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Masochistic personality disorder is the new name for masochism or meanness?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

No: There's no "masochistic personality disorder", but self-defeating personality disorder was in the dsm iii (it's not in dsm iv). It describes people exhibiting a pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior occurring not only in response to abuse. They feel unworthy of being treated well and, as a result, treat themselves poorly and unwittingly encourage others to make them suffer.

Answered 7/7/2015

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