forever and ever?

Borderline Personality Disorder usually manifests itself in early adulthood, but symptoms of it (e.g., self-harm) can be found in early adolescence. As individuals with BPD age, their symptoms and/or the severity of the illness usually diminish. Indeed, about 40-50% of borderline patients remit within two years and this rate rises to 85% by 10 years.

Improvements in social functioning proceed more slowly and less completely than do the symptom remissions. Only about 25% of the patients diagnosed with BPD eventually achieve relative stability through close relationships or successful work. Many more have lives that include only limited vocational success and become more avoidant of close relationships. While stabilization is common, and life satisfaction is usually improved, the persisting impairment of social role functioning of the patients is often disappointing.

JustinB113 wrote:Thanks archer, this is a good article. The NHS articles are very inconsistent with each other.

Borderline Personality Disorder usually manifests itself in early adulthood, but symptoms of it (e.g., self-harm) can be found in early adolescence. As individuals with BPD age, their symptoms and/or the severity of the illness usually diminish. Indeed, about 40-50% of borderline patients remit within two years and this rate rises to 85% by 10 years.

Improvements in social functioning proceed more slowly and less completely than do the symptom remissions. Only about 25% of the patients diagnosed with BPD eventually achieve relative stability through close relationships or successful work. Many more have lives that include only limited vocational success and become more avoidant of close relationships. While stabilization is common, and life satisfaction is usually improved, the persisting impairment of social role functioning of the patients is often disappointing.

So I have a good chance of not driving off a cliff, but not a very good chance of ending up with a good job and a happy relationship.

Yet my doctor is always so god damn optimistic.. it's sickening. This is unfair.

Only about 25% of the patients diagnosed with BPD eventually achieve relative stability through close relationships or successful work. Many more have lives that include only limited vocational success and become more avoidant of close relationships.

jhp wrote:I don’t take such articles too seriously. They’re too vague and subjective - and a bit condescending. What is ‘relative stability’ - relative to whose standard? What does ‘many more’ mean?
We’re all so different. To hell with the statistics - you CAN have a career and someone to love. I’ve proved it, and I’m as borderline as it gets