I have been looking through loads of groups. Odd subject for Christmas day
perhaps.

I wonder if someone could explain to me in simple terms what BPD is? More
importantly what causes it?

Thank you.

I have been looking through loads of groups. Odd subject for Christmas day
perhaps.

I wonder if someone could explain to me in simple terms what BPD is? More
importantly what causes it?

Thank you.

confused@com wrote:

I have been looking through loads of groups. Odd subject for Christmas day
perhaps.

I wonder if someone could explain to me in simple terms what BPD is? More
importantly what causes it?

Thank you.

BPD is a behaviourial condition caused by the brain. On the other hand,
the condition of 'ordinary behaviour' is not caused by the brain. Do
you have any other behaviour that is caused by the brain? I don't.

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I wonder if someone could explain to me in simple terms what BPD is?
More
importantly what causes it?

Thank you.


I'm not a psychologist but I have BPD too. It's a severe personality
disorder, not usually treatable with medication. What causes it? Lots of
stuff. eg AA traumatic childhood.

I have been looking through loads of groups. Odd subject for Christmas day
perhaps.

I wonder if someone could explain to me in simple terms what BPD is? More
importantly what causes it?

Thank you.

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I assume you mean "borderline personality disorder." Or do you mean
"bipolar disorder?"

Just using initials is not something most mental health professionals
would
do, as doing so fails to really convey much about the topic and fails to
convey the many semantic attachments to the actual term.

Which do you mean?

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I assume you mean "borderline personality disorder." Or do you mean
"bipolar disorder?"

Just using initials is not something most mental health professionals
would
do, as doing so fails to really convey much about the topic and fails to
convey the many semantic attachments to the actual term.

Which do you mean?

I mean borderline personality disorder, although it was said to me as BPD
( as in " I think you have a personality disorder , BPD") .

I do not have manic depression. I do get depressed. In fact I doubt if I
have ever not been depressed as long as I can remember. I just find it
hard
to keep living with this.

I want to know what causes it. I havent been abused or have any problems
like that so I want to know why I have it. How I got it if you like.

Hi,

Any kind of childhood trauma can cause it, not just abuse. Was your mother
or father ever absent for extended periods of time, for example?
Seperation
anxiety is often a hallmark of people suffering from BPD.

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I assume you mean "borderline personality disorder." Or do you mean
"bipolar disorder?"

Just using initials is not something most mental health professionals
would
do, as doing so fails to really convey much about the topic and fails to
convey the many semantic attachments to the actual term.

Which do you mean?

I mean borderline personality disorder, although it was said to me as BPD
( as in " I think you have a personality disorder , BPD") .

I do not have manic depression. I do get depressed. In fact I doubt if I
have ever not been depressed as long as I can remember. I just find it
hard
to keep living with this.

I want to know what causes it. I havent been abused or have any problems
like that so I want to know why I have it. How I got it if you like.

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I assume you mean "borderline personality disorder." Or do you mean
"bipolar disorder?"

Just using initials is not something most mental health professionals
would
do, as doing so fails to really convey much about the topic and fails to
convey the many semantic attachments to the actual term.

Which do you mean?

I mean borderline personality disorder, although it was said to me as BPD
( as in " I think you have a personality disorder , BPD") .

I do not have manic depression. I do get depressed. In fact I doubt if I
have ever not been depressed as long as I can remember. I just find it
hard
to keep living with this.

I want to know what causes it. I havent been abused or have any problems
like that so I want to know why I have it. How I got it if you like.

Hi,

Any kind of childhood trauma can cause it, not just abuse. Was your mother
or father ever absent for extended periods of time, for example?
Seperation anxiety is often a hallmark of people suffering from BPD.

Herb.

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Hi,

Any kind of childhood trauma can cause it, not just abuse. Was your
mother
or father ever absent for extended periods of time, for example?
Seperation
anxiety is often a hallmark of people suffering from BPD.

My parents were never absent, either of them. In fact they never went
anywhere they couldnt take me so I was never left.

I was always quiet as a child - " shy" was the term often used. I just
didnt get on well with people around and didnt make friends either very
much.
But I am sure now with hindsight I was always depressed.

As I have got older things have gotten worse because I cant seem to do the
things you are expected to do.
The only thing I can put this down to is that in my last four years at
school there was a girl in my class who got everyone to stop speaking to
me
. I dont know why she did it. I dont what I did wrong, but no one spoke to
me , I didnt have friends, I wasnt invited anywhere and if I went to
school
things I was ignored and shunned so I didnt go.

It didnt matter when I was young because it wasnt demanded, now suddenly
it
is and I cant cope because I dont know how to. I dont seem to know how to
string a sentence together anymore when I am with people.

I just need for someone to explain to me what to do. I havent learned the
social skills everyone else seems to have learned. and I cant do the
things
they do normally. I'm just nervous all the time and panic if I have to
meet
people or say anything , even to get on a bus.

As far as I can work out Borderline personality disorder means they have
decided nothing can be done to help me in any way. I didnt think I was
that
bad. I just dont know what to do.

The only thing I can put this down to is that in my last four years at
school there was a girl in my class who got everyone to stop speaking to
me
. I dont know why she did it. I dont what I did wrong, but no one spoke to
me , I didnt have friends, I wasnt invited anywhere and if I went to
school
things I was ignored and shunned so I didnt go.


As far as I can work out Borderline personality disorder means they have
decided nothing can be done to help me in any way. I didnt think I was
that
bad.

Excuse me if I get a bit teacherly, but there are several important
concepts
here that you would profit from understanding. It is good that you
clarified that you referred to borderline personality.

The most important criteria for borderline personality disorder are labile
emotions,

figures in day-to-day life.

people would include a history of abuse during childhood,

is not fully developed or stabilized so the individual does not have a
consistent, mature coping strategy.

Usually, individuals with borderline personality are treated with
antidepressant medication,

antianxiety medications.

work. Instead, I think that good, insight-oriented psychotherapy is the
best course. And typically, it takes longer than therapy for other
disorders. Reason for the length of time and also the effectiveness? The
very issues that are a problem for the borderline personality (parental or
authority figures, emotinal immaturity, and depression with an
interpersonal
tone) are the very things most easily brought out and dealt with in
insight-oriented psychotherapy.

By insight-oriented therapy, I mean client-centered, interpersonal, and
maybe dialectical therapy. The data are still coming in on the last one,
and I think that all three are effective if and only if the therapist is
kind, firm, patient, and wisely empathetic.

Thank you for the information and taking the time to explain.

I have the feeling I have been given a label so that people can write me
off and say there is no hope and so no one has to suggest anything more
or
offer anything more.