Your relationships are usually in turmoil. You often experience a love-hate relationship with others. You may idealize someone one moment and then abruptly and dramatically shift to fury and hate over perceived slights or even minor misunderstandings. This is because people with the disorder have difficulty accepting gray areas — things are either black or white. For instance, in the eyes of a person with BPD, someone is either good or evil. And that same person may seem good one day and evil the next.For borderline personality disorder to be diagnosed, at least five of the following signs and symptoms must be present:
- Intense fears of abandonment
- A pattern of unstable relationships
- Unstable self-image
- Impulsive and self-destructive behaviors
- Suicidal behavior or self-injury
- Wide mood swings
- Chronic feelings of emptiness
- Inappropriate anger
- Periods of paranoia and loss of contact with reality
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Mayo Clinic Updates
BPD
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Considering how wide-spread this disorder is, it's awful that most people haven't even heard of it! So many people are living with it, yet don't even know it has a name or that there are treatment methods available to help them.
ReplyDeleteI guess we're going to have to start a BPD Awareness Campaign. Great job taking the first steps to educate the public on this painful and hurtful disorder.