Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder is an emotional disorder that affects emotional stability; it leads to stress and various other problems.

When you have borderline personality disorder your image of yourself is distorted, you feel worthless and fundamentally imperfect.   Many people with borderline personality disorder get better with treatment and can live happy, fulfilling lives

Borderline personality disorder is a described as a prolonged disturbance of personality function in a person over the age of eighteen years, although adolescents can be diagnosed with it, characterized an inconsistency of moods.  The disorder typically involves unusual levels of instability in mood; black and white thinking; the disorder often manifests itself in chaotic and unstable self image, interpersonal relationships and behavior; including a disturbance in the individual's self worth.

 Borderline personality disorder splitting includes switching between idealizing and demonizing others.  Combined with mood disturbances, can damage relationships with family, friends, and co-workers. Borderline personality disorder may include self utilization. Without treatment, symptoms may worsen, leading to suicide attempts.

Borderline personality disorder is a mental disorder that belongs to the group of mental illnesses called personality disorders. It is characterized by a consistent pattern of thinking, feeling, and interacting with others and with the world that tends to cause significant problems for the person. Specifically, Borderline personality disorder is associated with a pattern of unstable ways of seeing oneself, feeling, behaving, and relating to others that drastically interferes with the individual's ability to function.

Borderline personality disorder has had symptoms that include both mood problems and distortions of reality psychosis, and was thought to be on the borderline between mood problems and schizophrenia. It can occur equally in men and women in general, while primarily in women in groups

While men with Borderline personality disorder can also have a substance-use disorder; it is more often associated with eating disorders symptoms in women. Adults who have antisocial personality disorder may be more likely to also have Borderline personality disorder.

  

Some researchers consider it to be a variation of bipolar disorder; research supports the theory that Borderline personality disorder has many distinctive and complex ways.  It can be a combination with bipolar or another mental disorder. Still others will have Borderline personality exclusively.

Borderline personality disorder is difficult to treat. The return of symptoms is a common problem. Many people have difficult relationships with their therapists or doctors. But it is possible to recover from the destructive behaviors of Borderline personality disorder.

When you are diagnosed, you will begin treatment with professional psychotherapy. The first goal of therapy is to help you control destructive behaviors, especially if you are feeling suicidal or self-destructive. When the danger to harm yourself decreases and you are able to function better, treatment will focus on managing your emotions, such as controlling feelings of anger or unhappiness.