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Originally Posted by Pat0
Hi MuddyBoots
As I have know my friend with BPD for years, I think what you describe is part or what is going on. I have read people with BPD can be good at pick up others emotions I guess more so in person. I have also read it can be quiet tirering/overloading as well though picking up on all these emotions.
There is quiet a dramatic change in personality from on the phone quiet to in person lively which I have observed. They ration the amount of time they willing to mix, which is a different puzzel. It has caused problems when out as they went in to a rage once. Because they wanted to get home earlier. It often could just be triedness, maybe I am looking to deep thinking it might be abandonment or engulfing concerns.
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What I've learned is that while the DSM nicely lists 9 symptoms that you have to have five of to "qualify" for a BPD diagnosis, usually there's a lot of other shyt that tend to come with the criteria and the listed symptoms tend to bounce off of and amplify each other. Maybe fear of abandonment for one is the core symptom, and if that's triggered that in itself can trigger the emotional dysregulation and impulsive behaviors, suicidal gestures, then that can make relationships more unstable, which will further trigger the fear of abandonment and it's just a spiral from there on out. Just as an example. Or on another note maybe there was a rupture of sorts with an important relationship and because some of us tend to "take the personality" of others, that rupture can make us really feel the identity disturbance leading to that feeling of emptiness intensifying (which may fuel SI or destructive behaviors)