Posted by stjames on May 4, 2000, at 15:04:44
In reply to Re: treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder, posted by FP on May 4, 2000, at 0:16:21
> Oh Lordy, that's a touch one. My wife went through a similiar experience, including the strained relationship with her father (her mother was the abuser), and longtime depression, anxiety attacks, night panics, various forms of self defeating behaviour, etc.
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> But, back to the topic: I would question your diagnosis. When my wife and I researched this topic, (childhood abuse survivors) we found that BPD was a kind of "dumping ground" diagnosis, applied mainly to women, and meant, essentially, "this person is hopeless; just try to make them comfortable."
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James here....BPD is a real condition in some people and also serves as a catch all. The name is often misunderstood, the word borderline means that the condition overlaps other conditions not that the personality is iffy. Perhaps "Personality Disorder with Borderline features " might be better. The Dx grew from doc's seeing patients that seemed to be many things, psychotic at times, depressed at times, ect. Most were women and abused in early life. Sometimes this condition is seen w/o abuse but this is less
common.BPD proves what we have long suspected, that if you put a normie in abusive situations for a long time they will get clinical mental conditions.
It does get used as a catch all but there are lots of people who are a mixture or just confusing
as to what condition they really have. The danger is missing another disorder and calling it BPD.Whatever you call it when there is abuse it needs to be treated. Books are not enough, but they are a start. Several years with a good talk theripist
is always indicated. Meds can help make present life better but whenever there is abuse it does not get better with meds alone nor does Dr Time fix things. They tend to get worse every year w/o real treatment, all the while creating chaos in personal relationships.james
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