What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?
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Have you been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, or do you know someone who has?
This diagnosis can be confusing and it can also be devastating news to learn. People who have this mental disorder often feel different from others, and they may have a hard time maintaining relationships with others.
Those who have loved ones with this disorder may not know the best way to support them. They may not understand the way they react to things or the emotions they have.
Borderline personality disorder is a mental health disorder characterized by fear of abandonment, instability, self-image issues, impulsivity, inappropriate thoughts, and black-and-white thinking among other things.
A personality disorder is related to the way that a person forms thought patterns and behaviors. These thought patterns and behavior deviate from societal norms, and can often cause dysfunction and distress.
To be diagnosed with a personality disorder, the effects have to be long-term and pervasive.
Having a personality disorder is more than occasionally having a bad day, it’s a continued pattern of behaviors and thoughts that affect someone’s daily life.
It’s believed that around 1.6% of the population has this disorder, but this number may be higher.
People are often diagnosed with other disorders which makes determining the real number difficult.
Others have borderline personality disorder but have never had clinical help or any mental health diagnosis at all.
Some of the Signs and Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
While all personality disorders affect a person’s behavior and thought patterns, some key characteristics set borderline personality disorder apart from other personality disorders.
In this section, we will first cover the diagnostic criteria that clinical professionals use for borderline personality disorder.
Then, we will discuss in layman's terms what it is like to live with borderline personality disorder.
Markers of a Personality Disorder in the DSM-5
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-5) is a manual published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to help mental health experts accurately diagnose mental health disorders.
According to the DSM-5, in order for someone to be diagnosed with
a personality disorder, there are a few criteria markers. Taken straight from the DSM-5 are the
markers for a personality disorder:
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Significant impairments in self (identity or
self-direction) and interpersonal (empathy or intimacy) functioning.
●
One or more pathological personality trait
domains or trait facets.
●
The impairments in personality functioning and
the individual’s
personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent
across situations.
●
The impairments in personality functioning and
the individual’s
personality trait expression are not better understood as normative for the
individual’s
developmental stage or socio-cultural environment.
● The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are not solely due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., severe head trauma).
To put it more simply, to be diagnosed with a personality disorder, it has to be a significant impairment, it has to be a pathological personality trait, and it has to be (relatively) consistent in different areas of life.
Markers of Borderline Personality Disorder in the DSM-5
The DSM-5 also shares the exact criteria needed for diagnosing borderline personality disorder (BPD). While it may share some of the same criteria as other personality disorders, it is distinct in certain ways as well.
Directly from the DSM-5, the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder are:
A. Significant
impairments in personality functioning manifest by:
1. Impairments in
self-functioning (a or b):
a. Identity: Markedly impoverished,
poorly developed, or unstable self-image, often associated with excessive
self-criticism; chronic feelings of emptiness; dissociative states under
stress.
b. Self-direction: Instability in goals, aspirations, values, or career plans. AND
2. Impairments in
interpersonal functioning (a or b):
a. Empathy: Compromised ability to
recognize the feelings and needs of others associated with interpersonal
hypersensitivity (i.e., prone to feel slighted or insulted); perceptions of
others selectively biased toward negative attributes or vulnerabilities.
b. Intimacy: Intense, unstable, and conflicted close relationships, marked by mistrust, neediness, and anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment; close relationships are often viewed in extremes of idealization and devaluation and alternating between over involvement and withdrawal.
B. Pathological
personality traits in the following domains:
1. Negative affectivity, characterized by:
a. Emotional liability: Unstable
emotional experiences and frequent mood changes; emotions that are easily
aroused, intense, and/or out of proportion to events and circumstances.
b. Anxiousness: Intense feelings of
nervousness, tenseness, or panic, often in reaction to interpersonal stresses;
worry about the negative effects of past unpleasant experiences and future
negative possibilities; feeling fearful, apprehensive, or threatened by
uncertainty; fears of falling apart or losing control.
c. Separation insecurity: Fears of
rejection by – and/or separation from – significant others, associated with
fears of excessive dependency and complete loss of autonomy.
d. Depressivity: Frequent feelings of being down, miserable, and/or hopeless; difficulty recovering from such moods; pessimism about the future; pervasive shame; feeling of inferior self-worth; thoughts of suicide and suicidal behavior.
2. Disinhibition,
characterized by:
a. Impulsivity: Acting on the spur
of the moment in response to immediate stimuli; acting on a momentary basis
without a plan or consideration of outcomes; difficulty establishing or
following plans; a sense of urgency and self-harming behavior under emotional
distress.
b. Risk-taking: Engagement in dangerous, risky, and potentially self-damaging activities, unnecessarily and without regard to consequences; lack of concern for one's limitations and denial of the reality of personal danger.
3. Antagonism, characterized by:
a. Hostility: Persistent or frequent angry feelings; anger or irritability in response to minor slights and insults.
C. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent across situations.
D. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are not better understood as normative for the individual’s developmental stage or socio-cultural environment.
E. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual‟s personality trait expression are not solely due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., severe head trauma)
Signs and Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
The criteria outlined in the DSM-5 can be helpful, but the language is also on a professional level that can be difficult to understand if you don’t have a lot of experience with mental health disorders or if you haven’t received many years of education relating to the field.
To make it easier to understand, in this section, we’ll break down some of the common signs and symptoms of this disorder.
At a glance, common signs of borderline personality are:
● Instability of moods
● Fear of abandonment
● Impulsivity or risk-taking
● View everything in black or white (no gray)
● Chronic feeling of emptiness
● Extreme efforts to avoid abandonment
● Tumultuous relationships
● Splitting (people you’re in a relationship with are either a hero or a villain with no in-between)
● Suicidal threats or self-injury
● Mood swings
● Inappropriate or intense anger
● Stress-related paranoia
● Rapid changes in self-identity
● Disassociation
Now we will go through some of the common signs of borderline personality and flesh them out a bit.
Poor Self-Image
People with borderline personality disorder often think very poorly of themselves. They can be extremely critical of themselves and often have very low self-esteem.
At times, someone with borderline personality disorder will experience periods of high confidence, but it will be replaced by self-criticism and low self-esteem.
This will often happen when a person with BPD believes that they have messed something up or if they believe they have let someone down.
BPD may cause someone to feel like they are worthless or that people would be better off without them.
People with BPD not only struggle with thinking poorly of themselves, but they also have a skewed idea of how other people think of them. They often think people are thinking negatively about them when they are not.
They may also exaggerate the feelings of others. For instance, if a friend, coworker, or family member were to offer criticism, the person with BPD would take it much harder than intended.
There is an analogy about BPD that people with this disorder are living with one less layer of skin. They’re extremely sensitive and feel things more strongly than the average person.
Fear of Abandonment
One of the hallmark signs of borderline personality disorder is a fear of abandonment. This can cause someone with BPD to become panicky or irrational when they’re concerned that someone may leave them.
They may become very clingy OR they may preemptively shut down relationships when they believe someone will leave them.
For instance, if they’re dating someone and believe that person wants to break up with them, they may choose to break up with that person first.
Often the rejection they’re feeling is imagined. However, their actions to avoid abandonment may push others away.
Impulsivity and Risk-Taking
Many people with BPD will engage in risky behavior. When their life feels uncomfortable, they may try to feel better by behaving impulsively.
Some of the risky behaviors may include unsafe sex, gambling, reckless driving, binge eating, or drug abuse.
People with BPD may also suddenly end a relationship or quit a job even if things seem like they’re going well.
Living in a Black and White World
Another common sign of BPD is believing that everything exists in extremes.
This is often called black-and-white thinking but the more clinical term is “dichotomous thinking.”
It is also sometimes referred to as “splitting.”
People who think this way are unable to have opposing beliefs or find a middle ground between two opposing thoughts.
Anyone can experience this type of thinking, but people with borderline personality disorder tend to do it in almost all areas of life.
Life is either great or it’s terrible. The day is either going to be the best day ever or it’s going to be a disaster. Something they see on the news is either a total lie or the complete truth.
A person with BPD may use this type of thinking about the way they view themselves. At one moment they may think very highly of themselves and the next moment they may feel completely worthless.
They can also treat others with this extreme thinking. A person with BPD can vacillate between placing their significant other on a pedestal and believing they’re a complete villain.
They can share this thinking with anyone in their life such as a favorite family member, a coworker, or a friend.
Unstable Moods and Irrational Anger
People with borderline personality disorder are prone to having unstable moods.
They can go from feeling on top of the world to feeling in the deepest lows sometimes within hours or days. These mood swings can even happen from moment to moment.
These rapid mood changes can contribute to some of the impulsive behaviors listed above or cause them to have suicidal thoughts.
People with BPD can also experience intense anger that isn’t fitting for the situation. These strong feelings of anger are often associated with things they perceive to be wrong, whether it really is or not.
There is some belief that people with borderline personality disorder react to similar anger-provoking situations, but instead of quickly moving past the thing that made them angry they ruminate on it and it takes them a long time to get over their anger.
The “borderline rage” can result in sarcasm, yelling, or even physical violence in some cases.
Unstable Relationships
People with borderline personality disorder have a significant fear of abandonment, but unfortunately, many of the behaviors that come with BPD can create relationships that are unstable and can push people away.
People with BPD may constantly seek affirmation or may come across as extremely clingy. They might frequently call or text, call or text in the middle of the night, or physically try to stop a person from leaving.
In more extreme cases, they may threaten to harm or kill themselves if the other person leaves.
Because of their black-and-white thinking, they can also cause an unstable relationship pattern in which they either think someone is perfect, or the person is bad or toxic to them.
They will go back and forth between this push/pull with people they’re in a relationship with, whether it’s a romantic relationship or otherwise.
In the case of romantic relationships, many people with BPD have many short-lived relationships.
Changes in Self-Identity and Goals
Another sign of borderline personality disorder is a shift in self-identity and goals. The term “identity disturbance” is used to describe a person with BPD who has an incoherent or inconsistent sense of identity.
Many people with BPD have a skewed sense of who they are. In addition, their impulsive behavior can make it hard for them to maintain a goal or see it through.
They may feel like diving headfirst into a new project, adventure, or career, but that can easily be followed up by self-doubt and a change in feelings.
Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes in a Psychology Today article,
If someone were to ask you to “tell your story,” you’d have little difficulty constructing a narrative that draws the pieces of your life together in a unified manner. For people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), a lack of clear identity greatly complicates the telling of this story.
Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychology at Eastern Connecticut State University, writes in Very Well Mind,
Identity disturbance is sometimes called identity diffusion. This refers to difficulties determining who you are in relation to other people. Some people with BPD may describe this as having difficulties understanding where they end and the other person begins.
People with BPD often report that they have no idea who they are or what they believe in. Sometimes they report that they simply feel non-existent. Others even say that they are almost like a "chameleon" in terms of identity; they change who they are depending on their circumstances and what they think others want from them.
Because people with BPD may feel like they don’t have a sense of identity, or because their sense of identity is unstable or fragmented, they may begin to take on characteristics of those around them.
They may act one way in one social setting and differently in another, for instance.
Some experts think this is one of the most defining features of borderline personality disorder and believe there needs to be more research into the cause of this phenomenon.
Stress-Related Paranoia
Stress-related paranoia can stem from something called paranoid ideation.
People with borderline personality disorder can experience this, but people with post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia also have periods of stress-related paranoia.
Stress-related paranoia can cause someone with BPD to feel like they’re being threatened or that people are conspiring against them.
It can also make them feel like they’re being persecuted or it can make them feel generally suspicious of other people’s motivations.
Disassociation
Dissociation may be described as being “zoned out”, “out of touch”, or “in another world” but these descriptors don’t necessarily convey the seriousness of this behavior.
Although many people may experience disassociation from time to time, those with mental health disorders like borderline personality disorder will experience it frequently and with greater intensity.
People with BPD experiencing dissociation have additional symptoms like:
● Depersonalization: A phenomenon in which the person feels separated from their body.
● Derealization: Another break from reality that makes familiar things appear unfamiliar such as people, places, or objects.
● Amnesia: People with severe dissociation may lose parts or even entire days not knowing what happened. It can also be called dissociative fugue.
Dissociation is often used as a coping mechanism to spare a person from feeling or experiencing something traumatic.
People with BPD may begin to disassociate when they’re feeling overwhelmingly stressed.
Causes of Borderline Personality Disorder
The cause of borderline personality disorder is still widely discussed and debated.
Although it is not known what single factor may lead to BPD, it is believed that certain things can contribute to it and that there’s likely a combination of factors that cause the development of BPD.
The main contributing factors experts believe cause BPD are:
● Genetic
● Traumatic childhood and other environmental factors
● Brain chemicals
● Brain development
Genetic Factors
People who have a family history of borderline personality disorder are more likely to develop this disorder.
Although there was some belief in the past that BPD was caused only by environmental factors, it is now known that there is a genetic component to this disorder.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness states:
While no specific gene has been shown to directly cause BPD, studies in twins suggest this illness has strong hereditary links. BPD is about five times more common among people who have a first-degree relative with the disorder.
Experts believe that there is a definite genetic factor to BPD, however, there must be more research into this topic since they have yet to find an actual gene that would show the likelihood of having BPD.
Trauma and Environmental Factors
People with BPD often have a history of traumatic events that contribute to the development of their disorder. Common environmental factors that can increase the risk of BPD are:
● Parental neglect
● Long-term stress as a child
● Sexual, physical, or emotional abuse
● Unstable family relationships
● Having a parent with mental illness
● Having a parent with a substance abuse problem
● Having a parent who models risky behavior
In an article published by Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, they quoted several studies that revealed that the majority of people suffering from BPD have experienced some form of childhood trauma.
The article states:
Childhood abuse and neglect are extremely common among borderline patients: up to 87% have suffered childhood trauma of some sort, 40–71% have been sexually abused and 25–71% have been physically abused.
The effect of abuse seems to depend on the stage of psychological development at which it takes place; in general, the earlier it takes place, the more damaging it is likely to be.
The studies the article quotes were published in the early 1990s, but it has remained constant in later studies that childhood abuse and trauma are major factors in many cases of BPD.
The exact percentage may vary with different studies, but the end results are the same.
Brain Chemicals and Brain Development
These parts of the brain are developed during early childhood and could have been affected by trauma or abuse during this period of life.
Some studies indicate that there may be a problem with brain chemicals in those who have BPD.
The neurotransmitters in their brain may be affected or behave differently than those without BPD.
For example, some studies have shown that people with BPD may have periods of low serotonin in which they may experience depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, or impulsive aggression. It could also contribute to self-harm.
Similarly, people with BPD may have brains that have developed differently.
MRI scans in studies have revealed that certain parts of the brain such as the amygdala, hippocampus, and orbitofrontal cortex were smaller than expected and had unusual levels of activity.
Additional Facts About Borderline Personality Disorder
Besides the basic criteria of what borderline personality disorder is, and what the symptoms are, there are many interesting and even surprising facts surrounding this disorder.
There is also quite a lot of misunderstanding about it.
Here are some facts that you may not know about borderline personality disorder:
●
BPD is not a choice and it is often caused by
childhood trauma.
● People with BPD often have other mental health comorbidities. According to Psychiatric Times:
96% of patients with BPD have a mood disorder during their life, and lifetime depression is reported at 71% to 83%.
Anxiety disorders are also extremely common: 88% of patients have an anxiety disorder, 34% to 48% have panic disorder, and 47% to 56% have PTSD.
Alcohol and substance
abuse or dependence are reported by 50% to 65%; eating disorders affect 7% to
26% over a lifetime.
● Bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder are not the same things.
However, many people with borderline personality disorder are also diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Many are wrongly
diagnosed with bipolar disorder because of the similarities shared between the
two disorders.
●
People with BPD are at risk for self-harm and
suicide. It’s
estimated by the American Psychiatry Association that a staggering 8%-10% of people with BPD commit suicide.
● There are no specific medications for BPD, however, a mood stabilizer may be prescribed by a doctor.
In addition, since so
many people with BPD have co-diagnoses, they are often prescribed medicines to
treat them.
●
It’s very common for people with BPD to have a history of
childhood abuse, but it does not account for 100% of people with this
diagnosis.
● Children can be diagnosed with BPD, but it’s generally reserved for people over 18 because some of the symptoms of BPD can be attributed to normal maturing and hormonal changes experienced during teenage years.
It’s
controversial to diagnose someone under the age of 18 with BPD.
● It is commonly believed that women suffer from BPD more often than men, but it may be that men and women exhibit symptoms differently.
For instance, men are more likely to exhibit explosive anger than
women with BPD.
● There is a basic criterion for BPD in the DSM-5, but every person with BPD is unique. No two people with BPD act exactly the same.
Not everyone has the same symptoms or experiences them in the same way.
●
There
is treatment available for people with BPD.
People with BPD can lead full and happy lives.
How to Get a Borderline Personality Disorder
Diagnosis
To get diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a person first has to meet the criteria laid out in the DSM-5.
If you think you or someone you know may have borderline personality disorder, you can meet with a trained therapist to learn more.
To get diagnosed, a therapist or doctor will conduct a detailed interview. This will help answer some of the preliminary questions that may indicate a BPD diagnosis.
A psychological evaluation will probably include a questionnaire to help a medical provider narrow down the likelihood of BPD or another mental health disorder.
In addition to the interview and questionnaire, a medical health provider may look at your medical history.
They will be interested in your family history and will likely ask questions about your behaviors, feelings, thoughts, perceptions, past symptoms, work history, and more.
It may take a while to be formally diagnosed with BPD, although your provider may suspect it early on.
Because BPD mimics the signs of other mental health disorders, people with BPD can often be misdiagnosed with other disorders such as bipolar disorder, PTSD, and depression.
A person with BPD can also have concurrent mental health disorders. For example, someone who has experienced trauma as a child may have both PTSD and BPD.
This is another reason why a BPD diagnosis may not be given until a therapist has worked with a patient for a long time.
The therapist may rightly diagnose PTSD but may miss the BPD diagnosis.
How to Treat Borderline Personality Disorder
Getting diagnosed with borderline personality disorder may feel very discouraging, but there is hope with this diagnosis.
Overcoming the major symptoms of BPD takes a lot of work, but it is possible. Remission rates for BPD have been recorded at very high rates.
In fact, in a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, 85% of 175 participants in the study remitted within 10 years. Most of the participants resolved their major symptoms long before the 10-year mark.
That doesn’t mean that it’s easy to deal with the symptoms of BPD, and it doesn’t mean that people who struggle to overcome them aren’t trying.
Many people with BPD won’t be “cured” from BPD but will learn to minimize their symptoms and learn to cope with some of the more extreme feelings they may experience.
There are several types of treatments available for BPD. The main treatment for BPD is psychotherapy, but in some cases, medication may also be prescribed.
Types of Psychotherapy for BPD
Psychotherapy is a treatment that involves talking with a patient.
It sounds simple, but it can have dramatic positive effects for many people with mental health issues.
Types of psychotherapy used to treat BPD include:
● Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
DBT was the first type of therapy used that was effective when treating BPD.
DBT is a cognitive behavioral therapy that focuses
on thoughts and feelings and how they can positively or negatively affect
someone.
DBT can teach patients skills like how to control intense emotions and
how to maintain relationships with others.
● Schema-focused therapy.
This type of therapy focuses on changing unhealthy ways of thinking about things.
Schema-focused therapy mixes cognitive behavioral
therapy with psychotherapy to help address some of the unhealthy thought
patterns that may have begun in early childhood.
The idea behind schema-focused therapy is that it can address the unmet
needs an adult may have had in childhood such as a lack of safety, love, or
acceptance.
● Mentalization-based therapy (MBT).
MBT helps a person with BPD stop and think about the way they react to things.
In real time
they can identify feelings and thoughts and have an alternative perspective.
● Transference-focused therapy (TFP).
TFP, or psychodynamic psychotherapy, is focused on
helping people with BPD address their black-and-white thinking that may have
emerged in response to things that happened in early childhood.
The word “transference” is used here because the feelings you may
have about someone else in your life are to be transferred to the therapist.
How to Maintain a Relationship With Someone Who Has Borderline Personality Disorder
Anyone who has loved or cared for someone with BPD knows that relationships can be challenging. Because the person with BPD acts and thinks differently, it can be difficult to relate.
A person with BPD can also behave in ways that are hurtful, confusing, or frustrating.
Someone with BPD wants to keep those they love close to them, but sometimes their behaviors have the opposite effect.
You may want to know what are some ways that you can love someone with BPD while still maintaining your mental health.
1. Encourage Your Loved One to Get Therapy
In most cases, a person with BPD will have a great deal of trouble dealing with the symptoms of BPD alone. It isn’t your job as a caregiver, parent, spouse, sibling, or friend to cure someone of BPD.
You can offer love and support to them and show them that you care for them, but you will not be able to make them stop from having BPD. No matter how much love you pour on them, they will still have BPD.
If a person you care about is suffering from the effects of BPD, it’s a good idea to recommend that they seek professional help.
With the help of a mental health expert, they can improve drastically, but it will be extremely difficult or impossible for them to work through the issue of BPD without trained specialists.
2. Learn What You Can About BPD
The more you know about BPD the more you can understand your loved one. Knowing the signs and symptoms of BPD can help you not take things personally when they behave in hurtful ways.
The things they say and do may still be hurtful, but it will help to know that they have more to do with the person with BPD than they do with you.
By understanding BPD you can also learn how to offer support that helps them. In fact, simply taking the time to learn more about this diagnosis can make them feel like you care.
3. Set Personal Boundaries
A relationship with a person with BPD can’t only be about them. You are a human with thoughts, feelings, and dreams as well. Sometimes it’s essential to set firm boundaries with your loved one with BPD.
This may mean that you need to take breaks from spending time with them or simply shut down your phone when you can’t talk.
Let them know that you love them, but also be clear that you need time to pursue the things that you care about as well. Your needs are very important and are not secondary to someone with BPD.
In some cases, you may need to end a relationship with someone with BPD.
This is especially true if you feel unsafe in the relationship. You’re not responsible for staying with someone if they negatively affect your mental health or make you feel unsafe.
4. Don’t Ignore Suicidal Threats
In some cases, people with BPD may threaten self-harm or suicide in an attempt to keep someone in their life. These threats should not be taken lightly.
Instead, if you are concerned someone may harm themselves or others make the appropriate calls to 911 or their therapist for help.
5. Be Patient With Change
Even if a person with BPD is in therapy and working hard to overcome the symptoms of BPD, the process is long and hard. You will see improvement over time, but it won’t be an immediate change.
You can also expect “backsliding” or the re-emergence of certain symptoms when stressful or upsetting life events occur.
6. Join a Support Group
People who have children, spouses, siblings, or even friendships with people with BPD can benefit from joining a support group.
You won’t feel nearly so alone in your relationship if you’re able to talk freely with other people who have loved ones who suffer from BPD.
The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA BPD) offers a Family Connections Program that “is a free, evidence-based, 12-class course that meets in person for 2 hours and requires 1-2 hours of homework/practice weekly.
It provides education, skills training, and support for people who are supporting a sufferer of Borderline Personality Disorder> (BPD)/Emotion Dysregulation (ED) or BPD/ED traits.”
Below are some suggestions that may help, but it is not an extensive list, and every situation is different.
These ideas may prove helpful in your relationship, or they may not be applicable.
Take this section with a grain of salt and try to apply it to your life where it is beneficial to do so.
The Next Step for Borderline Personality Disorder
Your next step depends on what you’ve done so far.
If you’ve read this eBook and feel like you relate to many of the signs of borderline personality disorder, the next step is to schedule a visit with a mental health expert.
If you have a loved one that you suspect has borderline personality disorder, have a conversation with them and ask if they would be willing to seek professional help.
Try to find a calm time when you’re not in the middle of a tense or trying moment to bring it up.
If you’re already receiving professional help, be encouraged that your hard work is worth it.
Right now you may be feeling deep emotions of sadness, fear, and despair. You may believe that you don’t have someone on your side.
Remember that these intense feelings are temporary.
In the next moment, day, or week, the skies will part.
Your efforts are not in vain.
You are important, you are worth it, and things can get better.
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