Do you think that you may have Borderline Personality Disorder?
Be aware that it is a very common disorder in the United States. Over 4 million Americans are diagnosed with the disorder, and many more have traits of Borderline Personality Disorder.
Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder include self hatred, extreme emotional instability with other people and with oneself, a fear of being left alone, and chronic feelings of emptiness and despair. This can lead to self harm activities including cutting. Furthermore, those who are diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder are known to split. This means that Borderline Personality Disorder individuals will call a person they like great, fantastic, or all good. But if an individual with this disorder does not like you, they will call you despicable, awful, or or all bad. This splitting can oscillate quickly, in a moment by moment case.
Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder include self hatred, extreme emotional instability with other people and with oneself, a fear of being left alone, and chronic feelings of emptiness and despair. This can lead to self harm activities including cutting. Furthermore, those who are diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder are known to split. This means that Borderline Personality Disorder individuals will call a person they like great, fantastic, or all good. But if an individual with this disorder does not like you, they will call you despicable, awful, or or all bad. This splitting can oscillate quickly, in a moment by moment case.
Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder have been known to feel that they wish that they were somebody else, and are filled with self hatred. The self hatred encompasses their physical appearance, the way that they perceive reality, and also encompasses their relationships with those around them. This is why BPD individuals can be very mean to those around them, and struggling with having long lasting relationships. Individuals who are afflicted with Borderline Personality Disorder describe excessive self hatred and wanting to feel the pain that they deserve. This helps further stimulate negative and destructive thought processes, which include thoughts of cutting and suicide. When a clinician diagnoses someone with this disorder, the Borderline Personality Disorder individual feel that they deserved to be called a borderline individual as a form of punishment and self hated.
Women are diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder 75% of the time, and men are diagnosed with BPD the other 25% of the time. There are many potential causes for the gender differences, including the fact that women could be more likely to receive treatment than men, or there could be genetic or societal differences in the statistic. Also, if a close relative is diagnosed with BPD, an individual is 5 times more likely to be diagnosed with BPD.
Women are diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder 75% of the time, and men are diagnosed with BPD the other 25% of the time. There are many potential causes for the gender differences, including the fact that women could be more likely to receive treatment than men, or there could be genetic or societal differences in the statistic. Also, if a close relative is diagnosed with BPD, an individual is 5 times more likely to be diagnosed with BPD.
Unfortunately, BPD comes with a high rate of suicidal intention, where 70% of individuals who are diagnosed with BPD attempt suicide, and 10% of BPD individuals will successfully commit suicide. It is very important to have a skilled psychiatrist diagnose BPD, as the symptoms can mimic that of many other diseases, including depression,
anxiety, bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.
BPD tends to begin in the teenage years to early adulthood, and is associated with depression, anxiety, drug abuse, and eating disorders like anorexia and bulemia.
Treatment for BPD includes therapy forms like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). CBT is a therapy that is used to treat many different forms of personality disorders, whereas DBT is specific for treating BPD. Medications can also help assist with BPD.
anxiety, bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.
BPD tends to begin in the teenage years to early adulthood, and is associated with depression, anxiety, drug abuse, and eating disorders like anorexia and bulemia.
Treatment for BPD includes therapy forms like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). CBT is a therapy that is used to treat many different forms of personality disorders, whereas DBT is specific for treating BPD. Medications can also help assist with BPD.
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