Category: bpd

BPD Trait: Treatment Resistance

A friend of mine recently asked me about boredom and quickly losing interest in things for folks with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). I figured it was probably related to the depression symptoms of BPD and didn’t think too much about it after that. Recently I’ve started to turn this question over in my head again which I’ll return to in a little bit. First a little backstory.

BPD Trait: Idealization and Devaluation (Splitting)

Relationships are a really murky territory for people with Borderline Personality Disorder. I don’t think I’ve really talked about “splitting” too much yet. This is a pretty commonly used term to basically describe the wild thrashing between idealization and devaluation that’s super characteristic of BPD. People, things, places tend to fall into one of two categories: all good or all bad. There is no in between, no gray area.

BPD Trait: Inappropriate Anger

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is wildly stigmatized in our world. If you’ve ever read I Hate You – Don’t Leave Me, you were probably left feeling very hopeless for either yourself or your loved one with BPD. It’s funny to me that this book is considered the “go to” for therapists and other mental health professionals. It’s spookily accurate at times, to be sure, but incredibly devoid of any glimmer of hope for recovery. In fact, since BPD is a personality disorder, there is no true recovery – your brain has been marred by abuse during formative years and as such will always bear those scars – but this does not mean there is no overcoming it.