how did you get in there? What they really want to know is if they are likely to end up in there as well. I can’t answer the real question. All I can tell them is‚ it’s easy" (pg. 5). The doctor who referred her diagnosed her with a borderline personality disorder within twenty minutes of interviewing her. The doctor also perceived her as extremely depressed with a pattern-less life. Recent activities included having a relationship with her English teacher‚ attempted suicide‚ running away from
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patient is suffering from borderline personality disorder. Kathy explains of her not getting along with her sister or mother because of the fact that their jealous of her bond she had with her father who passed away several years ago. She feels extremely isolated from them and feels as if her brothers are selfish and don’t care about her at all. She states that she has a few friends that are never their for her when she needs emotional balance. Something that shows strong borderline behavior is that she
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Fatal Attraction A person with a borderline personality disorder often experiences a recurring pattern of disorganization and instability in self-image‚ mood‚ behavior and personal relationships. A person with this disorder can often appear warm‚ friendly and competent. However‚ something may quickly and easily set them off‚ and the instability shines bright. Just like with Alex in Fatal Attraction. In the start of the film‚ Alex was outgoing‚ charming‚ fun‚ sexy and
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Borderline Personality Disorder Greg Whittaker Wor-Wic Community College Abnormal Psychology Shane Ferguson‚ M.A. July 19‚ 2014 Borderline personality disorder is a serious medical condition that profoundly affects the lives of those who have it and those around them. In an effort to maintain serenity‚ families often struggle to avoid situations that can set off another explosive episode. They walk on egg shells‚ a failed effort because it is not possible to predict
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Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline personality disorder is a psychiatric disorder that often puzzles professionals in how to define and or categorize. There has been this back and forth debate amongst professionals on whether to categorize this disorder as either a mood or personality disorder hence its title “borderline” making it a unique disorder in that it trails on the outskirts of both. This disorder marks a pattern of ongoing symptoms in unstable mood swings‚ behaviors‚ self-imaging
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When it was first described‚ the disorder did not have its own category‚ and the term “borderline”‚ initially designated patients‚ who were at the border of two diseases: not sufficiently sick to be considered psychotic‚ yet too disturbed to follow a psychoanalytic treatment for neuroses (Bateman). It was Adolph Stern‚ an American psychoanalyst‚ who coined the term “the border line group” in 1938‚ first described most of the symptoms and suggested possible causes for its development (Gunderson)
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Taylor Seegraves Mr. Willet English 9B 28 May 2013 Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder is identified by an unusual depth of moods. Bpd has been known to affect relationships between friends and family. People who are diagnosed with bpd have an unstable self image and feelings of abandonment. Moods may change from high positive regards to heavy dislike or extreme hatred. Self-harm and suicidal behavior can occur and require inpatient psychiatric care. Symptoms of
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Borderline Personality People with borderline personality disorder have been the inspiration for fictional characters in movies such as Fatal Attraction‚ Misery‚ Looking for Mr. Goodbar‚ and Single White Female (Sansone & Levitt‚ 2005). There is an interesting combination of characteristics‚ such as mood instability‚ intense fear of abandonment‚ self-damaging impulsivity‚ and intense unstable relationships that make for interesting dramatic characters. People suffering with this illness in real
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In Girl‚ Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen recounts her two year stay at a Boston psychiatric hospital and her experience of what she calls the "parallel universe" of madness‚ she makes the reader consider how thin the line is between ’madness’ and ’sanity’. Susanna describes herself as "sane in an insane world". It does seem like it may be an insane world when we look at how society reacts to something they do not understand‚ fear breeds prejudice‚ "possessed by the devil" "bad‚ and must be isolated
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The article I have chosen to write about is “Life with Borderline Personality Disorder” by Alaska Young. Ms. Young shares the experience she has with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Alaska said that she has live with this disorder since a very young age. Ms. Young says “When I was in middle school‚ I became depressed‚ in addition to the anxiety I had been feeling since I was a very small child.” This disorder only grows stronger as she grows older. Ms. Young says that when she had friends
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