Diversity I - Understanding BPD

Diversity – I

Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Symptoms

1.Depth and variability in mood
2.Black and White thinking
3.Chaotic / unstable relationship, self image, identity confusion
4.Periods of Dissociation from family, friends and society
5.Relationship difficulties in Work Place, Social Settings
6.Image Split - It is thinking in extremes e.g. good versus bad, powerful versus defenseless and so on.
7.According to a research over 57% of people suffering from BPD have alternate sexual preferences
8.Obsessive towards Challenging people they believe as Black
9.They feel themselves as responsible for misery of their close ones
1o. BPD Patients experience love and sexuality in perverse (human behavior that are perceived to be a serious deviation from what is considered to be orthodox or normal) and violent qualities
1q. People use splitting as a central defense mechanism. They do this to preserve their self-esteem. They do this by seeing the self as purely good and the others as purely bad.

Causes
1.Childhood Sexual Abuse
2.Genetic Predisposition – People having a close relative with mental health issues have over 5% more chances of having BPD
3.Neurological Factor - People having some disease of neurology have high chances of developing BPD
4.Environment – like death of parent in childhood / neglect by parents

BPD and Bipolar Mode Disorder

1.BPD is similar to Bipolar Mood Disorder and is very difficult to distinguish
2.BPD patients will have fragile moods, delayed development, under developed emotional coping skills
3.BPD will show idealistic relationship patterns – Good or Bad
4.BPD is a software problem (low on emotional quotient) where as Bipolar is hardware problem (chemical imbalance)
5.Patients in BPD do not have any delusion / loss of reality

BPD may become worse:
1.If patients see behavior which are suspicious
2.There moments, actions etc are regularly monitored
3.They are restricted to a close environment
4.They receive a setback from someone whom they trust
5.A job loss may trigger major depressive episode
6.Variability in moods if not treated properly may lead to Bipolar Mood Disorder
7.If a patient is artificially lead towards change