Personality Disorders Support Group
Personality disorders form a class of mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and behaviour. Personality disorders are seen by the American Psychiatric Association as an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it.
Zach wasn't sure what these BPD traits mean so I'll give it a go but please everyone add your 2 cents and correct me if I am wrong. Also maybe describe what these traits feel like for you....
Paranoia is pretty self explanitory - you might get paranoid about people talking about you or maybe paranoid about how people feel about you.
losing a sense of reality.... I'm not sure if they are referring to dissociation/depresonalization or actual periods of mild psychosis. Depersonalization feels kinda like an out of body experience... you feel seperate from your own body and life seems like you are watching a movie but not really participating... derealization can make you feel like you are not connected to the world and life..... for me DP/DR is like there is a window between my mind and my body and the world.... I know what is real but I am not really a part of it. DP/DR can be very common with anxiety and is scary but not dangerous.....
Unstable self image or be unsure of his or her own identity.... who are you? What are you like? what things do you like to do? what foods do you like to eat? what kind of person are you? Most people ahve a good idea of what kind of person they are.. they have goals in life (finish college.. become a vet, whatever) but people with BPD don't have a stable self image... it may change all the time depending on who you are around or you may not be sure of anything about yourself.....
Paranoia is pretty self explanitory - you might get paranoid about people talking about you or maybe paranoid about how people feel about you.
losing a sense of reality.... I'm not sure if they are referring to dissociation/depresonalization or actual periods of mild psychosis. Depersonalization feels kinda like an out of body experience... you feel seperate from your own body and life seems like you are watching a movie but not really participating... derealization can make you feel like you are not connected to the world and life..... for me DP/DR is like there is a window between my mind and my body and the world.... I know what is real but I am not really a part of it. DP/DR can be very common with anxiety and is scary but not dangerous.....
Unstable self image or be unsure of his or her own identity.... who are you? What are you like? what things do you like to do? what foods do you like to eat? what kind of person are you? Most people ahve a good idea of what kind of person they are.. they have goals in life (finish college.. become a vet, whatever) but people with BPD don't have a stable self image... it may change all the time depending on who you are around or you may not be sure of anything about yourself.....
I dissociate. My doctors said that was the case after I explained situations like you described for depersonalization. I've also had REALLY scary experiences where I've driven places and I haven't known how I got there and I've been really disoriented. I was told that was a type of dissociation. I was there, but not really - I just was not connected to my thought processes. I had a really stressful incident happen prior to this experience.
Unstable image of self is also right on! I don't know what I believe, what I want to do in my life, and I can change what I like based on my husband's opinions. I love music, but don't ask me what kind. I guess that's a good example for me. I don't know what I want to do for a career. I don't know what I believe for a religion. I guess that you would say I'm not sure about much about myself.
Just thought i'd add something that u havent already heard and probably won't hear.