Question 1

can the experts please talk about the most typical causes of borderline personality disorder (bpd)?

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My opinion only: I've come to believe that environmental forces play the largest role. This includes the family of origin home, the neighborhood, the culture, national & even world events. Humans do best when they have reason to trust and have confidence in all of those things. So, until we all have valid reasons to trust, we will suffer from painful, shifting - even explosive, intense but insubstantial lives.

Question 2

how to cope with borderline personality disorder?

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BPD: If in fact you have this difficulty you will need an experienced mental health professional who can see you once or twice weekly for intensive psychotherapy. Best.

Question 3

how can you treat borderline personality disorder?

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Not Your Job: You are not a professional therapist and have no business trying to be one.  Get professional help or leave this person forever.  To keep in a relationship that you are trying to establish would be destructive to you and your future.

Question 4

can you please explain borderline personality disorder?

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Long-term struggle: Bpd stands for "borderline personality disorder" and it is a long standing set of traits that cause much interpersonal suffering in the person who has bpd and often the people around them. People with bpd very often have histories of trauma and deeply fear being abandoned on the one hand and getting to close to someone on the other. Having bpd can easily lead to depression.

Question 5

what exactly does borderline personality disorder mean?

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Long-term struggle: Bpd stands for "borderline personality disorder" and it is a long standing set of traits that cause much interpersonal suffering in the person who has bpd and often the people around them. People with bpd very often have histories of trauma and deeply fear being abandoned on the one hand and getting to close to someone on the other. Having bpd can easily lead to depression.

Question 6

can a borderline personality disorder be permanently fixed?

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Overcome? Yes: Dialectical behavior therapy is the therapy of choice for borderline personality disorder. Medications are secondary and are generally used to control symptoms that may pop up occasionally or even be present for a prolonged period of time. The psychiatric literature shows that many people who it one point time in their life were diagnosed with borderline personality disorder
no longer meets those those criteria at another point in their life. What often makes the difference at least from my observations during the course of my career has been stable relationships. People with borderline personality disorder often start out relationships with bad boy types who abuse them. As they become healthy, they tend to climb the developmental tree of relationships. I have watched women develop relationships with predatory sociopaths followed by parasitic sociopaths, followed by narcissistic personality disorders, followed by healthy relationships with normal men. By this point they are no longer meeting the criteria for borderline personality disorder.

Question 7

what to do if i have borderline personality disorder, except?

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Create structure: The essence of borderline personality disorder is creating chaos out of life. By adding increased levels of structure you can manage most life situations.

Question 8

how do i know exactly what is borderline personality disorder?

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Many different types: Borderline personality disorder (bpd) originally described people who hover on the border between psychosis (loss of reality testing) and neurosis (conflicts around sex, guilt, anger, etc.).  Currently, bpd is considered a heterogeneous disorder--possibly genetically related to bipolar disorder--characterized by impulsivity, volatile moods, stormy relationships, suicidal gestures... (see dsm iv).

Question 9

what do you suggest if i have borderline personality disorder?

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It is hard: Personality disorders are difficult to live with and hard to treat. Usually if u have a personality disorder u do not realize that u have a problem, people close to u do. If u have been told u have one and are asking for help that is a major step. Follow through and speak to a therapist. They will start with what's bothering u, which is your healthier side and move on from there. It will take time.

Question 10

what are the typical symptoms of borderline personality disorder?

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Borderline PD: Is characterized by unstable relationships.  This often leads to other problems such as anxiety, depression and self harming behaviors.

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