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  • Borderline Personality Disorder,  Other Disorders,  Pain,  Suicide

    Major Depressive Disorder and BPD

    January 27, 2012 / No Comments

    A little while ago, I posted an study about the over-lap between Major Depressive Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. The last sentence of this study was “In the meantime, the clinician treating major depressive disorder would be wise to assess for borderline personality disorder, even as currently defined.” That was because the study found a large correlation between the two disorders. Today, I was reviewing an article by Marsha Linehan called “Two-Year Randomized Controlled Trialand Follow-up of Dialectical Behavior Therapyvs Therapy by Experts for Suicidal Behaviorsand Borderline Personality Disorder” which I had planned to write something up about. I’ll have to do that later, but the reason these thoughts of MDD and BPD…

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    Interesting Interview with Dr. Leland Heller about BPD

    January 25, 2012 / 1 Comment

    “Much of it comes from self-destructive behaviors that are used to stop the horrible pain of dysphoria; anxiety, rage, depression and despair. When an individual behaves out-of-control, in a manner that’s inconsistent with their beliefs or normal choices, terrible self-hate develops. Additionally many individuals had low self-esteem and related problems since childhood and are in an environment that causes self-hate to flourish.” – from the interview Bon: I found an interview with Dr. Leland Heller about Borderline Personality Disorder. He does a good job explaining the pain associated with the disorder… Here are some excerpts. The entire interview can be read here. Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder And Finding Treatment That…

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  • Borderline Personality Disorder,  Celebrities,  Emotions,  Pain,  Substance Abuse

    Amy Winehouse and BPD

    December 6, 2011 / No Comments

    One of my twitter followers posted the original Daily Star article about Amy Winehouse and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Of course, I’d had Amy on my Celebrities with Possible BPD list for many years. If you want to read all of my articles about Amy Winehouse click here. I have no idea why the title includes ‘Mental Illness’ in quotes. Maybe it was because they were quoting the relative or maybe it brings up the question as to whether BPD is an actual mental illness. Here is the text of the article (and my comments below): TRAGIC AMY WINEHOUSE HAD ‘MENTAL ILLNESS’ TROUBLED Amy Winehouse suffered from an undiagnosed mental…

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  • Borderline Personality Disorder,  Pain,  Substance Abuse

    Pain, Borderline Personality Disorder, Emotional Lability and Opiate Abuse

    November 8, 2011 / No Comments

    An article from pain.org regarding BPD, emotional lability and Opiate Abuse: The medical borderline: personality characteristics that promote increased risk of opioid misuse Geralyn Datz, Melissa Bonnell, Toni Merkey, Todd Sitzman Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS, USA, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA, Advanced Pain Therapy, PLLC, Hattiesburg, MS, USA Purpose Undiagnosed or untreated psychiatric comorbidities may contribute to medication misuse. In particular, personality disorders may place patients at risk for medical nonadherence, via negative coping styles. Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) utilize medical services more frequently than those without BPD and are less likely to adhere to medical regimens. Patients with borderline traits have greater incidences of risky behavior, including…

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  • Borderline Personality Disorder,  Pain

    Study Illuminates the Pain of Social Rejection

    November 1, 2011 / No Comments

    Physical pain and intense feelings of social rejection “hurt” in the same way, a new study shows. I would imagine that for people with BPD this physical pain would be even more painful… Study Illuminates the ‘Pain’ of Social Rejection ScienceDaily (Mar. 28, 2011) — Physical pain and intense feelings of social rejection “hurt” in the same way, a new study shows. The study demonstrates that the same regions of the brain that become active in response to painful sensory experiences are activated during intense experiences of social rejection. “These results give new meaning to the idea that social rejection ‘hurts’,” said University of Michigan social psychologist Ethan Kross, lead…

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  • Borderline Personality Disorder,  Pain,  Shame

    A Comment on my Blog that needs promoting

    October 26, 2011 / 1 Comment

    A while back I received a comment on the article Four Reasons Bipolar is Accepted and Borderline Personality Disorder is Not that was apparently re-posted on a forum for people with BPD. It turns out that many of the people with BPD identified with this comment (more than my post actually). So, I thought I’d re-post this comment as a blog post so that people can read it (in a highlighted sort of way): I do not think that lying and manipulation are part of this diagnosis. If they seem to be present, look either to another PD or to shame and anxiety as the cause, along with a long…

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