What is borderline personality?!


Question: What is borderline personality!?
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Bpd
- splitting!.
Ie people are seen as all good or all bad!. This comes from an issue with object constancy!. Meaning that they have great dificulty maintaining a whole memory of people over time!. This leaves them only able to see you and feel about you based on the most recent interactions you've had with them!.
-chronic emptiness and frequent boredom!.
-deep fear of abandonment and of engulfment!.
-fractured identity
they are not sure who they are what their sexual identity is etc!. Their weak sense of self makes them fear (engulfement] geting too close to others and becoming just like them loosing what little sense of identity they have!.
-mood swings that are severe and short lived lasting usually a few hours rarely more than a day
- expressions of anger!.
-self mutilating behaviors
-scuicidality
- loss of feelings and memory of loved ones when they are not physically present
this causes a fear of being alone!. Also with object consistancy issues causes having to continuously rebuild relationships with others if they are absent for an extended amount of time
some Bpds like to keep objects belonging to loved ones to not loose the feelings attached to them when they are away!.
-transient stress related psychosis
- paranoid thinking that falls short of the definition of delusions
-self damaging behaviors in multiple areas ie spending sex drugs binge eating etc
-extremely poor impulse control

It is a personality disorder meaning medications are only good for treating the symptoms on an as needed basis

thats all I can think of off hand!. Their are lots of web sites about it!.

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Borderline Personality Disorder has nothing to do with "insane" It was thought to be "on the edge of psychosis" but researchers have found that it is an Emotion Regulation problem!. People with BPD suffer extreme lonliness and a severe sense of abandonment!. They become angry easily if they feel they have been offended!. They have a lack of self esteem!. There is a book called "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me" that pretty much explains itself!. It was written by a woman who grew up with BPD and story of her recovery!. There are many safe medications that help those with BPD but therapy is also extremely important!. The person has to want to change and strickly adhere with the therapy!. There are therapies that are specifically designed for those with BPD one is Emotion Regulation, another is Cognitive Restructuring Therapy in which the sufferer learns self esteem and how to like and love themselves!. Also a new one called EMDR which is new and revolutionary and takes less time than the others!. But each is still needed!. One does not completely recover from BPD but they do learn to live good productive lives with good relationships!. It is a very sad diagnosis to have, the person with it cannot control their behavior and is in misery without medications and therapy!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

A person with borderline personality disorder often has unstable relationships, low self-esteem, and problems with impulsive behavior, all of which begin by early adulthood!.2

I know this all too well because my boyfriend committed suicide two weeks ago!. While I was working with a grief counselor, she informed me from the sound of it, he seems to suffer from borderline personality disorder!.

People who with borderline personality, are normally very very needy due to their fear of abandonment!. Which is a classic symptom of borderline personality disorder!. It is a very very dangerous disorder!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Borderline personality disorder is largely characterize by "splitting!." For example, if a good friend of yours did something you didn't like, suddenly that person is all bad!. A person with borderline personality disorder sees a person as all good or all bad, and can't see how some people can have good points and bad points at the same time!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Personality that is just an inch away to be called INSANE!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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