What persistent patterns are found in personality?

Personality differs from mental disorder in that the behaviours which define it have been present throughout adult life, whereas the behaviours that define mental disorders differ from the person's previous behaviour. The term patterns means a design or configuration.

The two major components of the personality pattern are -

1) The core, the concept of self

2) The spokes of the wheel, the traits that are held together and influenced by the core.

It depends on the patients mental health.

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