I just got diagnosed with Borderline personality Disorder but i dont understand it....does anyone know??

Answer 1

...Perhaps yo uhug urself anf rock back and forth to much? Treat other's badly and can't see they are people just like you? Paranoi? It could be anything...I'm guessing it has to do with how you interact socially though.

Answer 2

Two sites to check for info:

1. National Institute for Mental Health, info page on borderline personality disorder:

www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bpd.cfm

2. NAMI, National Organization for the Mentally Ill, has information -- It also has support-group chapters all over the country, for people with mental illness and for their friends/family members who want to be supportive in working toward recovery/ maximizing one's ability to live a good life despite a mental illness.They're at:

www.nami.org

3. Or if you also have depression you could check out the Depression/Bipolar Support Alliance, which also has local chapters all over the country.

www.dbsa.org.

Best of luck.

Answer 3

First of all, don't let the disorder define how you see yourself. You Have BPD but you are not BPD. It is a disease. I don't understand a lot of. What I understand is that people with BPD have tendencies of behavior that severely affect their abilities to get along with other people. This is vastly generalizing. The good news is, you will be able to manage your disorder with a lot of work, professional help and medication probably. Best of luck to you and I wish you a wealth of love in your life. It is not going to be an easy road to follow.

Answer 4

A personality disorder, in general, means that you have an enduring pattern of impulse control and maladaptive (much different from everyone else) cognition, affective, interpersonal functioning. Meaning that you have a different way of perceiving yourself and the world, your emotions may be more intense or unpredictable, you may have difficulty with relationships, and impulse control problems. The pattern is inflexible and pervasive accords most situations and environments. The pattern causes clinically significant distress and impairment in daily living. The pattern is long and stable, starting with young adulthood (although personality disorders cannot be diagnosed until after 18). Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in particular means that your pattern includes unstable relationships, impulsivity, and problems with self-image and emotion. You may engage in several behaviors or experience different emotions, including:
* Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment
* Pattern of unstable and intense relationships
* Identity disturbance and unstable self-image
* Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (spending, sex, reckless driving, etc)
* Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior
* Emotional instability
* Chronic feelings of emptiness
* Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger
* Occasional stress-related paranoia or dissociative symptoms

Of the people with Borderline Personality Disorder that I have met and worked with, I have noticed a couple of other behaviors, not included above, such as attention-seeking, catastrophizing, self-sustaining depression, and drug/alcohol abuse.
Personality Disorders are rarely diagnosed alone, usually there is also depression, bipolar, anxiety, or psychotic disorders present. Medication doesn't really help with BPD, because it is due to how you perceive and behave. If medication is prescribed, it is for the disorders listed above.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is designed specifically for the treatment of BPD.
"Clients receiving DBT were significantly less likely to drop out of therapy, were significantly less likely to engage in parasuicide, reported significantly fewer parasuicial behaviors and, when engaging in parasuicidal behaviors, had less medically severe behaviors. Further, clients receiving DBT were less likely to be hospitalized, had fewer days in hospital, and had higher scores on global and social adjustment." (reference below)

Answer 5

Many people diagnosed with BPD are really suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Knowledge about PTSD is just in its infancy and BPD is a catchall category to put you in because they have no clue as to what might be really bugging you from your past. You might not know either until you explore the possibilities in a safe group counseling setting.

Answer 6

its unfortunate, but if you don't notice anything wrong, like you are angry one minute and calm the next or wailing one hour and laughing the next for little or no apparent reason, then its unlikely you have Borderline.

Are you giving everybody in your life including vendors and random people problems?

Do you have an inability to concentrate? Which in and of itself could be a myrrad of things, doesn't have to be Borderline.

Answer 7

It means they don't understand if something is wrong with you chemically or if you just have a bad attitude. Psychologists aren't as smart as they'd like for you to believe. The best thing is to search yourself and see what you like and dislike about yourself and take the appropriate actions that you feel are necessary.

Answer 8

A quick look on Wikipedia reveals a lot. And you may have unintentionally answered the question asking what's wrong with me, as I match the symptons on there.

Answer 9

Just means you're bughouse nuts...don't let it worry ya.

Answer 10

http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/bpd.html