what is borderline or what ever it's called

[strongbad4500]

what is it???????? :?: :?: :?:

[-Silence]

Borderline Personality Disorder?

" Diagnosis
A person with a borderline personality disorder often experiences a repetitive pattern of disorganization and instability in self-image, mood, behavior and close personal relationships. This can cause significant distress or impairment in friendships and work. A person with this disorder can often be bright and intelligent, and appear warm, friendly and competent. They sometimes can maintain this appearance for a number of years until their defense structure crumbles, usually around a stressful situation like the breakup of a romantic relationship or the death of a parent.


Symptoms
Relationships with others are intense but stormy and unstable with marked shifts of feelings and difficulties in maintaining intimate, close connections. The person may manipulate others and often has difficulty with trusting others. There is also emotional instability with marked and frequent shifts to an empty lonely depression or to irritability and anxiety. There may be unpredictable and impulsive behavior which might include excessive spending, promiscuity, gambling, drug or alcohol abuse, shoplifting, overeating or physically self-damaging actions such as suicide gestures. The person may show inappropriate and intense anger or rage with temper tantrums, constant brooding and resentment, feelings of deprivation, and a loss of control or fear of loss of control over angry feelings. There are also identity disturbances with confusion and uncertainty about self-identity, sexuality, life goals and values, career choices, friendships. There is a deep-seated feeling that one is flawed, defective, damaged or bad in some way, with a tendency to go to extremes in thinking, feeling or behavior. Under extreme stress or in severe cases there can be brief psychotic episodes with loss of contact with reality or bizarre behavior or symptoms. Even in less severe instances, there is often significant disruption of relationships and work performance. The depression which accompanies this disorder can cause much suffering and can lead to serious suicide attempts."

This is where that (^) is from. (http://www.stanford.edu/~corelli/borderline.html)

[strongbad4500]

sounds a lot like me.

[DeAd To ThE wOrLd]

yea, me too :(

[TheWizard]

:)

[DeAd To ThE wOrLd]

:?: how do i know for definate? :?:

[-Silence]

See a doctor, only they can properly diagnose you.

[strongbad4500]

no way i don't trust anyone like that therapist counslers ect..

[kolte]

maybe you should try though, mighthaps just talk to your mum and dad

[cows]

sounds like me now im afraid of myself

[kolte]

just use positive self talk to get through your day

[the_hope_house]

I know someone whos like that. I have a crush on him. theres much more to it, but Im basically giving up on him because one moment he'll be really nice, and the next he'll think Im following him, out to get him, and then he'll ignore me, no matter how nice I'll be to him or what I say. It really hurts my feelings.

[RunAwayMolly]

im talking to a doctor soon to see if i have it... blllaaahhhh im nervous... jsut another mental problem to add to the list :cry:

[Tal]

That really sums me up, I just printed out the post and my mum thought so too...

This is just freaky, I'll see a doctor ASAP... :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

[-Silence]

It sums up about every "teenager", it's usually a diagnoses for adults.

[DeAd To ThE wOrLd]

I'm too dam scared of doctors etc to go and see one :cry:

[-Silence]

Why? What do you think they will do to you?

[DeAd To ThE wOrLd]

I dont know why, I just am. I know they wont do anything nasty. I just really hate going. I had a sore throat in July and had to go to the doctors to get some tablets for it, and even then I was terrified just thinking about it

[kolte]

sounds like every teenager in the world. lol

[Sapphire]

Borderline Personality Disorder?
The person may show inappropriate and intense anger or rage with temper tantrums, constant brooding and resentment, feelings of deprivation, and a loss of control or fear of loss of control over angry feelings.

This is precisely what happened last night. :( I completely lost it........Help!!! :cry:

[Oath]

Seriously that is me im gonna print this out, but im scared to show my dad, n i cant show my mom cause she died a few years ago...

[star_face]

Borderline Personality Disorder?

"

Symptoms
Relationships with others are intense but stormy and unstable with marked shifts of feelings and difficulties in maintaining intimate, close connections. The person may manipulate others and often has difficulty with trusting others. There may be unpredictable and impulsive behavior which might include excessive spending, promiscuity, gambling, drug or alcohol abuse, shoplifting, overeating or physically self-damaging actions such as suicide gestures. The person may show inappropriate and intense anger or rage with temper tantrums, constant brooding and resentment,



this sounds so like me!
any relationship i've had has always been very intense but i find it hard to commite to anything and i find my self with someone different every month, but it never works out ever, i always loose interest and become very distant becuase i feel i can't trust anyone, they all try to help me but i see them as interfering and there only with me becuase there scared they could cause me to do something stupid if they broke up with me. i'm always losing interest in people and things one week i can be best friedns with someone and the next week i just stop talking to that person. my very close friend normally takes weeks out at a time when we don't see each other becuase it seems to help and we stay closer that way.
i also am very good at manipulating people and lying, i'm constantly making things up and playing with people heads,i've become so aware of peoples body language that i use it in my favour, im ruthless when it comes to lying sometimes i don't even relise i'm doing it i like to have control over people i can control my whole family just through things i say.
as for drinking and drugs i do it not to have a good time but i'll do it in exsessive amounts, i've been to hospital countless numbers of times for drinking.
i do get very angry but i don't show it, it just builds up untill i have a nervous break down or a panic attack, and i'll flip out completely, it's only happened to me four times becuase i deal with angre through cutting insted.


i can see how it could been seen as just being a teenager, i spose if you don't grow out of it then it's worth getting it cheaked out.