Seth Axelrod: A Remembrance
The Borderline Personality Disorder community suffered a painful loss this week.
The Borderline Personality Disorder community suffered a painful loss this week.
While many mental health experts have written about the role of relationships in BPD, only a very few people who have lived with the disorder have shared their personal relationship stories in public…
Some of borderline personality disorder’s reputation of being difficult to treat comes from the antiquated idea that BPD is intractable and that people with BPD have a character problem that makes them attention-seeking and help-rejecting
“I noticed my symptoms were a lot stronger and more dysfunctional when I was in a relationship,” she says, who was diagnosed in March 2021.
“I get obsessive quite quickly. I’ll constantly want to call or text, and I’ll isolate from other friends – I drop hobbies and dedicate all my time to that person.”