Borderline Personality Disorder. What are some symptoms?

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Borderline Personality Disorder. What are some symptoms?

Answer 1

* Experience a pervasive pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships and have difficulties with moods and self-image. Impulsivity is also extremely common.

* Often have intense episodes of anxiety, depression, and irritability lasting from a few hours to several days.

* May direct anger outward in the form of physical aggression, but may also engage in self-destructive behaviors such as drug abuse, eating disorders, or suicidal gestures.
These behaviors are often intended to manipulate others.

* Usually have poor self-identity that leads to overly intense relationships with others. These interactions are generally filled with conflict, and the individual with borderline personality will vacillate between idealizing other people and undervaluing them.

* Tend to become angry and frustrated when other people fail to meet unrealistic expectations.

The major symptoms of this disorder revolve around unstable relationships, poor or negative sense of self, inconsistent moods, and significant impulsivity. There is an intense fear of abandonment with this disorder that interferes with many aspects if the individual's life. This fear often acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy as they cling to others, are very needy, feel helpless, and become overly involved and immediately attached. When the fear of abandonment becomes overwhelming, they will often push others out of their life as if trying to avoid getting rejected. The cycle most often continues as the individual will then try everything to get people back in his or her life and once again becomes clingy, needy, and helpless.

Answer 2

Hi,
In BPD the person has difficulties with interpersonal relationships (that's relationships with others), self-image, and affects marked by impulsivity that begins in early adulthood. The person makes frantic efforts to avoid abandonment either real or in their imagination. People with BPD are very sensitive to circumstances in their environment. They are very afraid of abandonment and this leads to (often inappropriate) anger, even if the abandonment is time-limited and appropriate as to them seperation implies that they are bad (that's where the self-image problems stem from). To avoid abandonment they can resort to efforts like self-mutilation or suicidal behaviours to convince the other not to leave them or to punish themselves as they believe the other leaves them because they are bad.
People with BPD often idealise others and share very personal details early in a relationship. This can change rapidly when they feel disappointed in the other (as the idealised person is not as ideal as they thought). The idealisation can then change quickly into devaluating the other person. So basically their views of others change rapidly and suddenly.

If you like to learn more about BPD, look in a DSM-IV for diagnostic criteria. A really good book on the treatment of BPD is "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder" by M. Linehan. It describes Dialectic Behavioral Therapy the most preferred and successful treatment for BPD used all over the world.

Take care.

Answer 3

Yeah what he said.

I would add that Borderline doesn't mean it isn't' so bad, it means that the disorder boarders between psychosis & nervosis.

I have a child diagnoised with it. Any questions feel free to email me

Answer 4

BPD people are really moody and needy. They're your best friend then worst enemy. They're often very shallow individuals and often very selfish. The closest character to this in the Office would be Kelly Kapor. If you watch the office.

Answer 5

The main symptom is cutting yourself to relieve stress.

Answer 6

Raving about illegal aliens and demanding the building of a two thousand mile long fence.