The symptoms you describe are consistent with Borderline Perosnality Disorder, which basically means that the individual is incapable of formulating their own core sense of identity, and instead derive their sense of self entirely from those around them.
This basically makes them unable to regulate their own emotional reactions to external stimuli, as even the mildest criticism represents a mortal threat to their sense of themselves. If everything doesn't go 100% their way, it's the end of the world.
Needless to say, this particular disorder is much more common in women than men.
That's a very different but interesting description of Borderline Personality Disorder than I've ever read before.
The usual descriptions focus on mood lability and volatile, extremely polarized relationships, but I've never seen it described before as rooted in wearing the adopted identities of others interchangeably like a skin suit.
That's not really how I described it. People with BPD have trouble deriving a core sense of their own identity, and so their sense of self is heavily influenced by how they perceive what others think of them. Again, this causes them to overreact to even slight criticisms, and often to internalize other people's poor opinions of them, which can create a sort of emotional feedback loop.
The symptoms you describe are consistent with Borderline Perosnality Disorder, which basically means that the individual is incapable of formulating their own core sense of identity, and instead derive their sense of self entirely from those around them.
This basically makes them unable to regulate their own emotional reactions to external stimuli, as even the mildest criticism represents a mortal threat to their sense of themselves. If everything doesn't go 100% their way, it's the end of the world.
Needless to say, this particular disorder is much more common in women than men.
That's a very different but interesting description of Borderline Personality Disorder than I've ever read before.
The usual descriptions focus on mood lability and volatile, extremely polarized relationships, but I've never seen it described before as rooted in wearing the adopted identities of others interchangeably like a skin suit.
That's not really how I described it. People with BPD have trouble deriving a core sense of their own identity, and so their sense of self is heavily influenced by how they perceive what others think of them. Again, this causes them to overreact to even slight criticisms, and often to internalize other people's poor opinions of them, which can create a sort of emotional feedback loop.