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Im 38 yeras old female,unhappy marriage ,i meet most criteria of BPD,but never diagnosed,3 years ago diagnosed with depression and anxiety,refused to take any meds.7 years ago my familly doctor put me on prozac for 8 months,no theraphy.Last therapy ended after 2 sesions,i felt like my shrink was making fun of me.Sexual abuse when i was 5yeras old ,last for couple of years by my stepbrother,history of alkohol abuse,many rejection in the childhood,paretns with very ...

My friend has a girlfriend named Sheila. I have known her for over a year. For nearly a year, she told me that she wasn't sexually interested in my friend. The minute he showed sexual interest in her, her entire personality seemed to change. Now she is head over heels in love with my friend.

Interestingly, she seems to have forgotten her "personality" of over a year ago. She seemed like a very different person ...

I am a diagnosed BPD sufferer as well as Bipolar, although I don't like to use the word sufferer because I don't believe that I'm suffering now. I'm quite stable due to lots of therapy, my own research on the illness, and medication, and due to my own will to stabililze myself. It used to seem impossible to feel kind of normal, but I've come to a point in my life where that is fact ...

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to know, does everyone that has bpd suffer with impulsive self damaging behaviour?

I hope i worded that ok?

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I started in a DBT group for about 7 months ago and I've seen girls come and go so now I'm the one that's been in the group for the longest time. I've learend a lot, both from the group and from the individual therapy but I can't help wondering... what's it goning to be like when I'm done with this? Some say that they are recovered borderlines, but I also met doctors and psychologists ...

http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar04/treatment.html

Despite the difficult-to-treat reputation of personality disorders, clinical trials of treatments show promise.

BY SADIE F. DINGFELDER
Monitor staff
Print version: page 46

Up to 30 percent of people who require mental health services have at least one personality disorder (PD)--characterized by abnormal and maladaptive inner experience and behavior. Personality disorders, also known as Axis II disorders, include obsessive-compulsive PD, avoidant PD, paranoid PD and borderline PD. Axis ...

i dont have many friends and the ones ive had always end up turning sour. i hate being lonely. i feel like people hurt me and this makes me want to hurt them back. i try to intimidate other people before they can hurt me. does this sound like borderline personality?

I guess the best part of dealing with BPD is that my incredibly chameleon like nature means that I have an extensive set of hobbies (I tend to take on whatever my friends are into if I'm not careful).

The hardest part is accepting that the way that I see relationships is not the way the world sees them. Also the chameleon thing gets unnerving too sometimes.

Anyone else want to play?

Hi all, I'm new here. I was diagnosed as having "BP traits" last year. I think that this just means I mask really well. I've learned to be thankful for this skill but it still gets me in trouble (confuses people when the mask drops... as it always does eventually).

Anyway... regarding relationships - do you tell your friends/mates about your diagnosis? I kind of feel guilty starting relationships knowing what I'm going to do ...