DSM-5: The Ten Personality Disorders: Cluster B - Personality Disorders. Simone Hoermann, Ph.D., Corinne E.
Zupanick, Psy.D. & Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. Cluster B is called the dramatic, emotional, and erratic cluster. It includes Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder, and Antisocial Personality Disorder. Disorders in this cluster share problems with impulse control and emotional regulation. The Antisocial Personality Disorder* is characterized by a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of other people that often manifests as hostility and/or aggression. In addition to reckless disregard for others, they often place themselves in dangerous or risky situations. Persons with Histrionic Personality Disorder* are characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking. Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center. Expert Answers on Borderline Personality Disorder. Recently, readers asked about borderline personality disorder on the Consults blog.
Marsha Linehan, professor of psychology at the University of Washington and the developer of dialectical behavior therapy, a technique to treat the disorder, responds. Suicide Threats and ‘Manipulative’ Behavior I realize that the term “manipulative” is pejorative and disfavored, yet it accurately describes my sister (diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, among other things) who uses the threat of self harm very effectively to get whatever she wants, such as money, undivided attention, etc. I am so tired of her holding my parents hostage with her constant suicide threats and non-lethal (yet scary) self-harming behavior that I find myself thinking some very awful things (like how much better off we would all be if she would just get it over with…) How would you recommend helping my parents deal with this situation? Jill. Borderline Personality Disorder: Profile and Process of Therapy.
By Paul J.
Hannig, Ph.D., MFCC, CCMHC, NCC Sections.
Healing Requires Grieving : I Am the Child of a Borderline Parent Story. BORDERLINE MALES I'VE KNOWN, AND ALMOST LOVED; Surviving the Crash after your Crush. THE MALE BORDERLINE Surviving the Crash after your Crush By Shari Schreiber, M.A. www.GettinBetter.com The following material was written for individuals trying to recover from a relationship that's had toxic consequences for them, and is not intended as a support resourse for Borderlines or anyone with BPD traits.
If you suspect that you have these traits, please leave this website and redirect your attention to alternative web content, which might feel more congruent with your personal views and needs. Thank you. You'll be learning about emotionally dangerous men here, and how to avoid them. Admittedly, I had a challenging time starting to write this article, because the bulk of people who contacted me about their BPD relationships had been men, but I kept getting letters from females who said, "what about us~ why aren't you writing about our experiences with this type of personality??
" BORDERLINE WAIFS AND UNSUNG HEROES; Rescuing The Woman Who Doesn't Want To Be Saved. BORDERLINE WAIFS AND UNSUNG HEROES; Rescuing The Woman Who Doesn't Want To Be Saved.
By Shari Schreiber, M.A. www.GettinBetter.com Given the hundreds of letters I get from men who desperately "want to help" the Borderline after their troubling affair has ended, I suppose this article's time has finally come. I understand that you tirelessly tried to assist her, teach her and rescue her during that relationship, and you're wrestling with letting go of this fixation, weeks or months later. You may even be keeping your perceptions about what really went on in your dynamic under wraps, for fear of hurting her feelings--or risking that she won't speak to you again. In essence, you're still walking on eggshells, and putting her needs first. The Borderline Waif seldom exhibits the harsh or volatile traits we've come to associate with other BPD types. Since 'helplessness' is the Waif's core emotional theme, options and choices that are healthier/more productive, are generally avoided.
Stop Walking on Eggshells. Borderline Personality Disorder « Mrs. Treasures’s Blog. At least send up a prayer for me.
I am in so much emotional pain, and I am so alone. I had a rough childhood, and since marrying at 19, life has just been tough for us. I think because both of us were so wounded as children. I came to know the Lord at 19, and we went into protestant ministry for many years, converted to Catholicism about 4 years ago. I’m having a hard time, now, in my first real (inside) emotional crisis, getting the catholic part figured out.
Is there a book or a website that you know of that might be a compassionate (I think I need compassion, maybe thinking I need compassion is part of my problem) explanation of the Church’s view of emotional illness? Mrs. I am not a psychologist or a counselor so I will restrict my thoughts as a servant of Christ more than as an expert of psychological disorders. Think of your life as a “film strip” where God can see the past, the present and the future. God sees your life when you were young and wounded. BPD. Borderline.