps, takes control, conquers, enslaves, and dominates others by being sacrificial to a fault; control by obligatory dependence. |
| Self-undoing masochist | Including avoidantfeatures | Is "wrecked by success"; experiences "victory through defeat"; gratified by personal misfortunes, failures, humiliations, and ordeals; eschews best interests; chooses to be victimized, ruined, disgraced. |
| Oppressed masochist | Including depressivefeatures | Experiences genuine misery, despair, hardship, anguish, torment, illness; grievances used to create guilt in others; resentments vented by exempting from responsibilities and burdening "oppressors". Invalid date |
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