<p>I was diagnosed with ASP a couple years ago. I'd say I have a big problem with this. I think there are various forms of poor awareness of ones own preferences. In my case I think there's <a href="https://itrix.jobcorps.org/logon/LogonPoint/tmindex.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Alexithymia</a>.</p>
<p>A few years ago I was visiting my parents and feeling very uncomfortable, but hadn't realized it. My mom asked me for hep with the trash. When we were outside she asked if I was all right. For a second I wondered what she could be talking about. Then I realized, I was feeling miserable. My dad was very sick and my sister was having a manic episode. It was really getting to me and mom had to point this out to me.</p>
<p>There have been many other cases where I was bothered by something, people across the room were aware and I wasn't.</p>
<p>I don't qualify for Dependent Personality Disorder, but I score pretty high on assessments for it. One of the problems is ignoring your own preferences or boundaries for the sake of others.</p>
<p>Doubtless there are other conditions.</p>

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<p>I know that our preferences and tastes help shape our behaviors and what activities we willingly engage in, but I also know that being faced with indecision is a common feature of the human experience. However, I wanted to know if there is a mental disorder classified in the DSM or elsewhere, where an individual's indecisiveness is so great that it prevents one from settling into an identity and determining what hobbies, interests, aesthetic preferences, etc. to pursue, and as such, causes a large amount of distress and significantly impacts said individual's life?  </p>

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Is there a mental disorder in which one is unable to determine personal preferences, and as a result, is a cause of great distress?
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# Is there a mental disorder in which one is unable to determine personal preferences, and as a result, is a cause of great distress?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-18)

I know that our preferences and tastes help shape our behaviors and what activities we willingly engage in, but I also know that being faced with indecision is a common feature of the human experience. However, I wanted to know if there is a mental disorder classified in the DSM or elsewhere, where an individual's indecisiveness is so great that it prevents one from settling into an identity and determining what hobbies, interests, aesthetic preferences, etc. to pursue, and as such, causes a large amount of distress and significantly impacts said individual's life?

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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-08-29. Score: 1

I was diagnosed with ASP a couple years ago. I'd say I have a big problem with this. I think there are various forms of poor awareness of ones own preferences. In my case I think there's [Alexithymia](https://itrix.jobcorps.org/logon/LogonPoint/tmindex.html).

A few years ago I was visiting my parents and feeling very uncomfortable, but hadn't realized it. My mom asked me for hep with the trash. When we were outside she asked if I was all right. For a second I wondered what she could be talking about. Then I realized, I was feeling miserable. My dad was very sick and my sister was having a manic episode. It was really getting to me and mom had to point this out to me.

There have been many other cases where I was bothered by something, people across the room were aware and I wasn't.

I don't qualify for Dependent Personality Disorder, but I score pretty high on assessments for it. One of the problems is ignoring your own preferences or boundaries for the sake of others.

Doubtless there are other conditions.


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