Personality disorders are fascinating–many are comparatively rare and they all lead to some pretty unreasonable and difficult to understand behaviours…which kind of makes them ideal
Tag: Character Development
Narrative Therapy and Your Character: The Story Within The Story
Narrative therapy is not the dominant therapeutic framework I utilise in my clinical work, but like most eclectic practitioners, I have enough of an understanding
How to Show and not Tell Intelligence
Although the concept of intelligence and what exactly it means for a person to be intelligent are the subject of considerable controversy and debate, it’s
Paranoid Personality Disorder: Psychological Disorders for Writers
Personality disorders are fascinating. They have their very own section in the Diagnostic Services Manual, Fifth Edition (the psychologist’s and psychiatrist’s bible when it comes
Shame: The Driving Force for Your Character’s Actions?
I was spending some time trying to figure out one of my main character’s motivation recently. I knew her backstory, and I knew it was
Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa for Writers
For our second week of eating disorders (prompted by my current short-story) I’m tackling bulimia nervosa. Of the two eating disorders we’re discussing, bulimia is
