Over The Borderline: I Don't Speak BPD

Sunday, September 4, 2011

I Don't Speak BPD

A $1,000 gift certificate to Cheesecake Factory and a private date with George Clooney will be awarded to the person who can make sense of this text. She sent it to my sister earlier today:

"do I have key to house chris going to renfest of cours if I have emerge Iu won't ander phone eycpp"

What was that?
Did I hear someone say they doubted my prize?
I am offended, I tell you...OFFENDED!
Offended and shocked.
Yeah...that's it....offended and shocked and saddened by your complete lack of trust in me.

(goes to pout in corner)

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From the National Institute of Mental Health website

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is 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. Originally thought to be at the "borderline" of psychosis, people with BPD suffer from a disorder of emotion regulation.

People with BPD often have highly unstable patterns of social relationships. While they can develop intense but stormy attachments, their attitudes towards family, friends, and loved ones may suddenly shift from idealization (great admiration and love) to devaluation (intense anger and dislike). Thus, they may form an immediate attachment and idealize the other person, but when a slight separation or conflict occurs, they switch unexpectedly to the other extreme and angrily accuse the other person of not caring for them at all. Even with family members, individuals with BPD are highly sensitive to rejection, reacting with anger and distress to such mild separations as a vacation, a business trip, or a sudden change in plans. These fears of abandonment seem to be related to difficulties feeling emotionally connected to important persons when they are physically absent, leaving the individual with BPD feeling lost and perhaps worthless. Suicide threats and attempts may occur along with anger at perceived abandonment and disappointments.
People with BPD exhibit other impulsive behaviors, such as excessive spending, binge eating and risky sex. BPD often occurs together with other psychiatric problems, particularly bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and other personality disorders.