I need to know some things about borderline personality disorder. i have a girlfriend who has bpd and i need some advise. i really don't understand how the triggers work. is there any possibility that she will like get completely alright??

Resources: You may find the following book helpful. Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder Paperback – January 2, 2010 by Paul Mason MS (Author), Randi Kreger (Author) This is a complicated issue and your girlfriend will deal with this issues throughout her lifetime. It can be manageable with treatment.

Not a disease: BPD is a personality style, not an illness. It may combine w/ things we call mental illnesses, but it's more te way she is. It's possible to change by degrees w/ understanding and courage and good therapy to correct early bad experiences. She'd need to really want to. Still, it could be on and off. Best wishes to both of you.

It depends: on if it is an accurate diagnosis. You mention triggers which suggests that she may suffer from PTSD - being set of by situations that prompt re-emergence of memories. Although the two diagnoses look very similar the treatment is typically different. PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder has good prognosis. Knowledgeable psychotherapy, EMDR, meds for associated depression, nightmares, anxiety.