This is outside of the box but I believe we aren't far from BPD being brought underneath the #ActuallyAutistic umbrella. Are you #autistic? You've all embraced #ADHD, it's now time to include #BPD siblings in that mix. We are stronger together.
Here's a link to my thread on meltdowns - this is really helpful information for those who don't understand why they have meltdowns and for carers/partners of sufferers who want to understand better 💖
Seriously it's like I need to write a list of the people who care and respect for me and frequently refer to and update said list.
I wish I didn't experience this but it's a symptom and not a choice. As you can imagine this has lead to me frequently querying people who I considered to be close to me about what I might have done to upset them and why they don't care about me anymore... when of course I never
I can't talk about my industry publicly. I work(ed) in healthcare until resigning due to needing to protect the people I was endeavouring to help from COVID. I understand enough about human bodies combined with life span to know we shouldn't mess about with COVID.
My partner asks, why aren't other medical professionals as upset as you are? Why aren't GPs upset like you? That's because the health industry has become capitalistic in nature. GPs don't fix things, they put the best bandaids they have on and move to the next person.
A GP doesn't really care that you've developed a chronic lung condition. Or kidney condition. Or hepatitis. Or increased your heart attack risk. Or lost cognitive function. They can assess it and point you towards the best band-aid care available.
The Anatomy of a Borderline Personality Disorder #BPD Meltdown (and what you can try to help the person you love 💕)
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The Trigger: you mostly won't understand why it's happened. 😕 Something happened though and the sick person has had a switch flicked. An electrical brain circuit has been catalysed and without the ability to emotionally regulate, the first domino topples. 2/15
The sick person quickly stops being able to process information. They may appear capable. They may seem to be hearing and responding but you can see or hear the crisis unfolding & escalating in front of you. No matter what you do it doesn't diminish and snowballs instead. 3/15
Typically major symptom is emotional dysregulation - which means feeling emotions at 150%-200%. But paradoxically folk with BPD struggle to define the feeling they are feeling..
Also typical - complete lack of self worth. Worthlessness. But how?
It's trauma. Chronic trauma (typically childhood) combined with parents either absent or ill equipped to support their child. Sexual abuse is common. This can lead to a child developing a heightened sense of parent's emotions to avoid negative consequences - becoming an "empath".
Diagnosis is typically a long road - the industry avoids these patients and will go so far as to avoid mentioning traits in notes in an effort to shield the patient from said stigma - ultimately unhelpful. BPD folk like to 'woo' healthcare providers as another major symptom is...