People keep telling me I have BPD. No, I have traits of it, but not BPD. It's RAD. I do not want treatment for it. I do not see the point in that. I like staying distant. I don't want relationships. I don't want intimacy. I am perfectly happy with not attaching to people...
Prisons are also full of men, women, and individuals who have wounded inner children. Many criminals simply reenact the abuse they experienced as children. According to psychiatrist Bruno Bettelheim, these antisocial breeds of people came to identify with the abuser (which was typically a parent,...
Bipolar disorder affects 2.8% of adults in the United States and slightly more men are affected by it than women are. While gender doesn’t seem to have a huge impact on who can develop bipolar disorder, it does play a rather significant role in how it presents. Part of this is because...
BPD is known for causing people to “split,” to swing from one degree to another, or go from hating someone to idolizing them in a matter of minutes to days. In this cycle, the love bombing can come after a period of being treated like hell. This is often done in a desperate ...
a marriage. If you’re the spouse who is still invested in the relationship, it can be dismaying to see your partner seem to evaporate into thin air over time. They may still be “showing up” physically, but you feel that they are as ephemeral as a ghost in terms of ...
It might not only be the fact that it may have come out of the blue for you, but also this undeniable truth of LOSS that is so hard to handle with the things you've learned so far in life. Many of you will have experiences already with forms of loss in your lives, but have they...
Know the 7 Warning Signs Before You’re in Too Deep Most people in the “recovery phase” of a toxic relationship would probably agree that the best way to avoid having to end such a relationship is to never enter one in the first place. What it comes down to is that a person s...
Certain mental health conditions can also play a role in feelings of jealousy. Conditions that might be linked to this emotion include: Anxiety disorders Attachment issues Borderline personality disorder (BPD) Depression Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ...