Borderline Personality Disorder

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When you live with a mental illness, sometimes learning to live with “weird” triggers is part of the deal. This can be especially true when you live with borderline personality disorder (BPD), a mental illness characterized by emotional instability and difficult interpersonal relationships. But what we don’t always recognize is the triggers we consider “weird” are actually more common than we realize. Some …

“Quiet BPD” (Borderline Personality Disorder) is a subtype of BPD that has not been officially included in the DSM. From the surface, people with Quiet BPD look different from those with classic BPD. Quiet BPD is an internalizing disorder, while BPD is typically an externalizing disorder. Someone with Quiet BPD ‘implodes’ rather than ‘explodes’. You put yourself down when bad things …

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) sometimes experience an unstable sense of self, often coupled with heightened emotions and black and white thinking. And while it’s sometimes easy for those with BPD to feel misunderstood, they want to be seen and heard like anyone else. Whether it’s a reminder to the world or for themselves, tattoos are often a beautiful way to tell …