Summary of the new method : 

The ICD-11 works as labelling the disorder with a mild/moderate/severe depending on the impact it has on interpersonal function and the complexity of the disorder clarifying the type with features &amp; the additional option for a borderline pattern. 

I think the new design will mean there’s more acceptance and awareness of cluster B disorders being a spectrum that has the potential to fluctuate throughout your life as you deal with stressors rather than the idea of a solid, set in stone, trauma response that can’t change. (The idea of it has never made sense to me)

Also simply being able to say I have a “personality disorder” without all the stigmatised details of “which one??” Will feel a million times less vulnerable. 

However, I would say it’s flaw is it’s lack of emphasis on sex and how we interact with others sexually barring the “impulsive sex” mention under the disinhibition qualifier and “not particularly interested in sexual relations” under the detachment qualifier. 

Sex and intimacy are key aspects of personality in all humans and most cluster B people have a strange relationship with sexuality so it’s illogical that there’s not much emphasis on this. But apart from that, I’m really loving the new method and hoping it opens up the door to better resources and research into the disorder.