Can People with High Conflict Personalities Change?
Bill and Megan talk about whether HCPs know they’re high conflict, whether they can change, and if so, what does it take to help them do so?
It’s All Your Fault: High Conflict People
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Show Notes
As we know, change is hard for everyone, but if you’ve had a high conflict individual in your life, you know that change for them is seemingly impossible. Our minds tell us that they’re doing it on purpose or at least partially so; and that they can change if they’d just choose that route. But is that a reality? If we start with the premise that people with high conflict personalities don’t even know they have such a thing, why would change?
In this episode, Bill and Megan talk about:
- whether people with high conflict personalities know they’re such
- whether people with high conflict personalities can change
- if change is possible:
- what is the likelihood of change
- what it takes to help them change, such as therapy, programs, those around them
- how to approach someone with a high conflict personality HCP about their need for change and whether you should ever do that
NOTE: We are not diagnosing or labeling anyone and neither should anyone listening to this podcast. Instead, we focus on what to do to help.
Links & Other Notes
BOOKS
- 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life
- The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Wellness Planner
- The Borderline Personality Disorder Wellness Planner for Families
ARTICLES
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
- (01:08) - Does an HCP recognize they need to change?
- (04:34) - Can an HCP change?
- (06:36) - Borderline Personality Type
- (07:56) - Narcissistic Personality Type
- (09:37) - Histrionic Personality Type
- (10:03) - Antisocial Personality Type
- (11:10) - Helping Borderline HCPs Change
- (12:16) - What It Takes to Help Them Change
- (15:02) - Developing Empathy
- (17:08) - Time and Repetition
- (19:08) - Adapting to the Change in HCPs
- (20:10) - Approaching an HCP About Changing
- (25:42) - Reminders & Coming Next Week: What if I'm high conflict?