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Old May 01, 2008, 01:02 PM
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Have you given a chance for the prozac?

Borderline, from what I've been reading, goes like this:
1. Abandonment-depression overwhelms child.
2. Child learns that to avoid depression he must cling, and acting like himself is not safe because poses a risk of abandonment, and the depression that ensues.
3. Child internalizes 2 modes ("splitting") where one mode is the good child, associated with the good mother, which is clingy and compromising ("false self"), while the other mode is natural and authentic, but associated with risk, the bad mother, and the bad child ("true self").
4. Child internalizes these relationship patterns.
5. The false self swallows up any joy and happiness in the person's life, which causes the thing that it was supposed to prevent -- depression.

If it's prozac you're on, maybe the prozac will work at the root of your abandonment-depression. Maybe not. You can give a chance and if it doesn't work, get off it and try something else.

I like to tackle these issues by introspection. What are you comfortable with? Maybe a combination of psychodynamic therapy and medication would benefit you.