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Originally Posted by FooZe
Hi Radorix, welcome to Psych Central! 
SWOE is supposed to be more about Borderline Personality Disorder than Bipolar. Here's a Psychology Today article (by Randi Kreger, one of the authors) describing some of the similarities and differences: Three Easy Ways to Differentiate Bipolar and Borderline Disorders. Some people are diagnosed with both.
It's probably less important out to figure out which of those (if either) your girlfriend has, than to persuade her to get professional help for whatever it is. |
Thanks for posting that article, FooZe. Makes me wonder if i have BDP and not BPII, or even touches of both.
@Radorix - Your girlfriend sounds exactly like me in a relationship except I have managed to get a hold of finances (after falling in 35k of debt in my early 20's). I will say that the only way for her to get better is to admit in some fashion that she has an issue even if she isn't going to give it a name. I know that some people are not able to admit it and it might not be possible for you to influence her into admitting it and getting help, but I think that's what has to happen.
Just because she is like me doesn't mean she is or isn't BP or BPD but it sounds like she has a problem handling relationships within the normal scope of what "should" be and at the very least, she needs to talk to someone about it to be able to get better at it.