How Do You Recognize Symptoms Of Borderline Personality Disorder?
A personality disorder is a pattern of inner experience and behavior that is a deviation from a patient’s culture or custom. This deviation can be severe, and the behaviors, which generally first appear in adolescence, often become pervasive and inflexible. Each disorder has specific symptoms and behaviors. Read on to learn about some of the symptoms associated with BPD (borderline personality disorder). Note a pervasive pattern of difficulties in interpersonal relationships, poor self-image and impulsive behavior that begins in early adulthood and continues over the course of a lifetime. Of the specific symptoms that follow, the person must exhibit at least five in order to be considered as having BPD. Note if a patient appears to fear abandonment, whether real or imagined. Patients will often tell significant others, therapists or doctors not to leave them, or accuse them of leaving them unjustly. Look for a pattern of unstable, intense personal relationships that seem to be ideal re
