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Classifying Personality Disorders of KYKO Personality Profile Series

Security Personality Disorder Personality disorder forms a class of mental disorders that can cause serious problems and impairment of functioning for the individual. It can cause significant distress and serious problems in personal, occupational and social situations. Personality disorder is often marked by a persistent and rigid pattern of distorted thoughts and behaviors that deviates from the social norms and expectations particularly when relating to others. Individual with personal disorder often find difficulties in controlling ones thinking processes, feelings and desires causing interpersonal disruptions in human relationship. The purpose of this article is an attempt to classify personality disorder under the five dimensional model of KYKO personality profile.

High Security Dimension High Security/Pragmatic Personality is characterized by a high need, want or desire for safety, order, stability, systems, structure, protection and a life free from stormy seas. Below is a list of characteristics of High Security/Pragmatic Personality Disorders: 1. Takes extremely low risk in engaging something new 2. Panic stricken and dislocated with sudden change in the environment 3. Tend to worry inappropriately about future events 4. Preoccupied with the details for fear of making a wrong decision 5. Follow rules, regulations and procedures without questions 6. Self-regulate and scheduling ones daily activities to the extent of being inflexible or rigid 7. Shows perfectionism that often interferes with completion of a task

Classifying Personality Disorders of KYKO Personality Profile Series

8. Hoard and keep worthless objects even though they have no more value 9. Reluctant to delegate responsibility or tasks for fear that others will screw them up 10. Adopt a miserly spending style 11. Often nag and fuss over small or trivial matters 12. Often live in fear due to imagined worries

Low Security Dimension Low Security/Adventurous Personality is characterized by a low need, want or desire for safety, order, stability, systems, structure, protection and a life free from stormy seas. Below is a list of characteristics of Low Security/Adventurous Personality Disorders: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Failure to conform to social norms and traditions Low respect for rules, regulations and lawful behaviors Resent being regulated, monitored or controlled Live from day to day and do things spontaneously as they come Hardly schedule ones activities or plan ahead ones future Reckless and tend to try new experiences even though they are self-damaging 7. Take high risk 8. Engage in sensational, thrilling and hazardous activities 9. Unconcern over the safety of self and others 10. Careless and forgetful 11. Tend to procrastinate, delay or postpone 12. Want freedom to do things as they like

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