Borderline personality disorder, what is it?
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I m a 44 year old married man with Borderline personality.\n\nIt s not a gift from god.\nI dont trust anyone.\nI have very strong mod swing.\nI fell sad or very down or very happy and dancing and making joke all the time. my mod change back and forth in minutes.\n\nI hate people who does not like me.\nThat disorder is hard on my familly, wife, kids and mom.\nI don't like to go out anymore, i get stress just to go see a movie.\n\nI use to be a big marijuana smoker, a once and a half a week.\nI use to have sex with a different person every day without protection for a year or so.\n\nI would like to live in a forest all alone in a cabin.\nMe an my wife are fighting very often for nothing\nI have been arrested by the cops for selling pot, lost my job.\nI wanted for at least a year too kill the guy who call the cops\n\nI dont do drugs no more, it's been 3 year on july 18 2003.\nI dont have sex no more, at all,, im scare to have sex even with my wife.\n\non the 18 of may 2006  i was rush to the hospital, i tryed to suicide myself.\nbefore that day, i was consulting a psy, he never saw it comming\n\ni have a 15 year old girl, i think she might be like me .... \ni also have a child with downsydrom, she's 12.\ni love her very much.\n\nI know for my condition, for about 5 years now, and i does not seem to get better.\nNow i know why i had so much problems :\nWhy i was always quitting my job after an argument with my boss. i nerver last more than 2 year at one place\nIm out of job now, it's been 3 year, and im scared to death to find another one. Im scare of me, of how i will interact with people.\nWill it be ok ?\nMy last job, working in an office as computer support.\nI don't want to go back, i want to work alone.\n\nI would rather be unmarried and alone in the world, so i would not hurt these guys all the time.\n\nIt seem that ther is no magic pills to help us really.\nJust few candy and therapy\n\nSorry but i dont have the time and energy to sit around a table with peoples to talk about the way i feel.\nI went to a therapy at Albert-Prévost in Montréal\nIt was a bunch of 8 guys sitting around a table and talking about theres problems.  I don't give a Sh** about theres problems.\nAnd if one of them talk for too long, one of us did not have the time to talk in that hour time frame.\nAnd what more convinient that a meeting a 3 PM.\nI had to stop working at 1h30 pm to get at that meeting on time.\nThis is there web site anyways  : http://www.crhsc.umontreal.ca/pap/index.html\n\ni still think of suicide has a way out.\n\nThank you   Off.\nMontréal 27 november 20:49
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Keep in mind that diagnosable mental illnesses usually come in bundles. Very rarely will a person be bi-polar and not have a form of social adjustment disorder as well. Likewise, depression NOS ("not-otherwise-specified") goes hand in hand with lots of imbalances.\n\nBut someone acting out sexually can also be a subconscious reaction to trauma, especially to abuse. Or, it can be related to the manic phase of Bi/Po. Look into "borderline personality disorder," as well. Borderlines almost always act out sexually, placing themselves into situtation where they are likely to be preyed upon, and then react strongly to their own victimization.\n\nHope it helps!
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It is estimated that less than 1% of people have schizoid personality disorder. I think it's hard to get precise numbers about how common it is though, because few people who have this disorder seek help.
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is based on a bio-social theory of borderline personality disorder. Linehan hypothesises that the disorder is a consequence of an emotionally vulnerable individual growing up within a particular set of environmental circumstances which she refers to as the 'Invalidating Environment'.\n\nFor Details:\n\nhttp://www.priory.com/dbt.htm\n\nMay be this is what u looking for.
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Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.\nhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WomenOfWorth/
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My ex-husband had BPD and the only thing that helps is to get away from that person forever.  They have good qualities, and they love so deeply, but they have so many issues it's just impossible to stay together.  People like this don't change.  It's only going to get worse.  Get out of the relationship as soon as you can.  There's someone nice out there waiting for you.
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Bipolar disorder (previously known as Manic Depression) is a psychiatric diagnostic category describing a class of mood disorders in which the person experiences clinical depression and/or mania, hypomania, and/or mixed states. The disorder can cause great distress among those afflicted and those living with them. Bipolar disorder can be a disabling condition, with a higher-than-average risk of death through suicide.\n\nThe difference between bipolar disorder and unipolar disorder (also called major depression) is that bipolar disorder involves both elevated and depressive mood states. The duration and intensity of mood states varies widely among people with the illness. Fluctuating from one mood state to the next is called "cycling". Mood swings can cause impairment or improved functioning depending on their direction (up or down) and severity (mild to severe). There can be changes in one's energy level, sleep pattern, activity level, social rhythms and cognitive functioning. Some people may have difficulty functioning during these times.\n\n\n\n\nBipolar disorder is often a life-long condition that must be carefully managed. Because there is so much variation in severity and nature of mood problems, it is increasingly being called bipolar spectrum disorder. The spectrum concept refers to subtypes of bipolar disorder or a continuum of mood problems, that can include sub-syndromal (below the symptom threshold for categorical diagnosis) symptoms. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., has also contributed to the development of a bipolar spectrum questionnaire. The full bipolar spectrum includes all states or phases of the bipolar disorders.\n\nKraepelin's (1921) construct is useful for primary care clinicians, patients and families. It describes variations in two directions (mania and depression) and of three aspects: mood, activity and thinking.
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I have Bipolar Disorder and Borederline Personality Disorder. You have to be nice and be very supported to our mental health prolbems. It helps my family to take me to talk to somebody like every other week. Just read up on the disorders. And make sure he takes his meds. I once got off mine meds for 4 or 5 days and it made me sick.
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ok - first of all he needs to be in treatment if he isn't.  if he doesn't start getting help - leave him.  and when he tells you he'll kill himself if you do - tell his parents that you are breaking up with him and he is threatening suicide.  i spent years dealing with people with BPD - they can be the most engaging and the most infuriating people you will ever meet.  take care of you.  you need to protect you.  borderlines will suck you dry and leave you an emotional wreck.  you might also want to see a counselor and deal with this in there.  you are right - with borderlines you are either good or bad and if they continue to manipulate with their threats and emotional drama - you will be the loser.  not them.
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Yes I do, my mother was diagnosed with both. What do you want to know about them, need more info.\n\nEmotional highs and lows are part of life for everyone. But for someone with bipolar disorder, these ups and downs can be so extreme they can interfere with daily life. Sometimes they can even be dangerous.\n\nBorderline personality disorder is a mental health condition that causes unstable emotions, impulsiveness, relationship problems, and an unstable self-image. People with the disorder often behave self-destructively, have problems managing anger, and have an intense fear of being rejected and left alone (abandoned). They often also struggle with other conditions such as depression, eating disorders, or substance abuse problems.
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Narcissistic personality disorder?
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That truly depends upon the person and their specific disorder.  A patient who behaves normally yet suffers from and is formally diagnosed with a disorder without a high tendency of exposing the public to his or her symptomology is called termed "high functioning".  In many cases, individuals coping with a disorder will only be "disturbed" when they should encounter their particular trigger.  Even so, there are innumerable advances in the realm of psychiatric treatment such as CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) as well as various meds which can keep such symptoms at bay.  That being said, if the person poses no threat to neither themself nor the rest of society (due to a disorder), there is usually no feasible necessity to bar them away.  By the way, I read your earlier inquiry about the symptoms you've been experiencing.  It seems quite evident to me that you may well have what is called "Borderline Personality Disorder".  It is a personality disorder with such key traits as "a deep and irrational fear of real or imagined abandonment" and has been linked to anxiety disorders as well.  Don't worry though, BPD is very treatable.  Research it for your own good...
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Doctor J is right. I don't know if you mean a physiological or psychological disorder. If it is mental health you are concerned with, try the following link. It will start you off with finding and getting help for mental disorders, in particular O.C.D., and give you a wealth of other information and options, as well.
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Major mental illnesses:\n\nSchizophrenia\nDepression\nBipolar Disorder\nAnxiety Disorder\nMulitple Personality Disorder (also called Dissociative Identity Disorder)\n\nMinor personality disorders:\n\nParanoid Personality Disorder \nSchizotypal Personality Disorder (like schizophrenia but milder)\nAntisocial Personality Disorder \nBorderline Personality Disorder (emotional instability)\nHistrionic Personality Disorder (hysteria)\nNarcissistic Personality Disorder (self-obsession)\nAvoidant Personality Disorder (like social phobia but more extreme)\nDependent Personality Disorder \nObsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder \n\nThe ones I haven't listed are disorders that the public don't tend to recognise as being mental disorders or that are far less common, like:\nDrug/alcohol induced psychosis\nTourette's\nDementia\nAmnesia\nAttention Deficit Disorder\nMunchasen's
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a behavioural problem/difficulty mainly affecting young persons, Bi-polar disorder is a severe mental health problem affecting adults which can lead the sufferer to suicidal ideation.
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Speeking from someone who knows, I have BPD & an eating disorder and bi-polar. My husband goes throgh exactly what u are.I too have ngaged in bi-sexual acts, and too have slept with someone under 18, & I was 31. I myself just like to be left alone for awhile and then I seem to come around eventually. For me medication is my therapy, though I do go to one-on-one sessions.\nIs she on any meds? That might help.\nGood Luck
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In a nutshell...Bipolar is a cyclic changing from manic good moods to low depression. Borderline is characterized by see everying in black and white - no middle ground. For more info see below.\n\n\nBipolar Disorder\nBipolar disorder is a condition that causes extreme shifts in mood, energy, and functioning. In most populations it affects around 1 percent of the population. Men and women are equally likely to develop this often-disabling illness. The disorder typically emerges in adolescence or early adulthood and affects sufferers throughout their lifespan. \n\nAlthough traditionally thought of as an adult disorder, there is now recognition that children also suffer from bipolar disorder. There are no definite known causes. Scientists believe that Bipolar Disorder may be caused by a combination of biological and psychological factors. Most commonly the onset of this disorder can be linked to stressful life events. Cycles, or episodes, of depression, mania, or "mixed" manic and depressive symptoms typically recur and may become more frequent, often disrupting work, school, family, and social life. \n\nThe "kindling" theory suggests that persons who are genetically prone (toward bipolar) experience a series of stressful events, each of which lowers the threshold at which mood changes occur. Then at some point these mood changes occur spontaneously. The person then "becomes bipolar". This might explain why the cause of bipolar is difficult to pinpoint but is somehow related to genetics and environment.\n\nBorderline Personality Disorder\nBorderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder characterised by extreme 'black and white' thinking, mood swings, emotional reasoning, disrupted relationships and difficulty in functioning in a way society accepts as normal.\n\nThe name comes from the DSM-IV-TR; the ICD-10 in Europe has an equivalent called Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. Psychiatrists describe borderline personality disorder as a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self-identity.\n\nOriginally thought to be at the "borderline" between psychosis and neurosis, people with BPD suffer from a disorder of emotion regulation. While less well-known than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (manic-depression), BPD is more common, affecting two percent of adults, mostly young women. There is a high rate of self-injury without suicidal intent, as well as a significant rate of suicide attempts and completed suicide in severe cases. \n\nIn some instances people with BPD kill themselves by accident in a case of self-injury that goes too far. Patients often need extensive mental health services, and they account for 20 percent of psychiatric hospitalizations. With help, however, many will improve over time and are eventually able to lead productive lives.