How or where do personality disorders come from?

Question

Do they come from childhood? Are they innate?

Answer 1

You are either born with it or develop it from illness or injury. Those born with it may have the tendency, but often it requires a trigger to bring it out. Some personality disorders are likely caused by frequent child abuse.

Answer 2

Genetic factors influence the biological basis of brain function as well as basic personality structure. In turn, personality structure affects how a person responds to life experiences and interacts with the social environment. Over time, each person develops distinctive ways of perceiving the world and of feeling, thinking, and behaving.Some researchers suspect that poor regulation of the areas controlling emotion within the brain increases the risk of a personality disorder, especially when combined with such factors as abuse, neglect, or separation. For a biologically predisposed person, the major developmental challenges of adolescence and early adulthood may trigger a personality disorder.Social theories hold that disorders reflect learned responses, having much to do with reinforcement, modeling, and aversive stimuli as contributing factors. According to psychodynamic theories, personality disorders reflect deficiencies in ego and superego development and are related to poor mother-child relationships characterized by unresponsiveness, overprotectiveness, or early separation.

Answer 3

All of the above and probably about 50 million more reasons as well. We know very little still about the brain and there are so many things that can cause personality disorders that there is no one answer.

Answer 4

The Hindu Upanishads say that they are results
of Karma - deeds of past births. As you sow
as you reap.