Borderline Personality is a disorder that affects a significantly large percentage of the population with a prevalence rate of up to 5.9%. (DSM, 2000) Out of that percentage about 75% of patients diagnosed with BPD are female. It is an illness that is both misunderstood and given quite a bad stigma. It is difficult to live with and those that have it struggle to maintain personal and business relationships. Even with the high demand for treatment it is a disorder that is hard to treat however when treated can be highly affective. (NIMH) This paper goes into detail on the history, diagnosing, treatment, and effects of Borderline Personality Disorder so that the disorder may better be understood. Borderline Personality disorder (BPT) is …show more content…
They may often think “the person doesn’t care enough, give enough, or is not there enough”. (DSM, 2000) Patients may display signs of an unstable self-image, sense of self or identity disturbance. A patient may be indecisive about his or her life and feel they constantly want to change jobs, may question their sexual identity, and values etc. These feelings lead to the next characteristic, extreme impulsivity in at least two areas that could be harmful such as unsafe sex, substance abuse or reckless driving. (DSM, 2000) The patient may feel unstable and experience rapid mood changes such as irritability or anxiety. They may have chronic feelings of emptiness or boredom which may stimulate self-mutilation. (NIMH) The next symptom is feeling inappropriate and intense anger or trouble controlling anger such as constantly getting into fights or constantly feeling anger, stress related paranoia and severe dissociative symptoms for brief periods of time. These “moods often only last a few hours however they can overtake the feelings of well-being that a patient does have resulting in unstable mental state. (DSM, 2000)They are usually brought on by a patient if they feel a lover or close friend is being neglectful. They may feel intense guilt afterwards leading to the feeling that they are evil or bad. (DSM, 2000) The dissociative symptoms that a patient may experience can
What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Defined by the website www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com, “Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness that causes unstable moods, behavior, and relationships. It usually begins during adolescence or early adulthood.” One may wonder what can be the cause of this disorder. BPD can be detected by an in-person interview about the symptoms that are occurring. The input from family and close friends of the individual that is being treated can also help detect the symptoms. The causes for BPD are not fully
(4) impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating). (5) recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior. (6) affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days). (7) chronic feelings of emptiness. (8) inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights). (9) transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms” (Disorders | BehaveNet).
Severe dissociative symptoms (ex. observing themselves from outside of their body), Uncontrollable and intense anger rages,
Common signs may include Depression, OCD, anxieties, Eating disorders, phobias etc...Common behaviours as a result of this may include self harm, panic attacks and suicidal thoughts.
Dramatic mood swings, difficulty enrolling their emotions and unstable self image. Moods can range from anger to irritability to depression to anxiety. Fear of abandonment and deep emptiness inside that reflects their unstable self-image and lack of a clear identity or direction in life. They tend to act on impulse without considering the consequences and have difficulty regulating their emotions, especially anger, acting out by hurting or hurting themselves. Impulsive behaviors may take the form of spending sprees, gambling and drug binges as well as unsafe sex activity.
Abstract: This paper will discuss the causes and psychological impact of borderline personality disorder. It will also talk about how to treat those impacted by borderline personality disorder.
“Personality disorders have been documented in approximately 9 percent of the general U.S. population” (Angstman, Rasmussen, 2011). Emotional dysregulation disorder or its common name borderline personality disorder is a very serious and chronic disorder. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) describes borderline personality disorder as “a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts” (Gardner, 2006). Within the last 20 years, psychologists and other mental health professionals have made tremendous strides in research on what exactly borderline personality disorder, some of its triggers and possible effective treatment options. Borderline personality disorder is defined as a disorder that generates severe emotional instability which can be a springboard that can lead to other stress induced mental and behavioral problems.
distinctive symptoms are as follows; feeling of hopelessness, emptiness, subscene social identity and the motion to feel one belongs. like other psychiatric disorders the person experiences episodes of prolonged depression, the overwhelming anxiety. The person will often turn to self harm and suicide ideation with a 10 percent rate of suicide. the main symptom to be noted emotional, emotional vulnerability is the highest as well most drastic symptom.
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious and complex mental disorder involving maladaptive behaviors and multiple symptoms. This disorder often occurs in the context of relationships and can have a chaotic effect not only on the individual with BPD but also on their loved ones. According to the NIMH, “borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by unstable moods, behavior, and relationship”.9 A primary character of BPD is behavioral and emotional dysregulation. These behaviors are difficult
Ineffective coping r/t past situational crises, unresolved emotional conflict between patient and wife, destructive behavior towards self, increased depressive state and unpredictable episodes of anger and aggression s/t sleep apnea AEB disturbed images of past crises, demands on family imposed by the patients current condition, increased state of depression, disturbed sleeping patterns since returning from deployment, a torn ligament in wrist from episode of anger and aggression, presence of tension headaches, increase use of alcohol during the week and unable to identify triggers leading to angry and aggressive episodes.
Persistent fears that harm may come to self or a loved one, an unreasonable belief that one has a terrible illness, or an excessive need to do things correctly or perfectly, are common. Again and again, the individual experiences a disturbing thought, such as, "My hands may be contaminated--I must wash them"; "I may have left the gas on"; or "I am going to injure my child." These thoughts are intrusive, unpleasant, and produce a high degree of anxiety. Often the obsessions are of a violent or a sexual nature, or concern illness.
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) affects about 4% of the general population, and at least 20% of the clinical psychiatric population. (Kernberg and Michels, 2009) In the clinical psychiatric population, about 75% of those with the disorder are women. BPD is also significantly heritable, with 42-68% of the variance associated
Other symptoms include dissociation, self damaging behavior and perhaps the symptoms seen in most cases are mood instability and unstable interpersonal
Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) include a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and is marked impulsivity. BPD begins in early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts. Alice Klieg displays 6 of
Some symptoms are: active behavior, but in an aimless and not constructive way, inappropriate emotional responses, delusions, grimacing, lack of motivation, hallucinations, and a weird way of speaking.