Borderline personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition characterized by a persistent pattern of emotional instability, unstable relationships, impulsive behavior, and a wavering sense of self-image. People with BPD often experience intense emotions, which can lead to frequent mood swings, and a fear of abandonment or rejection.
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[edit]- What we experience as a 3 on the difficulty scale of 1-10, they likely experience as an 11. They might be smart and capable, which leads loved ones scratching their heads when something seemingly simple knocks them down. It can look like drama and folks with BPD are often labeled as being dramatic, but the pain is typically real for them.
- Hilary Moses, LCSW [citation needed]
- Yet I also recognize this: Even if everyone in the world were to accept me and my illness and validate my pain, unless I can abide myself and be compassionate toward my own distress, I will probably always feel alone and neglected by others.
- Kiera Van Gelder in The Buddha and the Borderline
- I don’t know what living a balanced life feels like. When I am sad I don’t cry, I pour. When I am happy I don’t smile, I glow. When I am angry I don’t yell, I burn. The good thing about feeling in extremes is when I love I give them wings but perhaps that isn’t such a good thing, cause they always tend to leave and you should see me when my heart is broken I don’t grieve, I shatter.
- Rupi Kaur in I Don’t Know What Living a Balanced Life Feels Like
- The reality is that BPD is treatable and research shows that people can recover from BPD with various therapy approaches including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and psychodynamic therapy, though DBT is considered the gold standard treatment for BPD. What breaks my heart is that BPD is maligned and pathologized. In reality, it is something that occurs when someone is highly sensitive and has been exposed to an invalidating or abusive environment. The sensitivity that people with BPD feel can also be a gift that allows them to feel love and joy more deeply than others.
- Linnea Butler, LMFT [citation needed]
- People with BPD are like people with third degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement.
- Certainly, it’s important to acknowledge and identify the effects of BPD on your life. It’s equally important to realize that it neither dictates who you are nor fixes your destiny.
- Kimberlee Roth in Surviving a Borderline Parent
- I don’t know what it’s like to not have deep emotions, even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely.
- A. R. Asher [citation needed]
- My skin is so thin that the innocent words of others burn holes right through me.
- Unknown [citation needed]
