A Cure for Chronic Pain?
A number of people who have a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder also report they suffer from chronic pain seemingly related to their BPD.
Borderline Personality Disorder, and Why Young People are Falling Through the Cracks
TW: Discussion of suicide and self-harm The opening quote from this ABC News article by Sarah Sedghi might hit home for some readers: “Natasha Swingler has lived with complex mental illness from a young age. “I didn’t want to be seen, to be heard. I...What Does BPD Feel Like?
Expecting Others To Act Selfishly Is A Key Symptom Of Borderline Personality Disorder
One encouraging result from this experiment was that borderline personalities behaved just as generously as healthy individuals. In other words, a person’s instinct to be fair may be unaffected by BPD.
Regulating Emotions and BPD
Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder are not Who You Might Think
“It is extremely difficult having thinking patterns and feelings that make you perceive yourself as worthless. Having self-hatred so strong that you cannot imagine anyone truly enjoying your company also adds to it. In addition to this, it is hard trying to judge every social cue as something positive or negative. Most of the time, I take things very personally or the wrong way, which leads to even more self-hatred and paranoia of being abandoned by those who we love.”
