What You Must Know About Borderline Personality Disorder
Mood swings, fast change between likes and dislikes, always on an emotional roller coaster these are all signs of borderline personality disorder.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness that is known by its various moods, and behaviors, and changing self-image. Usually, these behaviors result in impulsive reactions and strong problems within the relationship.
Individuals with borderline personality disorder are often experiencing episodes of anger, anxiety, and severe depression. Also, they are known for being extremely sensitive, there are some symptoms and signs for people with Borderline Personality Disorder, and here are some:
Signs and Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
As mentioned above, people with borderline personality disorder tend to view things in extremes, and here are some of the other symptoms:
- Fear of abandonment (physically and emotionally)
- Unstable relationships with friends, family members, and partners.
- Unclear Self- image.
- Dangerous behavior
- Harmful acts like self-harm and suicidal thoughts.
- Feelings of emptiness.
- Problems of anger management.
- Difficulty in trusting oneself and others.
- Quickly Shift of emotions.
Not everyone with borderline personality disorder experiences the same symptoms, as some symptoms may be triggered by small or ordinary events. For example, individuals with a borderline personality disorder may feel angry or experience anger if their partner or a close family member traveled for some time.How Borderline Personality Disorder is Treated?
In the past, borderline personality disorder was looked at as an untreatable disease, but with new technology and advanced medical search, Borderline Personality Disorder is a treatable disease like many other mental diseases.
Treatment may take a longer time with some patients and this is because there are many factors that affect the time of treatment. There are different ways of treatments that can be done to treat borderline personality disorder:
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is the first-line treatment for people with a borderline personality disorder. There are two types of psychotherapy that the therapist can choose between when treated a person with borderline disorder and these two types are: one-on-one therapy session or in a group setting, it depends on the condition of the patient.
Medications
Medications can be an option when it comes to the treatment of borderline disorder personality. Medications work better when it is combined with therapy.
Medications are recommended to treat specific symptoms such as:
- Mood Swings
- Depression
Borderline personality disorder often occurs with other mental illnesses, and that makes it hard for therapists to recognize it and treat it probably, especially when their symptoms are overlapping.
These other mental disorders can be depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and many others.
If you experience any symptoms of the mentioned above, try to visit your doctor as soon as possible.
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