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Borderline Personality Disorders
Borderline personality disorder is a very distressing medical condition, both for the people who have it and for those around them. People who have borderline personality disorder (BPD), have difficulty controlling their emotions and are often in a state of upheaval — perhaps as a result of harmful childhood experiences or brain dysfunction. Borderline personality disorder affects how people feel about themselves, how they relate to others and how they behave. People with BPD often have an insecure sense of who they are. Their self-image or sense of self often rapidly changes. They may view themselves as evil or bad, and sometimes may feel as if they don’t exist at all. An unstable self-image often leads to frequent changes in jobs, friendships, goals, values and gender identity. Their relationships are usually in turmoil. Their anger, impulsivity and frequent mood swings may push others away, even though they yearn for loving relationships. They often experience a love-hate relationship with others. They may idealize someone one moment and then abruptly and dramatically shift to fury and hate over perceived slights or even minor misunderstandings. This is because people with the disorder have difficulty accepting gray areas; things are either black or white. The disorder often presents quite differently from one person to another, thus making accurate diagnosis somewhat confusing to a clinician not skilled in the area. Some of those most prevalent symptoms include;
For more information on Borderline Personality Disorders go to: National Institute of Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) MentalHelp.net National Mental Health Association MayoClinic.com PsychCentral Treatment & Research for Personality Disorder (TARA) |