9. Impulsivity.
Impulsivity mixed with BPD has the potential to be a dangerous combination. When irrational behavior and thinking escalates, it will increase the impulsivity factor, enabling them to engage in adrenaline-seeking activities. Dangerous driving, substance abuse, and binge eating are all activities that can create lasting effects.
Impulsivity is the action taken that critical thinking plays no part in the decision-making abilities of the individual. During these periods of impulsivity, an individual who suffers from BPD will increase the ability to control their train of thought. Managing their thought process is the most significant cause of this impulsivity.
BPD creates an unstable thinking process, and treatment is essential to retrain the individual on proper thinking and behaviors. The potential is available for improvements with the appropriate treatment and medication management to be successful with the individual’s dedication and a solid support system.
10. Suicidal and self-mutilating behavior.
BPD creates a decrease in the self-image they perceive on who they are and the overwhelming fear that everybody will leave them at one point. Suicidal thoughts, regardless of threat or action, are often a cry for help, with self-mutilating being an unproductive coping mechanism. The thought process surrounding suicide requires immediate attention because acting upon that threat is potentially a risk.
BPD and suicide have a stigma attached to both, there is a lack of understanding that surrounds them both. A borderline personality disorder is a complex mental illness when it’s the individual’s only battle, but that is generally not the case. BPD is often a co-occurring disorder mixed with another mental illness diagnosis or another personality disorder.
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This criterion will make daily living difficult for working, independent living, and maintaining the most casual of relationships. They often view themselves as a victim that others target to misuse their kindness. Proper treatment requires accountability to happen before the treatment is successful. Treatment options have come a long way in mental health therapies, and management is necessary to improve the person’s ability to become a productive member of society.
It is possible to live a fulfilling life while having BPD with the correct support system, medication management, and therapies. Education and understanding are necessary for everyone involved because this is such a complex mental illness with so many symptoms and features that can arise.
The support system also needs to learn the appropriate techniques to communicate and interact with the person during treatment as they build their new abilities to improve behaviors and thinking. Patience and understanding are vital to this process because they are essentially re-learning everything they thought was natural.
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