6 Signs of Borderline Personality Disorder | What is BPD?

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Video by Dr. Dawn Elise Snipes on integrative behavioral health approaches including counseling techniques and skills for improving mental health and reducing mental illness.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction What are Personality Disorders and Why Secure Attachment is Important
03:10 Core features of borderline personality disorder related to insecure attachment and trauma
08:45 What is is like to have borderline personality
11:20 Symptoms of Borderline Personality

[DocSnipes]

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[michaeljeffers]

I've known a few people who were diagnosed with BPD, and one thing I noticed about them was, they are incredibly alert and aware of their surroundings, compared to most people. They are always watching everything that's going on in their environment.

[hmanfilms]

I had such an intense relationship with a women with BPD. I could always tell at her core she was a good person and was just a scared child. The devaluation and splitting was so intense against me our relationship inevitably imploded. I think about her all the time and hope she’s doing well.

This video helped me have so much more compassion for her instead of villainizing her and feeling like the victim. I hope she feels and is doing okay.

[christinagranadostherapy]

Thank you for describing BPD from a trauma and attachment perspective. As a therapist- this is helpful for clients to understand how BPD developed

[nishasankaran]

I was raised in a minefield. Bearing witness to unpredictable and uncontrolled rage, verbal abuse, silence and what seemed like powerlessness. Among other things. I was also the target ofc but learned very young to risk assess and ‘predict’ and placate and remain ‘hidden’ but still getting caught in the crossfire for existing. Parentified to a certain extent. No one to help, no one to talk to.

I’m 45 years old now and even after nearly 10 years of sobriety and consistent therapy and having a job… my sense of identity is scattershot, intense paranoia and rage, my brain, nervous system is triggered more often than not, to
operate as if in a minefield. Always in survival mode in daily life.

And the exhaustion is overwhelming and very, very real.

[nabman]

As a doctor of medicine ER physicians and probably suffering from BPD, I certainly could say that this one of the best if not the best illustrative video of BPD! Well done 👍

[carolmoger]

I'm turning 71 this month. I've been in treatment off and mostly on since age 25. but yesterday I was dx with BPD for the first time. you described my life in a very caring and informative way. thank you so much.

[n.d]

Your presentation describes perfectly my childhood environment and its resulting consequences on my psychological construct. I am 70 now and still try to fix myself. Thank you for the clarity of your presentation. It helps a lot. When you know better you do better. Thank you for sharing your healing knowledge

[oceansoflorewi]

Please do an 'AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT STYLE' video- I'm a victim of childhood trauma and relate to the detachment effects more than the clingy BPD symptoms.

[raincloud]

I have BPD, it's so hard to live with and I feel everything and nothing at the same time. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. It's so much, too much at times.

[missylee]

I have BPD. Was diagnosed with it 17 years ago. I’ve grown so much and have learned to manage it, but being left or abandoned still drives me mad. My mother abandoned me and I was raised by a narcissistic and emotionally abusive father. So I never knew secure attachment. I thought everyone hated me. It was a very hard upbringing. I had to learn to love myself and that didnt come to many years later.

[Nonamearias]

I watched this and cried like a baby because it’s exactly how it is but I am a health care worker and I am so good at what I do that I feel it’s my therapy when I’m at work. It’s the only place I feel good at

[aeries]

i’m 15, and i’ve been trying to find out what’s wrong with me for a long time. my mom had BPD. she thought i had BPD when i was little and took me to various psychiatrists to find help but they all just diagnosed me with depression because i was too young to show big signs of it. she passed away and now that i’m older i’ve started to become aware of myself and my symptoms more. my childhood truama matches up with all of this. i have a boyfriend of a year who understands all of this and gives me grace and i’m very thankful for him. i’ve told him about BPD and he 100% believes i have it too. i’m trying to find a professional to diagnose me officially and get me help because while im currently on antidepressants, they’re not helping a ton and i need actual psychotherapy. thank you for this video ❤️❤️

[bredwyn]

I am 31 years old, and have recently made a lot of changes in the right direction. I have stumbled across BPD information and after reviewing several different videos on the subject, and I know the dangers of self diagnosing, it is safe to say I have BPD

I am just happy and fortunate that in the past 3 months I have quit alcohol by choice, lost 25lbs consciously and been focusing on my health, mental and physical…so on to the path of recovery I guess

Thanks for this detailed and clear video

[DiamondEyez]

Very good covering of it.
Sadly, many ppl who get diagnosed BPD while still dealing with abusive/toxic family members. You can’t diagnose someone with a personality disorder when they are still dealing with abuse by their family.

It’s C-ptsd if anything, not BPD. This needs to be emphasized more like many psychiatrists and psychologist have written about. I hope you actually do discuss this one day. It’s further invalidation when diagnosing someone with a personality disorder when still dealing with abusers.

[JH-njup]

I like how in so many of these comments, people have diagnosed their girlfriends, boyfriends, friends, wife’s, mothers and husbands etc. with BPD. Kudos to all you specialists out there. Oh and I’m sure my comment will land me with a BPD diagnosis 😆

[billthelen]

I was diagnosed with BPD over 15 years ago.

I grew up in a very chaotic environment. I felt like I never fit in at home or with my peers. At home, I felt like I was told to put up or shut up. With my peers, I was an outsider. I didn't fit in. This caused me to turn to drugs and Self abuse behavior. I have been clean for over 20 years.

I went through DBT therapy over 12 years ago and have learned skills to live life.

[juliestark-crumpler]

I was diagnosed with BPD Aug. 16th
I always thought i was just depressed, clingy, etc.. but now everything makes sense.

[kerryhatchett]

Just been diagnosed with this 39 years old and it's had control of my life

[Stopnormalizingviolence]

Thanks, Dr. Snipes, you explained the origin of BPD development so well. I was diagnosed at 16. I'm now 50 and still struggle, but I am finally more forgiving of myself. I'm not the raging, acting out type, but more the internalizing type. DBD taught me my emotions aren't "bad", they are there for a reason, and accepting myself and my emotions more, learning to sit with them, instead of burying them all the time, is probably the thing that helped the most. BPD always felt like a curse or an inescapable trap. Now, however, I find it can actually be a blessing to feel things so deeply and genuinely. I say we are some of the most passionate people, who simply see the world in a whole other way. Unfortunately, it's through a negative filter, but I call that filter "reality". 😁