[tita]

this Pdoc came into my room and for a consult and it was in the morning didnt evan speak much to me he only stay for about 10 min. gave me that label I'm scared more cause My 15 yr old daughter is always in the hospital but the reluctant to give her dx of borderline cause of the stigma
I didnt know borderline was passed down If I realy think about it My mother was very disturbed with the drinking and abuse.my daughter wasnt exposed to nothing like that she lives with her father and his wife since she was a baby.I live in the bronx ny in a nursing home thanks for lisening
do anyboby know anything about bpd being geinic? THX.
Crista

[alexandra]

I have heard that it has a tendency to run in families. Because it is more commonly dx'd in females it has a tendency to run down through the female line.

How much of it is nature (genetic) and how much of it is environmental (nurture) is hard to say... It is a combination of both...

I think that precisely what it is that has a tendency to run down is...

- Emotional intensity (distress / dysregulation)
That has a significant genetic component. But also:
- Mentalization (ability to say what you are thinking, feeling, wanting, needing etc and ability to attribute appropriate thoughts, feelings, desires etc to other people).
That has a significant environmental component.
And in conjunction... They both feed each other (harder to mentalize when you are distressed and harder to regulate emotions without the ability to mentalize)

I have mixed feelings about the BPD dx.
On the one hand it can be a ****** because of stigma.
Fortunately the situation there is improving, though it still has a long way to go...
On the other hand it can be useful because it can mean that one has access to varieties of treatment that are more likely to help.

Hang in there...

[Perna]

Maybe genetic factors but not "inheritability." It's in the "family" genes but she didn't get it directly 1:1 from you.

http://www.mhsanctuary.com/borderline/siever.htm

Good luck! Hope you are doing better soon.