A borderline personality disorder is a mental health illness that influences the way you perceive yourself and others. It leads to troubles in everyday life. This disorder constitutes self-worth problems and trouble in managing behavior and emotions. In such a situation, you are inculcated with a strong fear of unsteadiness and abandonment. You may also face failure in tolerating loneliness, out of place anger, recurrent mood swings, recklessness shoves the others away. You desire to have an affectionate and permanent relationship.
It usually embarks on with early adulthood. This gets poor in young adulthood and may steadily go worse with age. If you face such a condition, do not get disappointed, some people have improved and made themselves live a happy life with the help of certain therapies and medications.
Symptoms of borderline personality disorder
This disorder affects the way you take in yourself and behave with others. Signs and symptoms may include-
- Irregular mood swings
- A strong fear of rejection and even reaching to severe situations to avoid an existent or imaginary separation or elimination
- A deep feeling of emptiness
- An outline of unsteady relationships, like praising a person one moment and feeling that person cruel or careless at the next and at sudden times
- Out of place or intense anger, like losing temper frequently, having physical clashes, and being mocking or bitter in words
- Dangerous and impulsive behavior like reckless driving, spending binge, gambling, unsafe sex, eating abnormally, damaging success by quitting a good job, or putting to end a good relationship all of a sudden
- Sudden changes in perceiving yourself, one time praising yourself, and at another considering yourself as unworthy
- Suicidal thoughts and acts like hurting yourself repeatedly, in the reaction of division or rejection
- Episodes of stress and losing touch with the real world
Causes of borderline personality disorder
Like other health-related illnesses, the exact and accurate causes of borderline personality disorder are not completely known. History of child mistreatment or disregard can be one of the causes. Some other causes are as follows-
- Hereditary factors
Some cases of a family and twins suffering from borderline personality disorder reflect that this disorder has its hidden roots in genetics.
Some studies show that the sections of the brain that are responsible for controlling anger, spontaneity, and emotions, are either dysfunctional or not working properly in the case of such disorders. Moreover, specific hormones, like serotonin, which is liable to regulate mood may also not function correctly.
What are the Risk Factors?
The factors associated with personality development may accelerate the threat of borderline personality disorder. They comprise the following-
- Hereditary predisposition
You are at high risk if your close relative or any family members are suffering from the same disorder.
In many of the cases, it has been detected that the victims were physically or sexually harassed. They are uncared for during their childhood. However, in some cases, the parents of the victims were separated when they were small, or they have seen unhappy relationships in their families. Loss of a close and beloved caregiver can also lead to borderline personality disorder.
What can be Complications?
The disorder annihilates many aspects of your life. It can depressingly influence your dear relationships, career, social activities, and self-worth. They may further result in-
- Self-harming activities and recurrent hospitalization
- Unplanned pregnancies, vehicle accidents, and physical fights due to hasty and threatening behavior
- Deprived career
- Clash filled relationships like marital anguish and divorce
- Attempt to suicide
- Participation in insulting relationships
