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How do you make someone with BPD understand?
The following 9 strategies can help you support a person with BPD:
- Learn about BPD.
- Show confidence and respect.
- Be trustworthy.
- Manage conflict with attachment.
- Encourage Professional Help.
- Identify strengths.
- Have fun together.
- Take suicide seriously.
Can people with BPD read emotions?
Recent research suggests that persons with BPD have impaired recognition of the emotional states of persons around them. In other words, persons with BPD have impairment in “reading” the emotional states of other people from facial expressions.
How do people with borderline personality disorder see the world?
People with borderline personality disorder also tend to view things in extremes, such as all good or all bad. Their opinions of other people can also change quickly. An individual who is seen as a friend one day may be considered an enemy or traitor the next.
Why is it difficult to recognize BPD?
The nature of these comorbidities varies from person to person and can make recognizing BPD difficult, according to the NIMH. For example, intense episodes of depression can be a symptom of BPD, but they can also be the result of a condition like major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder.
Why do people with borderline personality disorder punish you?
When someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD) gets close to another person emotionally, that other person will often become the “enemy.” They expect that you will eventually hurt them, and they behave accordingly, punishing you for things they think you have done or will do.
Is borderline personality disorder (BPD) selfish?
It can’t be theirs, so it must be yours. Most people cannot comprehend the selfishness of someone with BPD unless they live with someone with this disorder. For those that do live with someone with BPD, it can be an unbearable burden, but this is not the borderline patient’s fault. I cannot stress this enough.
Can BPD cause anxiety and panic attacks?
As a result, they can experience anxiety and panic. Although one of the symptoms of BPD is anxiety, between 75 and 90 percent of people with BPD also meet criteria for at least one type of anxiety disorder, such as social anxiety disorder and panic disorder. ( 18, 19)