#bpdsymptoms

[fa2m]

I'm just so sick of needing attention and validation all the time and then completely losing it at the smallest thing and feeling like I should kill myself.

[joelekm]

What BPD Really Is (and Isn’t) | Borderline Personality Disorder Explained | Dr. Daniel Fox

Many people wonder if they have borderline personality disorder (BPD) or if it’s something else. In this video, Dr. Daniel Fox explains what BPD actually is and what it isn’t. You’ll learn about the six core features of BPD—fear of abandonment, identity instability, impulsive behavior, rapid mood shifts, emptiness, and unstable relationships—and how they show up in real life. You’ll also see common mistakes people make, like confusing BPD with depression or bipolar disorder, or thinking it’s just moodiness. This video will help you build insight, reduce shame, and take the next steps toward clarity and growth.

[joelekm]

What BPD Really Is (and Isn’t) | Borderline Personality Disorder Explained | Dr. Daniel Fox

Many people wonder if they have borderline personality disorder (BPD) or if it’s something else. In this video, Dr. Daniel Fox explains what BPD actually is and what it isn’t. You’ll learn about the six core features of BPD—fear of abandonment, identity instability, impulsive behavior, rapid mood shifts, emptiness, and unstable relationships—and how they show up in real life. You’ll also see common mistakes people make, like confusing BPD with depression or bipolar disorder, or thinking it’s just moodiness. This video will help you build insight, reduce shame, and take the next steps toward clarity and growth.

[joelekm]

What BPD Really Is (and Isn’t) | Borderline Personality Disorder Explained | Dr. Daniel Fox

Many people wonder if they have borderline personality disorder (BPD) or if it’s something else. In this video, Dr. Daniel Fox explains what BPD actually is and what it isn’t. You’ll learn about the six core features of BPD—fear of abandonment, identity instability, impulsive behavior, rapid mood shifts, emptiness, and unstable relationships—and how they show up in real life. You’ll also see common mistakes people make, like confusing BPD with depression or bipolar disorder, or thinking it’s just moodiness. This video will help you build insight, reduce shame, and take the next steps toward clarity and growth.

[cantfeelmyfaceanymore]

One of the things that makes BPD the hardest to live with, both for the person lover and for the loved, is the fact that it seems unpredictable when a stereotypical BPD response is going to emerge (for the Borderline person and for their partner). The standard response of the partner is to feel like they must ‘walk on egg shells’ to prevent the Borderline person from ‘flipping out’; but often the Borderline person often experiences this behavior as *distancing*, which exacerbates the sense of abandonment, which can then trigger the stereotypical BPD response. This is a complex, and interconnected set of forces, which are not really under anyone’s control. It’s the construal of the situation by the Borderline person that generates the response, but they have no control over how they construe the situation. Even worse, the stereotypical BPD response is likely to cultivate the situations that lead to actual abandonment. Yielding a situation where they feel justified in their worries about abandonment. This is part of the reason why it’s such an awful mental illness, both for the partner and for the Borderline person. Ok, now here’s the rub. Most of the time, in most interactions, the Borderline person will have control over their actions. They will be able to see that their partner loves them, recognize that their partner is committed to them, etc. They will be able to seek help and consider ways of making things better. But epistemically, the forces that lead to an episode will often feel unpredictable and as if they are coming from nowhere. Even worse, from the inside, they may well feel justified at the time, even if on reflection it is clear where they went wrong. As a consequence, within an episode, the Borderline person may not be aware that they are exhibiting problematic behavior.

BH on https://aphilosopherstake.com/2014/01/22/romantic-dysfunction-bpd-and-moral-responsibility/

[taayjean]

Because telling someone these things is too scary..

[poeticbonesofagirl]

To Put It Simply--

To put it simply What it is to be me I feel things to the deepest degree What you see as imaginary Is very real time to me To put it simply What it is to be me I live in the centre of conflict And the centre is me