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What’s the difference between borderline personality disorder and bipolar?
People sometimes confuse borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder because they can have similar symptoms, such as intense emotional responses, depression, and impulsive behavior. Borderline personality disorder vs. bipolar disorder BPD is a type of personality disorder that causes people to feel, think, relate, and behave differently than people without the condition. Bipolar disorder is a type of mood disorder, which is a category of illnesses that can cause severe mood changes. People with BPD experience an ongoing cycle of varying self-image, moods, and behaviors. These patterns typically cause issues that affect a person’s life and relationships and the way in which they understand and relate to others. READ THE…
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I post photos of myself smiling on Instagram but I never have a pain-free day
The truth about living with chronic pain I post photos of myself smiling on Instagram but I never have a pain-free day Lisa Harvey 5 September 2018 When was the last time you were in pain? Whatever it was – a stubbed toe, sore throat, kidney stones – chances are you recovered. Now, imagine waking up in agony most days, and knowing it probably won’t ever go away. That’s the reality for up to half of the UK’s population who live with chronic pain. And for many sufferers, life can be even more frustrating when your symptoms are often misunderstood, or worse dismissed because they’re ‘invisible’ to the naked eye.…
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Similar Brain Changes Seen in Those with ADHD and Emotional Instability Disorders
We can call them sibling conditions, since they both involve partly overlapping underlying brain mechanisms, and therefore attention should be paid to both dimensions during diagnosis Similar Brain Changes Seen in Those with ADHD and Emotional Instability Disorders By Traci Pedersen Clinical observation has long shown that individuals with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have emotional problems, such as chaotic emotional responses, anxiety and depression. Yet the link between ADHD and impaired emotional regulation has not been identified, even though theories have proposed that both conditions are rooted in a dysfunction in how the brain processes information. Now a new Swedish study finds that the brains of people with ADHD…
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Borderline or Bipolar: Can 3 Questions Differentiate Them?
The Prisoner’s Dilemma paradigm separates the two, but that’s not practical as a clinical tool. Borderline or Bipolar: Can 3 Questions Differentiate Them? January 10, 2017 | Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorders By James Phelps, MD Treatments for borderlinity and bipolarity are quite different. Which approach should you consider for a patient with impulsive risk-taking, episodes of irritability and hostility, fractured relationships, substance use problems, and severe depressions with brief phases of remission (maybe too good?) in between? The Prisoner’s Dilemma paradigm separates the two,1 but that’s not practical as a clinical tool. What if you could pluck just 3 items from a standard bipolar screening questionnaire and increase your diagnostic…
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Should You Tell Your Boss About Your Mental Health Condition?
She discloses to her employers that she has “vague” problems with her mental health, but hasn’t told them she has borderline personality disorder (BPD). Should You Tell Your Boss About Your Mental Health Condition? By Hannah Ewens Most people I know with an ongoing mental health condition haven’t told their employer about it. We’ll send one another memes about panic attacks and joke about periods of psychosis, but there’s no way we can be that casual in the workplace. In a fair world, employers wouldn’t judge you for having a condition, and anyone who has an illness would have access to some form of work—which often helps with self-esteem and…
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When bigotry invades mental healthcare: Women, sexual minorities are most vulnerable to harassment
From being slapped to being shamed, members of marginal communities have few places to seek help for mental illnesses. When bigotry invades mental healthcare: Women, sexual minorities are most vulnerable to harassment Prateek Sharma “I was talking about my nightmares to my therapist and while in the middle of that I accidentally told him that I am a bisexual and out of nowhere he just slapped me and asked me to go away. The incident did make me badly depressed, took a toll on my health and everything. I already have ADD and OCD and that’s what I was seeing the therapist for. So the depression just doubled from there…
