Gordon
24-06-07, 17:36
Admins, I apologise if this is in the wrong area, didn't know where to put it. Please move it to the appropriate section if you wish, thanks.
Anyway, there's some people who seemingly "don't get me" so for their benefit and for you nice peeps to understand me better, let me introduce you to BPD:
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined within the fields of psychiatry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatry), social work (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work), and clinical psychology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology) as a mental condition characterized primarily by emotional dysregulation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_dysregulation), extreme "black and white" thinking, or "splitting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting)" (believing that something is one of only two possible things, and ignoring any possible "in-betweens"), and chaotic relationships. It is described by mental health (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health) professionals as a serious mental illness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness) characterized by pervasive instability in mood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_%28psychology%29), interpersonal relationships (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship), self-image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-image), identity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity), and behavior (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_behavior), as well as a disturbance in the individual's sense of self (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_identity). In extreme cases, this disturbance in the sense of self can lead to periods of dissociation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_%28psychology%29).
The disturbances suffered by those with borderline personality disorder have a wide-ranging and pervasive negative impact on many or all of the psychosocial facets of life, including employability and relationships in work, home, and social settings.
The latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-IV-TR) (DSM-IV-TR), the widely-used American Psychiatric Association (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychiatric_Association) guide for clinicians seeking to diagnose mental illnesss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness), defines Borderline Personality Disorder ("B.P.D." or BPD) as: "a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship), self-image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-image) and affects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29), as well as marked impulsivity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_control), beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts."[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder#_note-criteria) BPD is classed on "Axis II", as an underlying pervasive or personality condition, rather than "Axis I" for more circumscribed mental disorders. A DSM diagnosis of BPD requires any five out of nine listed criteria to be present for a significant period of time. There are thus 256 different combinations of symptoms that could result in a diagnosis, of which 136 have been found in practice in one study.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder#_note-0) The criteria are:
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Anyway, there's some people who seemingly "don't get me" so for their benefit and for you nice peeps to understand me better, let me introduce you to BPD:
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is defined within the fields of psychiatry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatry), social work (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work), and clinical psychology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology) as a mental condition characterized primarily by emotional dysregulation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_dysregulation), extreme "black and white" thinking, or "splitting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting)" (believing that something is one of only two possible things, and ignoring any possible "in-betweens"), and chaotic relationships. It is described by mental health (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health) professionals as a serious mental illness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness) characterized by pervasive instability in mood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_%28psychology%29), interpersonal relationships (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship), self-image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-image), identity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity), and behavior (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_behavior), as well as a disturbance in the individual's sense of self (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_identity). In extreme cases, this disturbance in the sense of self can lead to periods of dissociation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_%28psychology%29).
The disturbances suffered by those with borderline personality disorder have a wide-ranging and pervasive negative impact on many or all of the psychosocial facets of life, including employability and relationships in work, home, and social settings.
The latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-IV-TR) (DSM-IV-TR), the widely-used American Psychiatric Association (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychiatric_Association) guide for clinicians seeking to diagnose mental illnesss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness), defines Borderline Personality Disorder ("B.P.D." or BPD) as: "a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_relationship), self-image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-image) and affects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_%28psychology%29), as well as marked impulsivity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_control), beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts."[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder#_note-criteria) BPD is classed on "Axis II", as an underlying pervasive or personality condition, rather than "Axis I" for more circumscribed mental disorders. A DSM diagnosis of BPD requires any five out of nine listed criteria to be present for a significant period of time. There are thus 256 different combinations of symptoms that could result in a diagnosis, of which 136 have been found in practice in one study.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder#_note-0) The criteria are:
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