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Old Dec 05, 2014, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ScarletPimpernel View Post
Besides, research has shown that people with BPD grow out of these symptoms with or without treatment. Treatment just makes the process a little easier and faster. In a sense, BPD means that our emotional growth was stunted. But we do catch up
Yes, as with everyone especially impulsivity lessens over time, but it doesn't mean everyone who has BPD will simply stop having it if they just wait long enough. And even when symptoms lessens, most still have significant problems functioning and have low GAF scores (global assessment of functioning). There is also the hypothesis that people with BPD just learn how to avoid triggering situations and relationships, and I mean pathological avoidance leading to isolation. People still suffer.

BPD has a high suicide rate and the older people get the more lethal the attempts, add do the fact that every attempt increases the chance of completion I think it's not a good idea to let people believe it's no big deal that will just go away like a cold.
Thanks for this!
brokenwarrior