Has anyone ever heard of border-line personality disorder?
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Borderline personality disorder is often a devastating mental condition, both for the people who have it and for those around them.
Perhaps shaped by harmful childhood experiences or brain dysfunctions, people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder live in a world of inner and outer turmoil. They have difficulty regulating their emotions and are often in a state of upheaval. They have distorted images of themselves, often feeling worthless and fundamentally bad or damaged.
And while they yearn for loving relationships, people with borderline personality disorder typically find that their anger, impulsivity, stormy attachments and frequent mood swings push others away.
Over the last 10 years, increasing awareness and research are helping improve the treatment and understanding of borderline personality disorder. At the same time, it remains a controversial condition, particularly since so many more women than men are diagnosed with it, raising questions about gender bias. Although definitive data are lacking, it's estimated that 1 percent to 2 percent of American adults have borderline personality disorder (BPD). It occurs in about one in every 33 women, compared with one in every 100 men, and is usually diagnosed in early adulthood.
Contrary to lingering perceptions, emerging evidence indicates that people with BPD often get better over time and that they can live happy, peaceful lives.
I was diagnosed with Borderline 3 years ago and life can be a struggle...Thanks to my psychiatrist I am on a good combination of medication (Prozac for Depression, Campral and Lyrica for Anxiety, Abilify and Geodon for Schizophrenia) and I'm managing my life pretty well. I also see a therapist once a week that teaches me Dialektical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which is next to medication the most successful treatment for Borderline. My biggest problems are my impulsivity and my tendency to abuse drugs.
I encourage you to inform yourself, here is a website from the Mayoclinic, that tells you everything you need to know about Borderline Personality Disorder, including Signs and Symptoms, Causes, Risk factors, When to seek medical advice, Screening and diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, and Self-care.
https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/borderline-personality-disorder/DS00442/DSECTION=2" title="https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/borderline-personality-disorder/DS00442/DSECTION=2">https://www.mayoclinic.com/health/border...
This link leads you to a website about Dialektical Behavior Therapy:
http://www.aapel.org/bdp/BLDBTresumeUS.html
If you have any questions or problems that I might be able to help you with, you may contact me by e-mail.
I disagree with some of the previous answerers about criteria for Borderline, here is a list of the Official Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
-frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment
-a pattern of unstable & intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation
-identity disturbance: markedly and persistent unstable self-image or sense of self
-impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g. spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating)
-recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures or threats, or self-mutilating behavior
-affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days)
-chronic feelings of emptiness
-inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights)
-transient, stress related paranoia or severe dissociative symptoms
It confuses you on who you want to be, so learn to be your self and forget yhe ego trip or trying to impress others as its like fighting, there.s always someone else
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