What is Borderline Personality Disorder?

Question

I don't think I have it, but I read it somewhere and was wondering what it was. Thanks!

Answer 1

BDP is actually a controversial disorder defined as the following:

"Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined within psychiatry and related fields as a disorder characterized primarily by emotional dysregulation, extreme "black and white" thinking (believing that something is one of only two possible things, and ignoring any possible "in-betweens"), and turbulent relationships.

Psychiatrists and some other mental health professionals describe borderline personality disorder as a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, self-image, identity, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self."- Wikepedia

Answer 2

I was married to a diagnosed borderline for many years. The best way that I can describe it to you would be that they have no gray areas. They either love you or they hate you with a passion. There's a very good book called "I Hate You, Please Don't Leave Me" that will tell you everything you need to know about BPD and how to cope with it. It is not really treatable unless the person is very very motivated. There really aren't any medications to treat it either.

I can tell you that living with someone with BPD is extremely stressful and can make even the most optimistic and independent person feel needy and just worn out emotionally. His BPD destroyed our 18-year marriage and our three children. It nearly destroyed me and has left me with a lot of emotional issues that I'll probably have to deal with for years, if not for the rest of my life.

Probably the worst thing about BPD is that the people who have it don't realize it and refuse to believe that there's anything wrong with "them" and it is definitely other people. That's why it's so hard to treat - they just don't think anything is wrong with them - it's YOU.

Best of luck and God bless!

Answer 3

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined within psychiatry and related fields as a disorder characterized primarily by emotional dysregulation, extreme "black and white" thinking (believing that something is one of only two possible things, and ignoring any possible "in-betweens"), and turbulent relationships.

Psychiatrists and some other mental health professionals describe borderline personality disorder as a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, self-image, identity, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self.

The majority of those diagnosed with this disorder appear to have been individuals abused or traumatized during childhood[1][2]. According to Joel Paris[3], "Some researchers, like Judith Herman, believe that BPD is a name given to a particular manifestation of post-traumatic stress disorder: in Trauma and Recovery, she theorizes that when PTSD takes a form that emphasizes heavily its elements of identity and relationship disturbance, it gets called BPD; when the somatic (body) elements are emphasized, it gets called hysteria, and when the dissociative/deformation of consciousness elements are the focus, it gets called DID/MPD."

Answer 4

Hi there. Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD for short is a mental disorder that can range from beginning signs of schizophrenia to other complications. If you think that you are suffering from this, then it is best to go to your doctor or your local Mental Health Center and be evaluated for this disorder.
They will try and treat you and give you the best treatment options available to you. You can also visit the website
www.WebMd.com to research this further.

Answer 5

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

I have never been officially diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder but I have many of the traits. Fear of abandonment, seeing things in black or white, no gray areas. I think part of it is from the religion I was brought up in.

Answer 6

It's a cross of being anxious and depressed sometimes at the same time or separate. As I have it and some days I don't have either symptom. I think most of it is external or internally brought on by your surroundings. I hope this helps.

Answer 7

According to wikipedia:

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined within psychiatry and related fields as a disorder characterized primarily by emotional dysregulation, extreme "black and white" thinking (believing that something is one of only two possible things, and ignoring any possible "in-betweens"), and turbulent relationships.

Psychiatrists and some other mental health professionals describe borderline personality disorder as a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, self-image, identity, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self.

The majority of those diagnosed with this disorder appear to have been individuals abused or traumatized during childhood[1][2]. According to Joel Paris[3], "Some researchers, like Judith Herman, believe that BPD is a name given to a particular manifestation of post-traumatic stress disorder: in Trauma and Recovery, she theorizes that when PTSD takes a form that emphasizes heavily its elements of identity and relationship disturbance, it gets called BPD; when the somatic (body) elements are emphasized, it gets called hysteria, and when the dissociative/deformation of consciousness elements are the focus, it gets called DID/MPD."

The DSM-IV-TR, a widely-used reference book for diagnosing mental disorders, defines borderline personality disorder as a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

1. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. (not including suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5)

2. A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.

3. Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.

4. Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, promiscuous sex, eating disorders, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating; [not including suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5]).

5. Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior

6. 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)

7. Chronic feelings of emptiness.

8. Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights).

9. Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms.


There is a whole article on wikipedia you might read.

Answer 8

I have it...

You mainly have problems controling your emotions, specially anger; it usually causes depression and/or anxiety too, as well as the fact that you can easily become addicted to relationships (usually destructive ones) and/or subtances. You can contact me if you want by clicking on my avatar. Good luck!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder

http://www.bpdcentral.com/

Answer 9

have you ever seen girl interupted..or read the book? its where your like almost considerd crazy and stuff...but yer not...and like...maybe even a bit depressed...

Answer 10

This might be helpful
http://sensitive-psychoworld.blogspot.com/