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Are there any newsgroups for Borderline Personality Disorder or Non-Borderline Personality Disorder. I am the ex-boyfriend of a BPD and am looking for others who succeeded in getting over there ex-BPD. I’ve found a mailing list and a couple of homepages but am now looking for the newsgroup.
Hi, Ed… I just searched through the soc.support.* and the alt.support.* hierarchies and didn’t find one specifically for BPD. I was sure there was one, though. There IS an alt.support.personality–maybe that’s it? Might be worth subscribing to for a couple of days to see. Good luck… Virginia
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On 21-Apr-98 15:40:47, Ed wrote : Are there any newsgroups for Borderline Personality Disorder or Non-Borderline Personality Disorder. I am the ex-boyfriend of a BPD and am looking for others who succeeded in getting over there ex-BPD. I’ve found a mailing list and a couple of homepages but am now looking for the newsgroup.
I’ve heard of Avoidant Personality Disorder which I believe I have, but not BPD. Can you let me have the info that you have. Newsgroup reply preferred. Thanks. ED
Regards. Sylvain Van der Walde. (Male resident of London, England, UK).
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Are there any newsgroups for Borderline Personality Disorder or Non-Borderline Personality Disorder. I am the ex-boyfriend of a BPD and am looking for others who succeeded in getting over there ex-BPD. I’ve found a mailing list and a couple of homepages but am now looking for the newsgroup. Thanks. ED
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John… I’m fairly sure that BPD is Borderline Personality Disorder. You can have the person call their friendly neighborhood Mental Health Center to find out for sure, however. Could be wrong…but… Jody
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello All, Had someone ask me a question via e-mail that I was unable to answer. They were having a session with a therapist who suggested a possible, mind you possible, diagnosis of BPD. The confusion is, what does BPD mean. The e-mailer *thought* the therapist said Borderline Personality Disorder. I have never heard of this, although I have heard of Bi-Polar Disorder. In any case, e-mailer is concerned about either diagnosis, and won’t find out for sure until they see their therapist next. If anyone can post any information about either condition (assuming both exist), I would appreciate it. Regards, John Daly
Although the abreviations are not standardized BPD is used most often to refer to Borderline Personality Disorder. This is a term which will raise a lot of eyebrows as it is sometimes used as a wastebasket diagnosis. There is a disorder by this name that is very difficult to treat and people who have it are often difficult to mantain stable relationships with. — Jim Claiborn PhD ABDD If the rich could pay other people to die for them the poor could make a wonderful living. Yiddish proverb
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Although the abreviations are not standardized BPD is used most often to refer to Borderline Personality Disorder. This is a term which will raise a lot of eyebrows as it is sometimes used as a wastebasket diagnosis. There is a disorder by this name that is very difficult to treat and people who have it are often difficult to mantain stable relationships with. — Jim Claiborn PhD ABDD
Hello Dr Claiborn, Good to see you back. Thanks for replying. What is a "wastebasket diagnosis"? Regards, John Daly
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This does seem to be a dangerous and unhelpful diagnosis. It effectively invalidates all the emotional responses of the "Borderline" individual. Terms such as "labile interpersonal relationships, unremitting crises vs. inhibited grief, active passivity…" present a description of the Borderline as someone who is beyond being an exasperating and unbearable woman. [Are there any cases of men being given this diagnosis?] Psychoanalysists dread treating persons with BPD. Some never before considered reasons for this apprehension could be: 1) Persons diagnosed with this disorder generally do not treat the therapist with the total respect they have become accustomed to receiving from other clients. 2) BPD’s actually get angry and sometimes rage at the therapist! Judith Herman, a researcher, has theorized that BPD is a " particular manifestation of post-traumatic stress disorder." Suicidal threats, dissociation, drug and alcohol abuse, and other symptoms of BPD are common behavioral responses of individuals who have been raped. In diagnosed cases of PTSD ( i. e. rape trauma) these symptoms would be taken seriously. Those who have BPD are encouraged to calm down and get these emotions under control! Additionally, many of the diagnostic criteria used to assess BP characteristics would fit most young single persons who have been rejected or wounded in the battlefield of love. Chronic Fear of abandonment and panic when forced to be alone might be a reaction of someone who just ended a relationship. Gunderson’s concept of "intense unstable relationships in which the borderline always ends up getting hurt" could be applied to an astounding percentage of persons who are dating. If there are medications which help persons perceive and deal with life events in a more productive manner they should be studied and made available. The need of medical and mental health professionals to define and categorize a person in order to provide appropriate treatment is detrimental when making the determination of borderline. If someone finds out that they have recieved this diagnosis in my opinion, they should rant and rave. They should tell the diagnostician to go **** a duck. It is a new term used by male therapist to let women know that men don’t like it when women act up. In the movie "Fisher King" one woman said to another, "You can be a bitch." You can and if you channel your energy appropriately you can be effective. This more than anything will help alleviate the feelings of helplessnes, worthlessness …..so common to those diagnosed with BPD. Posted previously to alt.support.personality
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