I’ve been reading your blog and feel compelled to share. abe’s behavior certainly describes an anti-social personality disorder. According to the psychiatric guidelines of the DSM IV, a clinician’s reference book, this criteria fits abe perfectly. Note that one does not need to have all the criterion and it states how many are necessary in each category. These folks don’t think and feel the way we do and, for that reason, projecting out on him your values and expectations will be a disappointment every time. As difficult as it is to comprehend that someone could do the things he has done, and continues to try and do, is difficult for us to comprehend because it is so foreign to everything we feel and believe.
All this to say, his behavior is intractable, no matter how charming you may be, no matter how special he tells you that you are. In his mind, it is he who is special and remember, this has nothing to do with YOU and everything to do with how you can BENEFIT him. It is 100% about him. Remember, HE HAS NO CONSCIENCE and NO EMPATHY. Below is the criteria for this personality disorder.
He’s very crafty as the blogger has written and if he marries you first and then steals, there is no crime, hence the big rush to marry you. Again, please do not take this personally, ABE BERLIN, with all his alliases, IS A PSYCHOPATH, pure and simple.
DSM-IV and DSM-5 Criteria for the Personality Disorders
A. An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior the deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture. This pattern is manifested in two (or more) of the following areas:
1. Cognition (i.e., ways of perceiving and interpreting self, other people and events)
2. Affectivity (i.e., the range, intensity, liability, and appropriateness of emotional response)
3. Interpersonal functioning 4. Impulse control
B. The enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations.
C. The enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
D. The pattern is stable and of long duration, and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood.
E. The enduring pattern is not better accounted for as a manifestation or consequence of another mental disorder.
F. The enduring pattern is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., head trauma).
The essential features of a personality disorder are impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits. To diagnose a personality disorder, the following criteria must be met:
A. Significant impairments in self (identity or self-direction) and interpersonal (empathy or intimacy) functioning.
B. One or more pathological personality trait domains or trait facets.
C. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual‟s personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent across situations.
D. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual‟s personality trait expression are not better understood as normative for the individual‟s developmental stage or socio- cultural environment.
E. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual‟s personality trait expression are not solely due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., severe head trauma).© 2012 American Psychiatric Association. All Rights Reserved. See Terms & Conditions of Use for more information.
DSM-IV and DSM-5 Criteria for the Personality Disorders
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
DSM-IV Criteria
DSM-5 Criteria – Revised April 2012
A.
There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three (or more) of the following: having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another.
1. Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest.
2. Deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure.
3. Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead.
4. Irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults.
5. Reckless disregard for safety of self or others.
6. Consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations.
7. Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing.
Submitted by a Professional in the Field of Human Behavior
