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Life at the Border Borderline Personality Disorder: Why Are They Self-Destructive? During dysphoria - no matter what the cause - borderlines go through unbearable pain. At times their moral beliefs become suspended because of psychosis, seizures, and the pain. It's similar to being in war based combat. Self-destructive behaviors are used to stop the pain temporarily, whether by binge eating, reckless driving, substance abuse, self-mutilation, etc. Visit Life at the Border to continue reading, when you click here. Visit Our Personality Disorders Forums Have you visited our new mental health forums - bulletin boards area. It's a place where people with psychiatric conditions or their family members and friends can post questions regarding the mental health issues that confront them today. We encourage you to post your questions and to offer your advice and experience. Sharing is helpful to everyone. Online Conference Transcripts Living and Recovering from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Melissa Ford Thornton, author of "Eclipses: Behind The Borderline Personality Disorder, joined us to discuss what life is like with Borderline Personality Disorder. She discussed her suicide attempts, self-injury, fears of abandonment, hospitalization, and progress with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She also answered many audience questions regarding relationships, medications, and wanting to die but finding the will to live. Read the transcript when you click here. Looking for Journalers
Powerful Documentary Films at HealthyPlace.com HealthyPlace.com unveiled four of the most powerful mental health videos you have ever seen. These are stories about sexual molestation, rape, eating disorders and teens trapped in abusive relationships. What makes these mental health films different and so moving is that they describe the impact of physical and sexual violence and misperceptions on their victims. And for the most part, these stories are told in the victim's or sufferer's own words. You can watch them using your windows media player. We've also set up special bulletin boards for your feedback. |
Personality Disorders News Emotional Hemophilia: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder I don’t know how many times I’ve heard a psych nurse say, “Oh man, we're getting another borderline.” To the layperson, this would make absolutely no sense, but to me, I knew what it meant. It meant a war within the hospital staff. A war of treatment and an uncertain outcome for the patient. Borderline Personality Disorder Challenges Relationships A new study finds different patterns of brain activity in people with borderline personality disorder were associated with disruptions in the ability to recognize social norms or modify behaviors — factors that may result in distrust and broken relationships. |
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