ImmortalOne
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| Sluagh wrote: | The problem is that in psychiatry out patients are only seen for a very short time each session and diagnosed almost straight away to perscribe drugs to them. Most psychiatrists do not spend enough time with their patients to get to know them properly. Another reaon why BPD is difficult to understand for people is because it contains differnt symptoms which can also be found in other personality disorders as well as those symptoms being quite 'normal human' behaviour to some level.
And that is why diagnosing BPD should be done with great care I believe. The level of serverity of symptoms in BPD is very very importtant. As well as the duration (when this behaviour started) and how many symptoms there are (out of the nine)
BPD is very real, yet for someone who is not suffering from BPD it is very difficult to understand how it feels like. It is impossible! |
I could not agree more with you on all of your points. That it shouldn't be diagnosed lightly, and that it can be mistaken as other personality disorders (just like BPD can be mistaken as others just the same). We've heard of those being "misdiagnosed" as well for the negative and the positive. Anyone who has BPD knows that medication isn't the sole answer to the problem. It is only a matter of helping the therapy towards the repair of the issue. BPD, like most mental illnesses, is difficult for anyone to cope with. Both the affected and those that love the affected have to learn to cope and work towards resolution. And those who don't have any understanding that mental illnesses aren't a choice have even a harder time understanding how difficult it is for those who aren't them. |
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