Borderline Personality Disorder

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Borderline personality disorder is a condition in which the sufferer has difficulties controlling their emotions. In some cases this can be very extreme so the life of a person with borderline personality disorder is often in a state of upheaval and emotional chaos.

The person usually feels dependent and attached to others then suddenly able to break away from the people they once felt that they couldn't live without. They are often bored, angry and have an incomplete feeling. They often feel that they are unsure of who they really are.

Borderline personality disorder is also very stressful to friends and loved ones of the sufferer. Borderline patients are often hard to live with. They tend to have "love/hate" relationships with those closest to them. Quick to take offense and easily depressed symptoms also make relationships with a borderline person difficult at home and in a work environment.

Borderline personality disorder occurs in one to three percent of the population of adults in America according to MayoClinic.com. It is the most common personality disorder found in a clinical setting and occurs three times more often in women than it does in men. Borderline disorder is also found five times more likely in first-generation relatives than in the general population accoding to MayoClinic.com.

Borderline is usually caused by a combination or different environmental circumstances and genetic risk factors. Studies of families and twins suggest that the disorder may be inherited. Other research shows that brain abnormalities in areas of the brain that control aggression, emotion regulation and impulsivity may be one of the causes. Environmental factors also play a large part in the causes including childhood neglect and abuse and the lose of or separation from parents or other close family members.

Symptoms of borderline personality disorder include:

  • depression
  • unstable moods
  • suicidal threats
  • quick to take offense
  • constant demand for attention
  • self-destructive behaviors
  • impulsiveness
  • constantly bored
  • can not stand to be alone
  • engaging in provocative behaviors
  • chronic anger
  • claims of "not knowing who they are"
  • making unreasonable demands of people around them
Borderline personality is a very complex and complicated disorder. It affects not only the person suffering from the disorder but also the people close to them. If you believe you or someone close to you may have borderline personality disorder speak with a doctor immediately.

Mayo Clinic Staff, Borderline Personality Disorder, http://mayoclinic.com/health/borderline-personality-disorder/DS00442

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  • They are often bored, angry or have an incomplete feeling of who they are.
  • Borderline personality disorder occurs in one to three percent of American adults.
  • BPD is usually caused by a combination of environmental circumstances and genetic risk factors.
Borderline personality disorder occurs three times more often in women than in man.

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