Borderline Personality Disorder Explained (Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder)

Borderline Personality Disorder (also known as Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder), is characterised by strong emotional responses, unstable relationships and a disturbed sense of self. In this video we cover the symptoms (including DSM 5 diagnostic criteria) as well as potential causes, and treatment.

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What is a personality disorder? 0:00
What is Borderline Personality Disorder? 0:20
Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms 0:45
Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis / DSM 5 Criteria 1:49
Borderline Personality Disorder Causes / Risk Factors 2:06
Complications 3:12
Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment 3:59

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Video Timestamps:
What is a personality disorder? 0:00
What is Borderline Personality Disorder? 0:20
Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms 0:45
Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis / DSM 5 Criteria 1:49
Borderline Personality Disorder Causes / Risk Factors 2:06
Complications 3:12
Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment 3:59


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[aternias]

i have ‘Quiet’ BPD, but I’m an introvert. So I am super empathic around people and don’t want to be mean. I usually internalize stuff and it’s pretty emotionally painful

[amanxojha]

This explains why I sometimes feel extremely empathetic and other times I feel like someone might be dying infront of me and I wouldn't do a thing.

[msmilano]

I hope people don’t automatically relate having BPD to being abusive/manipulative. Many of us want the people around us to be happy. I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make another person’s life easier, and I don’t think I am the only one. It’s bad enough that we have to deal with our thoughts and feelings, the last thing we want to do is put them onto someone else.

[mochumorii]

a lot of people in the comments who have had negative experiences with ppl with bpd seem to think everyone with bpd is the same. when i got diagnosed my therapist told me that there are over 200 different ways to have BPD. please don't generalize and assume every individual with bpd is abusive. this is extremely harmful. my heart goes out to everyone who has had to deal with a abusive friend/or partner. but please don't think people with bpd can't be trusted due to this one in 200+ individuals.

[marciebulsaraorcutt]

I had NO IDEA until this moment, that people with BPD were even associated with these “angry” traits, because I assumed that all BPD patients were like me:
When I’m with other people, I INTERNALIZE EVERYTHING. The more upset I feel, the QUIETER I get… while my pulse rate goes up to as-high-as 150.
But since I’m apparently quite empathetic, it also means that other people in pain/having problems are always drawn to me, to talk to/lean on.
After many years of this type of situation, I’ve reached a point where any episodes of extreme emotion - inc helping others when they’re leaning on me - causes me to become physically ill/have chronic fatigue for days afterwards.

[mercedizbendz]

Living with this disorder is complete hell. I lost track of the amount of times I attempted suicide or ended up in psych hospitals.

[SAINT.ANGELOU]

I’m struggling to live everyday it gets harder nobody wants to be around me I keep hurting those I love I can’t express my feelings I just get quiet and shut down or frustrated & angry I’m trying my hardest to be a good person but the longer I fight the more tired I become

[Eveninggrace]

I have been clinically diagnosed with BPD since I was 20. And I'd like to say my personal experiences dealing with this disorder that didn't seem to get touched.

One, after having your diagnosis and trying to talk to your family about it. Be prepared to now always feel like people look at you like you're psychotic.
Two, no matter how much you can mask your emotional unstability people will find it unfair to eventually have to change their words to not hurt your feelings or trigger you.
Three, your life will be constantly trying to explain to people that BPD in the movies is not what it's like to have BPD in real life. People with BPD are not psychotic monsters.

Someone with bpd is likely to constantly put their partner through little "tests" to show that their partner still cares about them while they're at their lowest.

I'm not saying all of us, but most of us constantly beat ourselves up for making mistakes. Constantly reminding someone with BPD about their mess up will eventually just make them fall apart even more.

Most people with BPD don't even know who were are anymore because we've spent so long mirroring everyone's behaviours to keep ourselves love and safe.

I have two relatives with confirmed BPD and they have both killed themselves before I was even born. Please check in on your loved ones with bpd try to be empathetic even if they're upset about ridiculous things.

Emotional validation is key for loving someone with BPD. And I reiterate again, we are not monsters

[cyberbugt]

i just got diagnosed 2 days ago, after years of feeling like i was just insane. i feel better knowing what’s wrong with me, but i feel scared for myself

[Irulanne]

My mom had *all* the symptoms listed in this video. It's sad that 25 years ago, BPD was not a thing. It would have helped us put a name on her behavior. She bounced from doctors to doctors while making everyone around her miserable. Therapy made things worse.

[kaylintoannon]

I’ve never been properly diagnosed with anything but I’m more than certain I have BPD. My whole life I’ve struggled with anger issues. They’re brought out by you’d never guess it… kindness from those around me. When a loved one is there for me and sympathizes with me I go on full guard mode and push them away with my anger. But my true desire inside is just to trust and to love others and be loved. All I want is love! Once I have a anger outburst I feel guilt and shame. But I know it’ll happen again. So I resort to isolation and limited talking with others. I feel so alone but I’m surrounded by loved ones. I truly feel like a monster… and idk if I’ll ever be the person I want to be. Sometimes I really think not being here would be a blessing for everyone, then I can’t hurt anyone anymore or disappoint them again. But I’m too much of a coward to do anything. So I’ll continue to be alone.

[craziedaisy]

I grew up with a parent with this. While i feel for those that have it, i run like hell the other way from them. I have ptsd from dealing with my Mom.

[rebecca_stone]

The DSM's list is so unhelpful in conveying the hell that is BPD. "Fear of abandonment" - more like absolute primal terror, like you are dying, just from saying goodbye after a normal day out with friends. "Feelings of emptiness" - more like you are an infinite black hole, totally untethered, ungrounded, you don't exist. I had BPD, unknowingly, most of my life and suffered terribly, begging psychologists for help since my teens, who all missed it. It's hard to put into words the pain of BPD. Diagnosed at 39, never heard of it before that. I'm now 45, 3yrs in remission. Fought very hard for my recovery, but it is possible.

[gk_zone]

This has to be more than just a mere coincidence that i came across this video. I watch mental health wellness videos sometimes, but i didn't expect to come across a BPD video. As it turns out, there was someone who i was considering dating. Later on (after realizing my feelings weren't being reciprocated) she told me that she had BPD, and had been off the meds for a while. With what i currently know about her, she checks 6/9 symptoms that were listed here. She does some questionable things sometimes and often resorts to 420 and alcohol to calm her nerves down. I can tell she's a good person, but definitely has a complicated past. I thought that itself was the sole reason for her behavior, but now i realize it isn't.

This video was very informative for me to get to know her better and not be so quick to get angry or upset over some for her decisions.

[JohnGeorge-pwxo]

I was severely traumatized years ago as a teenage, got diagnosed with BPD. Spent my whole life fighting BPD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

[chaverenren]

This isn’t victim mentality, or anything. This is the truth. People with BPD are treated horribly nowadays and toyed with by their partners, they know what hurts you and play games with your mind because it entertains them, there are some sick people out here… you will have your heart broken and ripped apart many many times.

[Jima]

I have a parent with this disorder. As an adult, I have difficulty dealing with employees who report to me, because I grew up with a parent who was constantly upset. When my employees are upset I just can’t take it because I grew up with this and I find it so traumatizing.

[ellamarizpizarra]

I just got diagnosed yesterday. I feel the sense of relieved knowing that there are reason that I feel that way. but then the people around us does sometimes think that we are just "overacting things" and does not know that we internalize every judgement that they say or done to us. I have been self-harming by overdosing medication and stabbing myself bunch of times and my family thinks that im just overacting things. im greatful that i had friends and boyfriend that support me.

To people that have been diagnosed and reading this remember that there are people that are there waiting for you to voice out whats on your mind and makes you feel that you are not alone. there is nothing wrong in asking for help. it might be a scary big step but take your time. one step at a time. you can do it. we believed in you.

to other people, please be mindful of what you say or action show empathy.

[philswift]

I had complex PTSD, I lived with a covert narcissist. Long ago I was dealing with a different narcissist and they said I had BPD. My ex beat me with this diagnosis and I showed some of the symptoms. I even had disassociative Identy disorder. 4 years after I left her all of that is gone, sometimes being treated like shit will make you look insane.
I went through the divorce and I have to pay the person who stole my life 800 per month.
It is worth every dollar to be free of her. Now if I can just stop going into a freeze response everytime she bumps into my life.