Feeling like a misfit in their own circle, Antisocial personality disorder is a complex condition. Here, a person is constantly misunderstood and misinterpreted by their peers and caregivers for their actions and behaviours.
At its core, antisocial personality disorder is seen as a disorder where a person does not care about others rights, feels impulsive, has deceitful actions and lacks remorse about it. Although pathologically described like this, the clinical description actually does not describe how it feels for a person to live with this condition.
Contrary to popular belief, people with APD tend to understand emotional and interpersonal experiences according to the Journal of Personality disorders. They could not actually relate to emotions and felt a detachment from usual norms that dictated emotions. This shows that they understand the rules intellectually, but do not interact with their emotional aspects properly.
This emotional deregulation establishes the main component of antisocial personality. Another research in the American Journal of Psychiatry talked about the neurological problems of antisocial personality. Here it showed that people with antisocial personality lack impulse control and emotional regulation because of issues in their amygdala and prefrontal cortex. This shows that this disorder also has a neurological basis of functioning.
Living with antisocial personality disorder can be quite isolating as well as challenging. This challenge is supposed to both the affected person and the people that live around them. Usually, it occurs due to some kind of trauma, response, disrupted attachments, and conflicts in relationships. People feel many issues arise when they try to form meaningful social connections like relationships, friendships, and romantic connections.
Such people also tend to engage in harmful behaviours that aim to manipulate and hurt others in an emotional and physical manner.
Treatment options here remain very limited due to lack of research, but usually structured therapy works best. Therapeutic options can include cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy, and other interventions like medications and group therapy to manage symptoms. All these therapies are able to manage the emotional issues that arise during the course of the disorder and provide long-term relief.
With such insights, people are able to understand what a person goes through during this disorder and are able to fetch help that is more supportive, understanding and holistic. With our team at Tulasi Healthcare, experts understand your dilemma and provide a source of compassion and hope to all.
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