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Borderline Personality Disorders
The considerable heterogeneity of symptomatology in persons with BPD (borderline personality disorders) has led many to believe there are subtypes or many types of borderline personality disorders. According to a study done in Germany in 2002, it appears there are two types of borderline personality disorders: “autonomous” and “dependent”. Another study from the journal of Abnormal psychology suggests there are 2 other types of borderline personality disorders: those who are chronically suicidal and say they want to feel better and want to release negative energy, and those who have borderline personality disorders and self-injure and are not suicidal but do it to express anger, punish oneself, generate normal feelings, and distract oneself and also to relieve negative emotions. Another study suggests that the borderline personality disorders are part of the bipolar spectrum of disorders. The frequency of borderline personality disorders among women is two to three times greater than that in men. As a medical student and psychiatric resident, I treated many people with different types of borderline personality disorders. In my book, Poisoned Love, different types of borderline personality disorders are discussed by my psychiatrist during the hearing for the reinstatement of my medical license. Also in my book, Poisoned Love, I point out the different types of borderline personality disorders while describing the presentation of some of my co-patients and myself.
Borderline Personality Disorders occur in about 2% of the population, but Borderline Personality Disorders account for 20% of admissions to psychiatric hospitals. Because of it’s complicated presentation, Borderline Personality Disorders are often misdiagnosed as Depression or Conduct Disorder.
People with Borderline Personality Disorders are often ostracized because they are difficult and unlikable. People with Borderline Personality Disorders react much more intensely to many situations than other people. When an emotionally stressful or threatening situation arises they are often assailed at the speed of light by overwhelming feelings of sadness, guilt, hopelessness, despair, fear and anger. In people with Borderline Personality Disorders, one negative feeling leads to another and they can and can send them spiraling down into a personal hell that lasts for days, even months. People with Borderline personality disorders feel remorse afterward because they hate themselves for what they cannot control. But they are not out-of-control all the time and can be very caring and sensitive people with a lot to give.
Bodrerline Personality Disorders are painful disorders of emotional regulation. People with borderline personality disorders feel negative events much more intensely than most. This leads to a suffering and a terrible inner tension that most people will never have to experience. Seemingly extreme “Borderline” behavior is to stop this emotional pain. Cutting and other seemingly self destructive behaviors release opioids and relieve the unbearable dysphoria. In my book, Poisoned Love, I allude to the fact that because patients with borderline personality disorders can be so difficult, many professionals try to avoid them.
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