Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline personality disorder is a disorder that affects mental health and causes major emotional instability. It can lead to other mental as well as behavioral problems. A person with borderline personality disorder usually has a very distorted self-image and often feels worthless. He/she often experiences frequent mood swings, anger, and impulsiveness, which may push people away, even if he wants to have meaningful relationships. Don’t despair if you have this type of personality disorder. Many people, including famous celebrities, are able to live normal lives with proper treatment. Part 1: What Are the Signs of Borderline Personality Disorder? Everyone experiences emotional problems and difficult behaviors …show more content…
A person who has a borderline personality disorder is often insecure of himself. His self-identity or self-image often changes rapidly. He may view himself as evil, or sometimes feel like he does not exist at all. This unstable self-image may lead to frequent shifts in jobs and friendships, and changes in values and goals. A borderline personality disorder can affect personal relationships because it can make you idealize someone at one moment and then dramatically swing to hatred over minor misunderstandings. You may see things as either white or black and no gray areas in between. Part 2: Borderline Personality Disorder Causes What exactly causes borderline personality disorder remains unclear. Experts believe there may be abnormalities in how brain chemicals control one’s moods. It also tends to run in some families. Personal experiences and environmental factors such as childhood trauma, parental neglect, abuse or death may play a role. This is worsened when one has difficulty coping with stress and …show more content…
Psychotherapy may be done in different ways, such as: • Dialectical behavior therapy, which is specifically designed to treat people with borderline personality disorder. This can be done through individual counseling or phone and group counseling. It can be combined with physical exercise and meditation, which help regulate emotions, tolerate stress and improve personal relationships. • Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you to become aware of negative thoughts, to view situations more objectively and to find alternative solutions. • Mentalization-based therapy is talk therapy that can help you identify your own feelings and thoughts and to separate them from those of other people around you. It helps you to think before you react. • Schema-focused therapy combines treatments to help you evaluate repetitive patterns and themes in life and helps you identify the positive patterns and modify the negative ones. • Transference-focused or psychodynamic psychotherapy helps you understand your emotions and difficulties and then apply your insights to real situations.