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Q and A Lab: Paranoid Personalities
This Q &A Lab focuses on two questions about possible paranoid personality behaviors and high conflict behaviors, including:
- Combative, Aggressive, Violent, Blaming 19-year-old Son
- The parent of 19-year-old with combative, aggressive, violent behaviors (including spitting on his parent) and demands that the parent admit abusing him as a young child. Bill and Megan will discuss:
- What can this parent do when the son becomes infuriated when the parent won’t admit to the false allegation that he/she was an abusive parent?
- How can the parent establish boundaries with the son related to money and other assistance when being bullied?
- The parent of 19-year-old with combative, aggressive, violent behaviors (including spitting on his parent) and demands that the parent admit abusing him as a young child. Bill and Megan will discuss:
- Conspiracy-minded, Blaming Teammate
- A member of a team has to deal with a blaming, accusing teammate who seemed to be paranoid and consistently dismissive and rude. Bill and Megan will answer whether this person could possible have a paranoid personality and/or a high conflict personality.
Links & Other Notes
BOOKS
- It’s All Your Fault! 12 Tips for Managing People Who Blame Others for Everything
- 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life
COURSE
Our website: https://www.highconflictinstitute.com/
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Note: We are not diagnosing anyone in our discussions, merely discussing patterns of behavior.
- 00:00 – Welcome to It’s All Your Fault
- 00:28 – Q&A Lab
- 01:18 – Question One
- 14:36 – Question Two
- 23:58 – BIFF Responses Seen as Defensiveness?
- 26:43 – Paranoia vs. Paranoid Personality Disorder
- 30:59 – Children With a Paranoid Parent
- 32:44 – Reminders & Coming Next Week: Can HCIs Change?
Further Listening
Each week, Bill Eddy and Megan Hunter will be exploring the five types of people who can ruin your life — people with high conflict personalities — and how they weave themselves into our lives in romance, at work, next door, at school, places of worship, and just about everywhere, causing chaos, exhaustion, and dread for everyone else.
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Bill Eddy is HCI’s co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and is viewed globally as the leading expert on managing disputes involving people with high conflict personalities.
Megan Hunter, MBA
Megan Hunter is HCI’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. Within her role at HCI, she also serves as a leading expert in high conflict personalities in all settings, focusing primarily on the workplace, customer service, government/public service, ombuds, and religious organizations. Her degrees in business and economics combined with her years of experience in the legal arena are a valuable blend for many conflict settings.
Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
Bill Eddy is HCI’s co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and is viewed globally as the leading expert on managing disputes involving people with high conflict personalities.
Megan Hunter, MBA
Megan Hunter is HCI’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. Within her role at HCI, she also serves as a leading expert in high conflict personalities in all settings, focusing primarily on the workplace, customer service, government/public service, ombuds, and religious organizations. Her degrees in business and economics combined with her years of experience in the legal arena are a valuable blend for many conflict settings.