Personality disorders are conditions of mental health that can cause a range of bothersome symptoms and abnormal patterns of behavior, such as: being overwhelmed by feelings of distress, anxiety, anger, or feeling of worthlessness or importance. Difficulty controlling this negativity without harming the person, such as taking drugs and alcohol or taking more doses of medication.
Difficulty in maintaining stable and close relationships.
Periods of loss of contact with reality, sometimes.
Threatening others in rare cases.
Personality disorders typically begin in adolescence, and continue into adulthood. The cause is a mixture of genetic causes and painful experiences in childhood. The condition can be mild, moderate, or severe.
Definition of borderline personality disorder
People with borderline personality disorder are usually classified as
Neurosis, where the person is in a state of psychological distress, but he is still aware of the difference between reality and imagination.
Psychosis, where a person is unable to differentiate between reality and imagination, and therefore may suffer from delusions (a firm belief of something that is not believable, strange or never true) and hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that others do not see or hear).
It is now known that this description is not accurate. Where borderline personality disorder is defined as a mood disorder and in personal relationships with others.
One of the most common personality disorders usually seen by general practitioners is borderline personality disorder.
Although borderline personality disorder is said to be more common in women, it is likely that men are less likely to seek treatment.
The mechanism of the occurrence of borderline personality disorder
The causes of the turmoil remain unclear. However, as is the case in many mental health conditions, it appears to be the result of a mixture of genetic and environmental factors.
The traumatic events that occur during childhood are a major risk factor for the appearance of the disorder, as it is estimated that eight out of every ten people affected by this condition had suffered from parental neglect, physical abuse, sexual or emotional persecution during their childhood.
Fate and measure
Borderline personality disorder is a serious condition, because many people with it will resort to self-harm or suicide attempt, as it is estimated that 70-80% of people with borderline personality disorder will attempt suicide at some point in their lives, and will succeed 10% of them are in it.
However, the prospect for people with borderline personality disorder is reasonably good as long as they are committed to treatment even if it is long-term.
Managing this disorder is usually based on a range of individual and group psychiatric treatments Effective treatment often lasts a year or more.
A 2010 study found that half of people with BPD would fully recover, and that about 80% of them would still have symptoms for at least four years.
