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Personality Disorders in General

There are ten different personality disorders, and Borderline Personality Disorder is just one of them. Personality disorders, in general, are pervasive chronic psychological disorders, which can greatly affect a person's life – pervasive meaning severity and extent, and chronic meaning that the person will have the disorder for the rest of his/her life. Having a personality disorder can negatively affect someone's sense of self, work, family and other interpersonal relationships, and social life.

Personality disorders can be mild to severe in terms of how pervasive and to what extent a person exhibits the features (symptoms) of a particular personality disorder. While most people can live fairly normal lives with mild personality disorders, during times of increased stress or external pressures (family, work, a new relationship, etc.), the symptoms of the personality disorder will eventually gain in strength and begin to interfere seriously with their emotional and psychological functioning.

People who have a personality disorder possess several distinct psychological features (symptoms), including: disturbances in self-image; ability to have successful interpersonal relationships; appropriateness of range of emotion, ways of perceiving themselves, others, and the world around them; and difficulty possessing proper impulse control.

These disturbances come together to create a pervasive (negative) pattern of behavior and inner experience that is different from those around them, and that often tend to be expressed in behaviors that appear more dramatic than what society considers usual. In the case of Borderline Personality Disorder, the pervasive (negative) pattern of behavior usually stems from the trauma of childhood abuse and/or abandonment.

People who have a personality disorder often experience conflicts with other people (and vice-versa) because of their negative patterns of behavior. For people who have Borderline Personality Disorder, one of the major characteristics of the disorder is difficulty with interpersonal relationships.

Research has not narrowed down the cause of personality disorders to any one factor at this time. Personality disorders may be caused by a combination of parental upbringing, the person’s personality and social development, as well as genetic and biological factors.

Personality disorders will most often manifest themselves during increased times of stress and interpersonal difficulties in a person’s life. Specifically, in the case of Borderline Personality Disorder, we say that the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder are “triggered” by a current event, or stressor, in the person’s life.

There is no cure for personality disorders at the present time, and no one treatment most effective in helping someone to deal with their disorder. Treatment consists of medication and therapy. Medications such as Antidepressants, Anti-anxiety drugs, and Mood Stabilizers help the symptoms of personality disorders. There are several kinds of therapy for personality disorders, which all focus on increasing the person’s coping mechanisms and interpersonal skills.

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David Oliver is the founder of BorderlineCentral.com a one stop source of information on how to cope and deal with borderline personality disorder.

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