May is Borderline personality disorder (BPD) Awareness Month.Despite being a common condition, BPD is often stigmatised with a number of myths and misconceptions that surround it.The condition causes a person to to suffer from unstable moods as well as impulsive behaviours.
It can have a significant effect on a suffers day-to-day life, the Mirror reports.BDP is made no easier by the stigma that sufferers experience, with misconceptions that they can be manipulative or violent.Here are symptoms as well as common misconceptions, highlighted by Dr Elena Touroni, a consultant psychologist and co-founder of The Chelsea Psychology Clinic and Mario Anghinolfi, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapist, Therapethical Community Interest Company.Borderline personality disorder (BPD) can cause a wide range of symptoms, which can be grouped into four areas.
The symptoms according to the NHS are:emotional instability causing intense negative emotions like rage, sorrow, shame or panicdisturbed patterns of thinking or perception including upsetting thoughts like feeling you're a terrible personimpulsive behaviour like urges to self-harm, binge drinking, drug misuse, going on a spending or gambling spree, or having unprotected sex with strangersintense but unstable relationships with others due to fear of abandonmentPeople tend to misunderstand your tendency to have severe mood swings and your "go away/please don't go" mindset when it comes to your relationships with others.Here are the most common myths and misconceptions about borderline personality disorder(BPD).People with BPD often have trouble regulating their emotions, thoughts and impulses.
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