Hello guys! I’ve decided to change my project a little bit; I’m still learning about mental illnesses and how it affects people but I’m writing a book on how to recognize it in people as well as how to help support people to get through it. A lot of people don’t look at underlying issues but they play a huge part in peoples lives.
My first chapter in my book is about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). When I first heard it, I thought it was a kind of spilt personality but it’s not. It’s an emotional dysregulation disorder that’s characterized by unstable moods, relationships and behavior. People with this disorder may self harm. If someone isolates themselves, eat too much or too little, allow toxic people back into their lives and put others always before them can be examples of self harm we typically don’t think of. It’s hard to diagnose someone under the age 18 with BPD since the symptoms can be common within teens. Some symptoms may be impulsiveness, insecurity, high and low points in moods, bad at maintaining relationships and explosive anger/moods. If you think you have this, please be diagnosed by a doctor. You can have these symptoms and still not have it. Instead, you may have anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, etc. (I will be talking more about these later in my book) Having this can be from childhood trauma, it may be an unhealthy way to cope with your feelings since you were never taught how to deal with all these bottled up emotions. This may last a lifetime or a few years but it can be treated by a professional. They will teach you on how to cope with your emotions and how to deal with them healthily. People with BPD can have a severe fear of abandonment so they tend to either hold onto to people they care about, even if it’s bad for them or not want anything to do with anybody since they ae scared they will be abandoned/treated badly again. Even though they sound like bad people, can can actually be very caring and compassionate. It may take them a while to trust and give their all in a relationship but it’s usually worth it, if you treat them well. When I say relationship, I don’t just mean romantically. It can be friendships and family relations too. In my book, I’ll be talking more about how to help people with BPD and how to understand what they are feeling.
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