What is borderline personality disorder (BPD)? 11 Articles

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by Pitbull Chick

I am going to tell you what it's like to live Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). I'm not a medical specialist, therapist or involved in the mental health field, other than the fact that I have this disorder. This artic...read more

by Tami Port

According to the DSM-TR-IV, psychology's diagnostic "bible," BPD is a type of psychological personality disorder that interferes with an individual's ability to regulate emotion. The characteristic emotional instability re...read more

by Kathie White

Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT): New Help for Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder is a disorder of relational instability and emotional dysregulation. People with BPD experience emotio...read more

by Paula Mead

The term 'personality' refers to the ongoing pattern of behavior, feelings and thoughts that make us each who we are. Originally, the term 'borderline' was used to describe people on the border of being diagnosed as schiz...read more

by Kenneth Gregory Smith

One line that best sums up persons with borderline personality disorder (referred to as BPD) is that they are "consistent in their inconsistency." That is, they tend to experience frequent changes in relationships and work...read more

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by Jennifer Lee Snelling

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) affects victims and/or witnesses of past terrors, such as sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and domestic abuse. Overlooked or mistreated, and emotional thing can turn straight mental. T...read more

by Annetta Ribken

You never know how she's going to react to any given situation. Sometimes she's okay, and other times it seems like the most innocent of comments will set her off into a rage, a crying jag, or trigger off an intense burst ...read more

by Seth Renevier

The basic definition of Bipolar disorder as stated by Melissa Spearing of NIMH says, "Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function. Different from the ...read more

by Tom Desimone

Borderline Personality Disorder: A Brief Overview Personality disorders are characterized by inflexible and distorted personality and behavior that results in poorly adapted ways of perceiving and relating to the world...read more

by Female Fighter

BPD is also one of the most difficult and troubling problems in all of psychiatry. A much more descriptive label would be "emotionally unstable: personality disorder." The central feature of BPD is instability, affecting ...read more

by Mya Heathman

Borderline Personality was taking over my life consuming all of my thoughts and feelings, here is the kicker I was not the one with BPD it was my sister-in-law.Being involved with someone with this disorder is so exhaustin...read more