Borderline Personality Disorder: Disconnectedness & Emotional Chaos
Do you know someone characterized by pervasive mood change or instability? Do you have or know a relationship that changes like a chameleon minute to minute, hour to hour, or day by day? If so, you are among the millions of people who deal with Borderline Personality Disorder. About 1.6% of individuals experience this illness and there are tons of people who suffer from BPD but are misdiagnosed or un-diagnosed. A large percentage of individuals are often misdiagnosed as having bipolar disorder.
It is very difficult for families, friends, and loved ones to cope with the symptoms of BPD as much as it is difficult for the suffering individual to live with it. As a therapist, I have worked with some individuals labeled BPD and the mood lability is often the most difficult to survive. Symptoms often characteristic of the illness include but are not limited to:
- Self-injurious behavior
- extreme need for affirmation
- suicidal ideation (thoughts)
- aggressiveness
- poor thinking
- emotional instability
- switchable moods
- roller-coaster moods or behaviors
- difficulty with stable relationships (stormy relationships)
- extreme reactions (positive or negative)
- risky behavior
- rage or excessive anger
- sensitivity
- over-reactivity
- lability
- recklessness,
- difficulty with rejection
- skewed perceptions
- poor sense of self
- paranoia
- trouble regulating emotions, and
- irrationality
Read the full article at Psych Central
(http://drescotet.sharedby.co/share/8W3Gy4)
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