MENTAL ILLNESS [PERSONALITY DISORDER]

Borderline personality disorder

                           

                                       

One day while talking to my closest friend as she was telling me about the suffering she had during her bad time and how she completely toiled with personal experiences she started by stating that at the time I was feeling impulsive, mood swings, losing temper easily and suicidal thoughts are coming in my mind from the past few days because of relationship heartbreak and my parents took me to a clinical psychologist for medication then I was diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder. 

              

In her case, these are the symptoms of a psychological disorder that is a borderline personality disorder for which she was diagnosed.  Now many questions started striking into my mind does just because of the heartbreak she became psychologically ill suddenly ? or she was in for long in the abusive relationship? or she was suffering from the long run but because of the sudden predicament symptoms became made prominent. this made me curious to study this disorder in detail.

• The BPD is a personality disorder in which a person experiences 9  symptoms --->

1.   anger
2.  anxiety 
3.  concentration deficit
4.  emotional dysregulation
5.  mood cycle
6.  risky behavior
7.  self-injuries
8.  suicidal thoughts
9. helplessness

• The factors influencing BPD are environmental and genetic.
• BPD comes into consideration by the BDP triggers ---->relationship triggers[as happened in her case]
• Being Sensitive, or suffering abuse in a relationship and parental negligence during childhood makes a person more likely to BPD.
• intense emotional pain and feeling of emptiness, desperation, anger, hopelessness, and loneliness are common.
• women are most likely to suffer from this disorder because of their low emotional stability.

myths & facts

M--> PERSON WITH BPD CAN'T BE TREATED

F--> many people with BPD learn how to cope up with symptoms so they can live fulfilling lives by taking professional and family support.

 M-->PEOPLE WITH BPD ARE CAPABLE OF STAYING COMMITTED AND PROMISCUOUS TO RELATIONSHIP

F--> 6 percent of the population is the sufferer of his disorder or showing these symptoms may be men or women, they can be the life of the party and appear to be popular and attractive can be extremely seductive, soothing and exciting alternating with the extreme criticism, anger, anger, and rage. they may switch to multiple partners for better comfort.

M-->PEOPLE WITH BPD DO NO WANT TO  DIE WHEN THEY ATTEMPT SUICIDE BUT THEY JUST WANT TO GRAB EVERYONE ATTENTION

F--> this is completely a misconception that the person wants to grab attention the person became so helpless, feels severe emotional pain, losing a sense of control, high-level impulsivity which makes them fall for taking such steps.

• men are the equal sufferers of BPD but its symptoms are highly noticeable in women. Hence, 

it is a myth that men don't show their symptoms at all.

 

This disorder is curable and one can get rid of it at a very earlier stage of it through counseling and self-help groups but for the person showing extremes symptoms like her need to consult a psychologist and get treatment procedure done which includes

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY 

•  the most commonly used method of treatment.
• it is also known as the talk therapy in which the open discussion or counseling session is done between the psychologist and the sufferer. it is the most used coping mechanism
• it basically focuses on emotional regulation, controlling anger, practicing mindfulness, enhancing interpersonal relationships.

-->MENTALIZATION BASED TREATMENT

-->SCHEMAS BASED BEHAVIORAL THERAPY 

 -->TRANSFERENCE FOCUSED THERAPY

                      

                                                                                                             --- Priyanka