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I Was Very, Very Afraid of the Dark
In retrospect all that paranoia was—I’ve been told—an early warning sign of my borderline personality disorder, bipolar, and severe anxiety. I Was Very, Very Afraid of the Dark By Patrick Marlborough I suffered from acute night terrors and paranoia as a kid, and I still feel the after-effects today. Night terrors, aka pavor nocturnus, is one of two non-Rapid Eye Movement sleep arousal disorders in the DSM-5. It’s a lot like sleep paralysis, but instead of being stuck in a sort of limbo waking state, you’re frozen by sheer terror. They often come accompanied by screaming and panic attacks. I always had a hyperactive imagination: no trouble conjuring up stories…
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Documentary ‘Borderline’ gives filmmaker, who has diagnosis herself, peace of mind
She discovered a 45-year-old Manhattan resident, R., who opened herself up for the camera — meltdowns and all — as she tried to navigate a condition that drove her to attempt suicide and cost her both a job and a lover. Documentary ‘Borderline’ gives filmmaker, who has diagnosis herself, peace of mind by Ethan Sacks If the documentary “Borderline” seems like a deeply personal film, that’s because director Rebbie Ratner knows the subject matter all too well. She’s been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) herself. The film, which screens at the IFC Center on Friday, November 11 at 10:45 a.m. and Cinépolis Chelsea on Sunday, November 13 at 12:30…
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How it Feels to Live With Borderline Personality Disorder
People often discuss BPD by describing an “emptiness.” For me it’s more an oscillation between the impossibly empty and the impossibly full. How it Feels to Live With Borderline Personality Disorder By Patrick Marlborough It’s Mental Health Week across Australia. Each state starts and ends the special week at different times, but today—Monday—there’s a lot of overlap. So I want to explain why this week should feel like an important call-to-arms, and tell you what it’s like to live with a common—and little understood—mental illnesses: borderline personality disorder, or BPD. Between one and two percent of Australians suffer from BPD. Women are up to three times more likely to have…
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Refusing to be defined by borderline personality disorder
The condition goes hand in hand with depression and anxiety. East Maitland’s Victoria Campbell refuses to be defined by borderline personality disorder by Sage Swinton For Victoria Campbell, the past two years have been an emotional rollercoaster. The East Maitland woman has faced a daily battle against borderline personality disorder (BPD) since her diagnosis in 2014. She has struggled to manage her emotions, suffered deep depression and displayed extreme reactions that she could not control. “You don’t know whether you’re overreacting,” she said. “You worry about every contact with every person. You think you’re an idiot, you’re a fool.” The condition goes hand in hand with depression and anxiety. “The…