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The Myth of the High-Functioning Borderline
While this post is popular and many people read it, it is old. If you’d like to get a newer/different perspective go to the UPDATE: see this link. Today’s subject is the Myth of the High-Functioning Borderline. I have been scouring the research on BPD to find out if anyone in the research or therapeutic community uses this term or concept high-functioning versus low-functioning Borderline. I have yet to find any author in either the research community or therapeutic community reference this concept. It crops up in the support community (in “Stop Walking on Eggshells” and on both bpd411.org and bpdcentral.com). It also crops up in the “cross-over” community (see…
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Why I posted on DID on a site dedicated to Borderline Personalty Disorder
I posted the link to Herschel Walker and DID for a reason. I recently came across Dr. Leland Heller’s comment on his Biological Unhappiness site. Here is an excerpt: While DID (a.k.a.. “multiple personality disorder”) is not uncommon, I have seen a few. They all also have the BPD. I view the DID as what happens when even psychosis no longer protects against crushing pain. I find this quite interesting. He seems to be saying that when certain behaviors, including psychotic behavior and BPD-like disassociative behaviors, are no longer effective to reduce crushing pain, DID can develop to protect the person from the pain. In other words, I read this…
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Herschel Walker on Dissociative Identity Disorder
Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL running back Herschel Walker reveals details of his dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. For years, he tried to manage over ten different personalities, and it eventually brought him to the brink of suicide. His new memoir is Breaking Free. Listen to the WNYC show or watch the video. No related posts.
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Here’s an article about ODD and Conduct Disorder (CD) in children and the correlation to adulthood personality disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder is called this because patients have many traits from different psychiatric disorders. They have very unstable moods, like bipolar disorder. They often have strange experiences, like people with schizophrenia. Their relationships with others are usually quite unstable. They often don’t have much of a sense of who they really are or where they are going. They often cut themselves. Most of the people with this problem are female. If you have ODD/CD and are female, you have approximately a 15% chance of getting this. There is also info about…