- Borderline personality disorder does not mean having multiple personalities.
- BPD means being prone to have extreme mood swings and intense emotions, either being good or bad.
- Self harm or self destructive behaviours are often used as coping methods for the intense emotions.
Traits of BPD:
- Quick changes in mood, which can be very intense.
- Extreme fear or reactions to abandonment (personally one of my hardest traits to deal with)
- difficulty expressing anger
- feelings of lost identity (Not knowing who you are)
- self harm and suicidal thoughts/attempts
- Depression and feelings of emptiness
There has been some debate on what causes BPD and it is thought that genes do play a part but it can also be caused by trauma in early life, neglect or physical or sexual abuse. Most people with BPD and I agree with this, say that even from an early age they were highly sensitive and felt very emotional.
I will do a blog post on treatments and go into detail about some of the traits but for now I just wanted ot give you a brief outline of the condition.
Talk soon,
Becky x
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