BPD Symptoms

A person with this disorder will also often exhibit impulsive behaviors and have a majority(or all but 1 for me) of the following symptoms:

* Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment CHECK I ALWAYS NEED TO BE WITH THE PERSON, I ALSO THINK IF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOMEONE CLOSE TO ME DIED
* A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation CHECK
* Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self CHECK
* Impulsiveness in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating) DEF CHECK IN MORE THAN 2
* Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior CHECK IN THE SUICIDAL AREA
* Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days) CHECK DEF VERY MOODY
* Chronic feelings of emptiness CHECK ALL THE TIME
* Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights) CHECK DEF MORE SO NOW
* Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms I’M NOT QUITE SURE IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, BUT I DON’T THINK I HAVE THIS.

Well I’m seeing a therapist on Mon to tell me that I have BPD for $240, which I already know. Now that’s money well spent, (this is from someone who spends money or frivolous things, ha ha)

~ by bpdandme on February 17, 2008.