ASortaSweetart
07-01-2007, 11:43 AM
Although they have been suffering from the symptoms for many years, a loved one was recently diagnosed with Borderline personality disorder. They had been misdiagnosed with depression, chronic depression, panic attacks, and social anxiety disorder (although I am sure some of those can also manifest with BPD). They are now into early adulthood and it has progressed to the point where they are unable to work or have any type of normal social life anymore.
Some people describe these people as difficult, but this person is a very good loving and caring person and when she acts out in bursts of anger and self harm she feels tremendous remorse afterwards. She said it is like she "becomes possessed". I firmly believe this is a real disorder and I am very scared that it is going to kill her.
She has started cutting herself and threatening suicide. During an episode she wrote a note on the wall where she was talking to herself trying to convince herself she could stop hurting everyone if she committed the act.
I, as many of her other loved ones, are desperate for local resources to begin treatment. She is a wonderful person and the world needs more people like her alive and well. She is very smart and beautiful.
I found some of these symptoms she is currently facing on a website. This is how progressed we think her BPD is
* Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment ( still present )
* Unstable and intense 'love-hate' relationships ( still present )
* Markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self ( still present )
* Frequent impulsive, potentially self-damaging behavior ( still present )
* Rapidly shifting emotions ( still present )
* Chronic feelings of emptiness ( still present )
* Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger ( still present )
* Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms ( still present )
Some things we already know:
The prevalence of Emotionally Unstable (Borderline) Personality Disorder is about 2% of the general population.
Completed suicide occurs in 8%-10% of individuals with this disorder, and self-mutilative acts (e.g., cutting or burning) and suicide threats and attempts are very common.
Please any help and info is appreciated, but no negativity as we have enough already to face.
Thanks in Advance
Some people describe these people as difficult, but this person is a very good loving and caring person and when she acts out in bursts of anger and self harm she feels tremendous remorse afterwards. She said it is like she "becomes possessed". I firmly believe this is a real disorder and I am very scared that it is going to kill her.
She has started cutting herself and threatening suicide. During an episode she wrote a note on the wall where she was talking to herself trying to convince herself she could stop hurting everyone if she committed the act.
I, as many of her other loved ones, are desperate for local resources to begin treatment. She is a wonderful person and the world needs more people like her alive and well. She is very smart and beautiful.
I found some of these symptoms she is currently facing on a website. This is how progressed we think her BPD is
* Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment ( still present )
* Unstable and intense 'love-hate' relationships ( still present )
* Markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self ( still present )
* Frequent impulsive, potentially self-damaging behavior ( still present )
* Rapidly shifting emotions ( still present )
* Chronic feelings of emptiness ( still present )
* Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger ( still present )
* Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms ( still present )
Some things we already know:
The prevalence of Emotionally Unstable (Borderline) Personality Disorder is about 2% of the general population.
Completed suicide occurs in 8%-10% of individuals with this disorder, and self-mutilative acts (e.g., cutting or burning) and suicide threats and attempts are very common.
Please any help and info is appreciated, but no negativity as we have enough already to face.
Thanks in Advance