What is this, 1950? That’s just not true. My biggest beef is that he portrays people with a BPD diagnosis as irrational, sociopathic, narcissistic monsters. I actually made an entire note in my notes app dedicated to all the things I found problematic and infuriating about this book as I read it. The author refers to people with bpd as “the borderline”. This is an out-of-date book written by a sexist old man and I can’t believe this is considered among the best in BPD literature. Longer romances-usually measured in weeks or months rather than years-are usually filled with turbulence and rage, wonder, and excitement. The borderline will frantically pursue a man (or woman) one day and send him packing the next. These unstable relationships carry over into adolescence and adulthood, where romantic attachments are highly charged and usually short-lived. Indeed, a history of mistreatment, witness to violence, or invalidation of experience by parents or primary caregivers distinguishes borderline patients from other psychiatric patients. Most studies have found a history of severe psychological, physical, or sexual abuse in many borderline patients. A borderline childhood is frequently a desolate battlefield, scarred with the debris of indifferent, rejecting, or absent parents, emotional deprivation, and chronic abuse. The family background of a borderline is often marked by alcoholism, depression, and emotional disturbances. From Long Day’s Journey into Night, by Eugene O’Neill That’s what I wanted-to be alone with myself in another world where truth is untrue and life can hide from itself. Filled with anger one hour, calm the nextĮverything looked and sounded unreal. Mood changes come swiftly, explosively, carrying the borderline from the heights of joy to the depths of depression. They feel helpless and empty, with an identity splintered by severe emotional contradictions. In men, BPD is more likely to co-occur with disorders such as substance abuse or antisocial personality disorderĪ borderline suffers a kind of “emotional hemophilia” they are provoked to rage uncontrollably against the people they love most. Women with BPD are more likely to have co-occurring disorders such as major depression, anxiety disorders, or eating disorders. Unstable relationships with other people Problems with regulating emotions and thoughts Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships, It is one of the most common of all of the personality disorders.
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