ADHD or Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder? [Overlap & Differences]

Most people have heard of the mental health disorders ADHD and borderline personality disorder. However quiet borderline personality disorder (quiet BPD) is incredibly misunderstood. Even more misunderstood is the overlap & differences between ADHD and quiet borderline personality disorder.

People confuse their signs and symptoms. Even if they are doing therapy, why are they still experiencing inattentiveness or hyperactivity?

This video will help you discover that a more comprehensive approach to diagnosing and treating any mental health disorder is important due to the possibility of overlap—and that there are differences that may be hard to spot.

In this discussion, MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson and clinical psychologist / narcissism expert Dr. Ramani Durvasula discuss...

Quiet borderline personality disorder - how is it different from traditional borderline personality disorder?
How do the symptoms of quiet borderline personality disorder lend themselves to ADHD behavior (inattentiveness or hyperactivity)?
What percentage of people have both quiet borderline personality disorder and ADHD?
Why is there SO much overlap between quiet BPD and ADHD?
Why would one person with quiet BPD have ADHD, while someone else will not?
Is this overlap because of the environment, someone's family, genetics, something else?

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Watch more mental health & psychology videos on every personality disorder and more at MedCircle:

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)
Histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
Schizoid personality disorder (SPD)
Avoidant personality disorder (AVPD)
Paranoid personality disorder (PPD)
Schizotypal personality disorder (STPD)
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)
Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)
Borderline personality disorder (BPD)
Dependent personality disorder (DPD)
Related: dissociative identity disorder (DID) formerly known as multiple personality disorder

#PersonalityDisorders #MentalHealth #MedCircle

Watch more mental health & psychology videos on every personality disorder and more at MedCircle:

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD)
Histrionic personality disorder (HPD)
Schizoid personality disorder (SPD)
Avoidant personality disorder (AVPD)
Paranoid personality disorder (PPD)
Schizotypal personality disorder (STPD)
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)
Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)
Borderline personality disorder (BPD)
Dependent personality disorder (DPD)
Related: dissociative identity disorder (DID) formerly known as multiple personality disorder

#PersonalityDisorders #MentalHealth #MedCircle

[beautyalaritz]

Do you ever get to a point of just thinking "Nobody knows actually any thing and none of this even matters, we're screwed"
That just happened for me.
I'm so tired.

[bloopiee]

tip for people with ADHD: watch the video at 1.25 speed, it helps me focus because slow convos make me zone out. thank me later:)
Edit: thanks for all the likes and nice comments, even a year later I get notifications from here lol

[MrWinMrWin-qrbn]

Quite honestly the overlap between all these mental health disorders makes me think just how much misdiagnosis occurs and diagnosis of many mental health disorders serves no benefit to the sufferer. Emotional dysregulation is a symptom of ADHD and borderline personality. Difficulty concentrating is a symptom of ADHD and depression. Fear of rejection and negative thoughts about yourself are a symptom of ADHD (Rejection sensitive dysphoria) and social anxiety. Asperger syndrome and ADHD both involve difficulty relating to other people and not fitting in right.

[ecueto]

I just want to say that the people that actually “recover” from a childhood diagnosis of ADHD were misdiagnosed as a child. You don’t grow out of ADHD, you can figure out how to mask it or cope with it enough to pass, but we will always have ADHD. You can’t just become Neurotypical if you are Neurodivergent..

[jackandcokeallmorning]

something i've found that really sucks is that while treatments like DBT have helped me become "quiet", that really only means that my BPD barely affects anyone else. i still struggle and suffer a lot inside, and it feels like treatment had just been geared to make me beneficial to others. which is great and something i guess, but i wish it weren't talked about like things are good now, because they're absolutely not. they're just good for everyone else around me.

[vetar]

I don't have a hard time getting along with others, i have a hard time getting along with myself

[cillian]

I'm pretty sure i went from having normal borderline personality disorder to having quiet borderline personality disorder over the years. I used to lash out at people and was very toxic but now all of that toxicity is mostly aimed at myself through hurting myself or talking negatively about myself.

[tessah.]

I think I never accepted my BPD diagnosis until recently because the BPD people I knew were suicidal, drug users, extremely angry and volatile. My traits are just more around fear of abandonment, identity issues, and anger, but I've learned to mask my symptoms for the most part to avoid abandonment.

[usualthree]

The idea of “everyone being on the spectrum of adhd at some point in their lives” is horrible coming from professionals...come on yes these are human behaviors but it’s about the fact that they cause serious problems in our lives if we actually have adhd

[edith]

I think unidentified, untreated adhd as a child does not only turn to adult adhd but it is also highly likely to turn into BPD and the Dr. clearly explained one of the reason why, the trauma of rejection. I think it can hit harder on people who are naturally extroverts than introverts and not being able to be yourself around people because of your ADHD/BPD, the anxiety the you always carry within its extremely painful and exhausting and I think a teen or young adult ends up turning the anger inward or hating themselves for not being able to be themselves.

[britnijean]

I have been diagnosed with BPD and ADHD. I always resonated with Quiet BPD more than the DSM criteria of BPD.
<3
So relieving to finally be heard.

[fionamichelledukar]

they lost me at the "recover from ADHD"

[commentbot]

11:00 Finally I hear something about peers and bullies causing trauma. They always talk about parents being the source of the trauma.

[cl]

I feel like videos like these start to show how psychology still barely knows anything - esp with diagnosing... I wish we'd stop treating it like we know everything when it's still such a relatively new science and very little is known. We'd come a lot farther in treating and diagnosing mental health issues if professionals came from the stand point of not having it all figured out

[wolfferoni]

Here's a question - adhd or anxiety and depression? It seems like there's so much overlap. Both depression and anxiety can make it difficult to concentrate, stay organised, start and finish projects, daydreaming, fidgeting etc.

[sqwuishslay]

not me just realizing that being constantly ignored and excluded from peers when i was younger can be considered trauma, god i love mu adhd

[imjustjules]

Bullying is my most significant complex trauma. I feel so validated as someone with BPD. I love these videos so much! ❤️

[jijitters]

As someone who has been tossed both of these diagnoses, I'm very curious about this one.

[dabsprite]

info dump ramble here, to correct a lot of the adhd misinformation in this:
a lot of people have mentioned this part already, but you can't "recover" from adhd, you can only manage it with medication, councilling, masking, and sometimes just age can decrease some symptoms, the same way you also can't often "develop" adhd. you're either born with it, because it's (as far as i remember) a genetic thing, or you can SOMETIMES get it from a traumatic brain injury. however, sometimes symptoms don't appear until before the age of 12, if that's what they mean.

[dont_harsh_my_mellow]

Ummm...ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder. No. Most people are NOT on the spectrum. No. You don’t grow out of ADHD. That’s like saying you grow out of being an amputee. That’s not possible. You either do or don’t have it. Wow. This video was a nightmare to go through. The misinformation was ALARMING. I’m...wow.