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Dec 09, 2014, 11:29 AM
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Member Since: Apr 2013
Location: Ontario Land
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Originally Posted by chickenfoot
A psychiatrist told me that borderline personality disorder meant bordering on the psychotic and neurotic. I don't think you can be bordering on psychotic, you either are or you aren't. That's where quasi-psychotic symptoms come in, which are a big part of personality disorders such as BPD and schizotypal personality disorder.
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No, no, no! BPD is NOT on the border of psychosis and neurosis. That is ancient theory. The 'apparent' psychotic symptoms in BPD are actually dissociation.
Schizotypal PD is considered to be on the schizophrenia spectrum. Most people with it don't develop schizophrenia. I see it as subthreshold psychosis.
Psychotic symptoms are common in the general population. Just because someone hears their name being called or has hallucinations when they wake up or fall asleep doesn't mean they have a mental illness.
Some medications and medical conditions can cause psychotic symptoms too.
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