Borderline PD symptoms description

apparently having BPD as a man is rare...I sincerely hope this isn't true. Because that just makes me feel...well, special. in a bad way

This is me all the way, I change moods like the wind, I anger is like the wrath of God, I will tear you apart verbally and then later feel horrible about it and push people away, I hate being this way, Why cant I be loved unconditionally, I love other people that way, I am called psyco because I can go from crying to laughing in 5 minutes or be doing them at the same time, Sorry I am rambling on, I lost someone I loved again and am to stubborn or trustful to reach out to them, I was lied to and betrayed again

I have it but I can't tolerate being alone

It's so odd how I'm fine calling myself unstable, but when someone else did, I immediately shunned them from my life. I'm relating to this diagnosis more and more over the year.

I was just told last week that I am bp. I am just as described above but not so exaggerated. Could I have been diagnosed incorrectly?

Maybe. There are many symptoms. Some may be more exaggerated in your life than others. Some may not be present at all. You could be at the beginning of the outward expressions of the disorder. The younger you can be accurately diagnosed, and the deeper the acceptance you have of your feelings, the better your chances, I figure.

It took a LONG time with a good therapist to get an accurate diagnosis (extreme honesty - even as you see it - is critical, too, if you want the truth), but I was a classic. And I knew it, deep down inside...when I was honest with myself (and it only had to be with myself to begin with).

(I...I...I... But I do hope this helps!)

I think with age, the intensity of the symptoms can lessen.
I also think that in a structured environment the symptoms can be less severe. (The flip side is leaving a structured environment can cause the symptoms to intensify.)

I think Jessica, that one can display some borderline traits or show all or most of them to a mild degree. I have been diagnosed and I can certainly say im nowhere near as extreme as the disorder is often portrayed but enough to interfere with certain aspects of my life. You definitly don't have to be matching all the criteria to a high extreme to suffer with aspects of this disorder.

There are two abreviations that are often used incorrectly. BP usually stands for bipolar or manic-depressive. That is a condition of wide mood swings either within a short time all the way up to months or years. People with BP tend to be more depressed. Mania usually takes the form of frenzied activity, loss of sleep, extrodinary production (house cleaning done in 2 hrs for ex.) Extravagant and unneccary impulse buying is common. Interactions with others are better than those with BPD.

The 2nd abbreviation is BPD. Many get confused and also call it BP but it is not. BPD stands for borderline personality disorder. Mood swings are less apparent than in bipolar. There is also a tendency to have more problems with relationships often over abandonment issues. There are often rage problems. Inability to adapt socially is very common with job losses frequent. This is a more serious disorder than BP is. This is because it affects how people view and try to interact with the world, without having absorbed in childhood the rules of society. For more about BPD please read the 1st post. Also, clear up your diagnosis of BP or BPD with your Dr. it is important that you know which one or both you have. If you do have both conditions as I do, don't panic. Your world will go on!! I hope this helps. Look For The Laughter! bipolarbearV

I'd get a second opinion. I'm a milder version of what is described above and was diagnosed BPD.

OMG alot of this sounds like me!!!!

Omg! Throw in some depression and a few other things an that sounds like how i've been my whole life! Each time i read it it jus sounds like me!

larakeziah, I think depression is definitely a part of BPD. Life is frustrating and difficult and depression is a response to that.

Since I was diagnosed with BPD a few months ago, I've read everything that I can get my hands on about it, which isn't that much, by the way. A lot of the info out there is really outdated. Your list of symptoms are the best that I've come across yet; I'm glad you have such a good doc, Echoes. Thanks for posting them, I could use them as my biography!

Dear knothead, I grant you the copyrights of the textbooks on BPD go way back. But the information (ie) use of DBT strategies, skills & techniques, have stood the test of time!! Marsha Linehan's work on BPD is still used with much success today!
And help many of us BPD'ers! (Alleluia!!)

I Have a great life!
Holmes

I'm not diagnosed with this....but getting curious about it. Thanks for the info about Marsha Linehan; it gives me a place to start looking.

For the latest information log on to NIMH.gov You will get a lot of info on any psych. disease, medicine, clinical trials and much more. This is free and is paid for with our taxes. NIMH stands for National Institutes of Mental Health. I hope this helps you.

i think i heard somewhere that bpd is similar to other mental health issues. Like c ptsd. I personally don't know cos i'm not an expert. I really have that name borderline. Its so negative.

My t has indicated at times that i have BPD, but she has also said i have PTSD. The thing is, I don't fit the typical BPD pattern. I don't cut, rarely get angry, don't do drugs or get drunk. i don't threaten suicide, or feel suicidal very often. But i do have problems with my sense of self, pretty bad attachment problems, anxiety, dissociation, and black and white thinking. I've had emotional abuse and some SA in childhood. Do i sound like i fit more into a PTSD classification or C-PTSD?

Hi peaches. I had a conversation with my T and she did say a personality disorder is not something that is set in stone or that you have to fit word for word in the criteria. There are varying levels of BPD, some people have some of the traits and some have them have different traits to other sufferers and some have them to varying extremes. I have a friend that has been diagnosed, she doesn't cut or make suicidal threats but she is terrified of being alone and has extreme ways of thinking. I don't fit the anger unleashment, at least not on others but I do at myself. I'm not a habitual cutter or self harmer, I just resort to it when things go very bad. You may just have some of the traits and if they are interfering with your life, it would be worth getting the right therapy to help.