re: How bad are women with borderline personality disorder?

My mother has this. I can't describe the hell it was growing up. Suffice to say, going to college was the happiest day of my life.

Unfortunately, my daughter also has this. We had her college orientation today which was the second happiest day of my life.


Therapy and medication help, but there is no cure. My daughter can be perfectly functional one minute and a crying ball of dysfunction the next. In depth, long term DBT is really the only true treatment that I've heard of and even that isn't always effective. We did outpatient DBT with my daughter. We had a hospitalization episode with her this passed Fall that was awful. She seems to get bad ever Fall for some reason.

For family members, Walking on Eggshells is a great book. For people with the disorder, I'd recommend Boarderline and the Budda.


Good luck and God Bless. Also, 80% of all diagnosis are in women.

Paige, you are great for this message board. People are interested in you because you share your story with us, and, your story is interesting.

Some people may pick on you at times, but, they are just having fun.

You aren't world famous, but, at least you have some fans around here.

If life defeats you, Paige, we are all going to be defeated, so, don't let us down.

Friend of mine dated a girl off/on for over 2 years with it. I think everyone and their grandmaw was happy when he finally walked away from her for good. Drama, drama, drama. He really loved her and tried everything he could to make her happy and to make it work. This guy is the type that will bend over backwards to make a woman happy and is very generous(buying his gf's gifts all the time, etc). I think his final breaking point was when she freaked out over nothing and threw a massive fit....at one of his best friend's wedding reception with a crowd of people watching. I think that is when he finally realized no matter how much he loved her....the relationship was always gonna be toxic and him walking on eggshells.

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That was how it was for him. He'd see a glimmer of the "normal" she had and get hope that maybe things could be better next time. She knew exactly what to say to keep him coming back. I think iirc she even said she would take meds....then stopped taking them.

Is electro shock out of the ?

'Bad'

Is subjective, Paige.

I've dealt with quite a few professionally. I highly recommend using a psychiatrist for Ned's and some serious counseling.

A lot of borderline a end up in the criminal justice system and do poorly because of their strong personalities and high intelligence. They are highly manipulative and difficult to get along with.

I sincerely hope you get quality help and find a way to manage your problems.

Just know that you'll never be as bad as my sister (the shitty one). Hopefully that makes you feel a little better.

I've dated a few nutjobs, and it is definitely not boring

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You're an idiot

I have been incredibly truthful in this thread. Some are more high functioning than others. And some have had more therapy than others. And some have more insight into their own terrible behavior than others. And some of it is personality.

And I'm bipolar, so I already get every med I want. So go be a dick to someone else where you might have a fricking clue what you're talking about