Borderline personality disorder (BPD) refers to a personality disorder. The disease is usually characterized by emotional instability, unpredictable behavior, chaotic self-identity, extreme loneliness and self-destructive behavior.

Patients with borderline personality usually have the following characteristics:

Acute mood swings: Emotions are easily excited, manifested as great mood swings, extreme sadness, irritability or anxiety.

Unstable interpersonal relationship: patients may show fear or avoid emotional intimacy, but they also show unstable and paranoid relationships.

Self-destructive behavior: Patients may show self-harm, drug abuse, unhealthy eating habits, risky behaviors, etc.

Fear of abandonment: Patients may show a strong fear of abandonment or isolation.

Perceptual distortion: patients may show perceptual distortion, including feeling empty, self-identity confusion, paranoia and so on.

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Second, behavior performance

The behavior of borderline personality (BPD) includes the following aspects:

Emotional instability: patients with borderline personality have great emotional fluctuations, and may experience serious emotional ups and downs, such as emotional outbursts, anger, depression and anxiety. Emotional instability may make it difficult for patients to cope with situations in daily life.

Unstable interpersonal relationship: patients with borderline personality may show fear, avoidance and disgust of intimate relationship, and also show unstable and paranoid interpersonal relationship. This behavior may make them feel lonely and unsafe.

Self-destructive behavior: patients with borderline personality may show self-harm, drug abuse, unhealthy eating habits, risky behaviors, etc. These behaviors may pose a serious threat to the health of patients.

Fear of abandonment: Patients with borderline personality may show a strong fear of abandonment or isolation, and they may keep in touch with others in unhealthy ways, such as clingy, control and suspicion.

Perceptual distortion: patients with borderline personality may show perceptual distortion, including feeling empty, self-identity confusion, paranoia and so on. These performances may affect their views on themselves and the outside world.

A clown with an empty heart

Patients with borderline personality need comprehensive treatment, including psychotherapy, medication and supportive treatment, to help them relieve symptoms and improve their quality of life.

Third, psychological analysis.

From the psychological point of view, borderline personality can be understood as the early trauma and the influence of unhealthy environment faced by individuals in the process of personality development. These trauma and environmental factors may include:

Early intimacy obstacles: such as lack of parental care in infancy and childhood, unsafe family environment, unstable intimacy, etc. These experiences may lead to personal emotional, cognitive and behavioral problems.

Psychological trauma in childhood: Traumatic experiences such as abuse, neglect, domestic violence and sexual assault in childhood may have a serious impact on children's physical and mental health.

Genetic and physiological factors: Borderline personality may be related to genetic and physiological factors, such as differences in brain structure and function.

Based on the above factors, the personality characteristics of borderline personality can be summarized as follows:

Strong emotional response: Patients with borderline personality usually have a stronger emotional response than normal people, and they may experience severe emotional ups and downs.

Unstable self-identity: The self-identity of patients with borderline personality is usually unstable, and they may lack a sense of self-worth, self-identity or paranoid self-cognition.

Interpersonal instability: The interpersonal relationship of patients with borderline personality is usually unstable. They may have fear, avoidance and aversion to intimate relationships, but they also show unstable and paranoid relationships.

Self-destructive behavior: patients with borderline personality may show self-harm, drug abuse, unhealthy eating habits, risky behaviors, etc.

There are only heroes and villains in my world.

Psychotherapy is one of the main methods to treat borderline personality, including cognitive behavior therapy, schema therapy and psychoanalysis therapy. Through treatment, patients can alleviate emotional instability, improve interpersonal relationships and enhance self-awareness.

Fourth, "self-harm behavior"

Borderline personality is usually accompanied by self-destructive behavior, including self-harm behavior. The following are the characteristics of self-harm behavior that patients with borderline personality may show:

1. Intentional self-mutilation: Patients with borderline personality may intentionally self-mutilate, such as cutting the skin with sharp objects, lettering, hitting the head, hitting the wall, etc. ?

2. Repeated self-mutilation: Patients with borderline personality usually have self-mutilation behavior more than once, and may also have self-mutilation behavior many times. ?

3. Severity of self-mutilation behavior: The self-mutilation behavior of patients with borderline personality is usually more serious than that of ordinary people, which may cause serious physical injury or life-threatening. ?

4. Psychological background: Self-harm is often related to negative emotions and psychological pain. Patients with borderline personality may self-harm because of negative emotions such as loneliness, helplessness, fear and anger.

5. Self-regulation: Patients with borderline personality may regard self-mutilation as a way of self-regulation to help them control their emotions and reduce their psychological pressure.

This is a rare genetic disease.

It should be noted that self-harm behavior is an unhealthy coping style, which may cause physical and psychological trauma and will not bring real help to solving problems. If you or people around you have self-harm behavior, it is recommended to seek professional psychological and medical help in time.

Five, treatment suggestions

The treatment of borderline personality needs comprehensive consideration of drug therapy and psychotherapy. Here are some treatment suggestions:

Drug treatment: Patients with borderline personality are often accompanied by symptoms such as depression and anxiety. Therefore, doctors may prescribe some drugs, such as antidepressants or anti-anxiety drugs, to relieve symptoms. However, drug therapy is only adjuvant therapy and needs to be used in conjunction with psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy: Psychotherapy is one of the main methods to treat borderline personality. Common psychotherapy includes cognitive behavioral therapy, borderline personality therapy and psychodynamic therapy. The purpose of these treatments is to help patients identify and change unhealthy thinking and behavior patterns, improve self-awareness and self-regulation ability, and improve interpersonal relationships.

Emotional stability skills training: Emotional stability skills training is an important part of borderline personality therapy, including emotional adjustment skills and interpersonal skills. The training of these skills can help patients learn to deal with negative emotions and interpersonal problems effectively.

Family therapy: Family support for patients with borderline personality is a very important part of the treatment process. Family therapy can help family members better understand patients' problems and provide support and understanding. At the same time, family therapy can also help patients improve their family relationships.

It is not easy for them to save themselves.

In a word, the treatment of borderline personality needs individualized treatment plan, comprehensive consideration of drug therapy and psychotherapy, and active participation and support of patients and their families. If you or people around you have symptoms of borderline personality, it is recommended to seek professional psychological and medical help in time.

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Above, we discussed the definition, characteristics and psychological analysis of borderline personality. We can see that patients with borderline personality often experience challenges such as negative emotions and difficult relationships, which bring a lot of troubles and pains to their lives. However, we should realize that everyone has his own challenges and problems, and we should learn to face up to the problems, find solutions to them, and make constant efforts for our own growth and development.

For patients with borderline personality, it is suggested to seek professional psychological medical help in time, which can help them better understand their emotions and behaviors and learn to deal with and solve problems effectively. In addition, we can try some healthy coping styles, such as sports, music and artistic creation, to alleviate the influence of negative emotions and improve psychological resilience.

The world needs love.

Finally, no matter what difficulties and challenges you face, you should firmly believe that you have enough ability to overcome them. There will always be ups and downs in life, but it is important that we have confidence, courage and determination to keep moving forward and create a better future for our lives.