http://www.borderlineblog.com Borderline Personality Blog: Healing - Coping - Improving Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:38:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I was younger, I used to believe personality was linear and essentially one dimensional. For example, when you are a child you act as a child; a teen acts like a teen, and an adult acts as an adult given your age and life experiences. I thought personality was ... http://www.borderlineblog.com/the-personality-prism-how-does-bpd-fit-in.php I've often wondered what would be the perfect job for someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. One of the first things that comes to mind is acting, given the dramatic mood swings and desperate attempts to avoid abandonment. Another thought is professional study subject, where the BPD simply participates in every ... http://www.borderlineblog.com/wanted-an-angry-spokesperson-bpd-preferred-for-gulf-oil-spill-crisis.php To be honest, this aspect of BPD is not really a surprise. At times, the need to act on impulses can be distracting and stressful, creating more "garbage" in your day than you really need. Other times impulsivity leads to light hearted, even humorous actions (about as humorous as BPD ... http://www.borderlineblog.com/borderline-personalities-are-prone-to-impulsivity.php Self mutilation, as a symptom of BPD, is generally a common occurrence. Doctors meet many BPD patients for the first time during a crisis, which might include some form of cutting, burning, or other self imposed physical abuse as a means to either manipulate those around them, or to ease ... http://www.borderlineblog.com/borderline-personality-low-grade-self-mutilation-stress-relief.php The following video is commentary from a doctor regarding the inner workings of the brain in BPD patients. Although the commentary starts out slowly, he eventually concludes that a part of the brain responsible for social interactions is not functioning correctly. Further, he proves this detailing the results of a ... http://www.borderlineblog.com/further-evidence-that-bpd-has-a-physiological-complonent.php First off, what is social exclusion? Broadly defined, social exclusion is the condition in which some group or sub-culture is not allowed to be apart of the mainstream due to the socio-economic standards, value systems, or interpersonal interactions of the majority population. Social exclusion can be described in many ways, ... http://www.borderlineblog.com/does-social-exclusion-come-before-or-after-bpd.php