Borderline Personality Disorder vs. Splitting Personality in BPD

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****** Have you ever felt like you were two completely different people in one body? One moment you see the world through rose-colored glasses and the next, everything seems dark and hopeless. This is what it feels like to experience splitting, a common symptom of Borderline Personality Disorder.

Today we're going to talk about this phenomenon. From the things that trigger splitting, to how long BPD splitting lasts, and of course, how you can manage borderline splitting. And particularly, one unique hack for managing splitting in BPD. This is going to be my special bonus to you for sticking until the end of the video so I encourage you to stay put for that part of the video.

[Laura-LaFauve]

You keep focusing on thinking of people being perceived as good or evil.

I'm not aware of feeling that way about people. But everything else seems to fit my experience of being myself perfectly.

In stressful situations, without medication, I can slip into a mindset where self harm seems like a good idea. Like I must do it.

I know if I can sit it out, I'll return to myself again, and won't want to do myself harm. But, it's frightening because I'm always afraid I'll slip too far and really do myself harm. This seems like what you call splitting.

Last year was hard because my therapist retired and the company I work with wanted to change my program. I immediately felt like I was being abandoned. I really freaked out.

But I didn't feel like anyone was being evil. I expected my therapist to retire some time, because she was elderly. But wanting to change me out of the "intensive" program because "there were people with really bad problems" waiting to get into the program triggered every bit of fear of abandonment I ever had. (And, gee, thanks, sorry my problems aren't "bad" enough.)

But I still didn't feel like people were evil. I was afraid of losing all the support I'd finally got after 50 years of trying not to kill myself, with no one to talk to about how I was feeling.

So, a person can have splitting without thinking other people are good or evil? Or is that a component which always accompanies splitting?

Thanks 🙏

[jayjay]

As a BPD sufferer, I'm not able to stop splitting. I just learned how to hide it and act in with all the other stuff i internalize til the volcano erupts from holding so much in

[DevynWhitford-gcew]

Interesting video to find today, because yesterday I decided to stop being friends with one of my closest friends who doesn’t use Snapchat very often. I found that he doesn’t care about me and he’s just an altogether horrible person because he didn’t respond to my snap about hanging out. I’m not diagnosed with anything but I will be taking a test soon. Now that I think about it he does seem like a good friend but it takes me a long time to understand my emotions.

[alderoth]

I was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, but the frequency which I change moods, or the way I see people is a bit too frequent. I see my doctor on the 1st and ill fond out if its actually BPD, or that "Border/Polar" thing. The more I hear about BPD though the more I see my childhood and my ruined relationships. Its scary at the moment.

[aquamaedchen]

Have a newer friend with borderline and its to much for my depression.
Have to distance myself from her unfortunately 😢

[melissaharris]

I feel like this didn't explain it very well. Yes, got the basics down, but it's not about seeing people as evil or saints. We put most things into gray areas too.

[phuongphuong]

I have exactly the same, it takes me years to recognise the grey color in between and fixing myself, but somehow, it's still a part of me, cannot get rid of completely

[jackoshea-bxvs]

Excellent information
Keep up the good job
😊

[MelanieBlackwell-cz]

This description of BPD actually terrible and doesnt explain the four subtypes at all. 😑 Abandonment is not the Sole trigger for splitting.

[carlschultz]

Gawd, I wish I knew this before my baby momma broke my heart and my family. 😅 Could have been avoided. 😮‍💨 Some things just can't be forgiven, and there's no turning back. It at least gives me some solace to understand how and why it happened. I'll never give a BPD narcissist kids or benefit of the doubt again. Maybe if they'd actually try to understand and manage their issues, it'd be different.