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Psychiatric Disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder
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Borderline personality disorder is a condition in which a person makes impulsive actions, and has an unstable mood and chaotic relationships.
• Borderline personality disorder is a condition in which a person makes impulsive actions, and has an unstable mood and chaotic relationships.
• Causes
• Personality disorders are long-term (chronic) patterns of behavior that negatively affect relationships and work. The cause of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is unknown. People with BPD are impulsive in areas that have a potential for self-harm, such as drug use, drinking, and other risk-taking behaviors.
• Risk factors for BPD include:
• Abandonment in childhood or adolescence
• Disrupted family life
• Poor communication in the family
• Sexual abuse
• This personality disorder tends to occur more often in women and among hospitalized psychiatric patients.
• Symptoms
• Borderline personality disorder affects how you feel about yourself, how you relate to others and how you behave.
• When you have borderline personality disorder, you often have an insecure sense of who you are. That is, your self-image or sense of self often rapidly changes. You may view yourself as evil or bad, and sometimes may feel as if you don’t exist at all. An unstable self-image often leads to frequent changes in jobs, friendships, goals and values.
• Your relationships are usually in turmoil. You often experience a love-hate relationship with others. You may idealize someone one moment and then abruptly and dramatically shift to fury and hate over perceived slights or even minor misunderstandings. This is because people with the disorder often have difficulty accepting gray areas — things seem to be either black or white.
• Borderline personality disorder symptoms may include:
• Impulsive and risky behavior, such as risky driving, unsafe sex, gambling sprees or illegal drug use
• Strong emotions that wax and wane frequently
• Intense but short episodes of anxiety or depression
• Inappropriate anger, sometimes escalating into physical confrontations
• Difficulty controlling emotions or impulses
• Suicidal behavior
• Fear of being alone