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Is it a mood disorder or Borderline Personality Disorder
Here is some insight on moods vs emotions from When Hope is Not Enough: Since I believe that the foundation for BPD is emotional dysregulation, most of the day-to-day conflicts, issues, rages and manipulative behavior spring from this feature of BPD. Emotional dysregulation is the engine that drives the train of BPD. Shame and impulsiveness also contribute no doubt (maybe as fuel and throttle respectively), but the engine itself is emotional dysregulation. In that way, BPD is much like a traditional mood disorder, such as bipolar disorder. The main feature that separates BPD from bipolar disorder is the length and frequency of the “mood” swings. Emotions are more fast-acting than…
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Interview with Talya Lewis Author & BPD Sufferer
Interview with Talya Lewis, author of The Boom Boom Retreat: A Memoir and Borderline Personality Disorder sufferer (in the past). It’s worth a listen and her book is worth a read, especially for people with BPD. “Shame is the core experience of someone with Borderline Disorder” – a quote from the audio. It just confirms that what I wrote in When Hope is Not Enough is true. I write of shame as the fuel of BPD, with emotional regulation being the engine. A quote from my book: “Emotional dysregulation is the engine that drives the train of BPD. Shame and impulsiveness also contribute no doubt (maybe as fuel and throttle…