I wrote this Dec 21, 2021 but wanted to post on this page too <3 Someone asked me about borderline personality disorder and I thought I’d just share this w/ you all. Bpd is also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder, there are 9 symptoms, some people have more than others, some people have all. The way it effects each person is not the same. (I also have post traumatic stress disorder so I get real bad anxiety and depression comes and goes.) if you look at everyone’s emotions as an emotional skin, people with bpd have an emotional skin with a bad sunburn basically, so if you pat the persons emotional skin without the sunburn it doesn’t effect them really, but if you pat the persons emotional skin with the sunburn it hurts drastically and effects them for extended periods of time.

So the 9 symptoms are fear of abandonment, unstable relationships, unclear or shifting of self image, impulsive and self destructive behaviors, self harm, extreme emotional mood swings, chronic feelings of emptiness, explosive anger, and feeling suspicious / out of touch w/ reality.

Here’s a few quotes that really explains it better than I can “if you have BPD, your brain is on high alert. Things feel more scary and stressful to you than they do to other people. Your fight-or-flight switch is easily tripped, and once it’s on, it hijacks your rational brain, triggering primitive survival instincts that aren’t always appropriate to the situation at hand… personality disorder” means that your pattern of relating to the world is significantly different from the norm. (In other words, you don’t act in ways that most people expect).. Some describe it as like having an exposed nerve ending. Small things can trigger intense reactions. And once upset, you have trouble calming down.. When you’re in overwhelming emotions, you’re unable to think straight or stay grounded.” (helpfulguide.org) there’s no medications to treat bpd you basically got to rewire your brain and your defense mechanisms as well as coping skills

Ty for coming to my Ted Talk :))