CHRISTIAN SINGLE’S GUIDE TO PERSONALITY DISORDERS
WHICH CAUSE DEPRESSION FOR BOTH THE PERPETRATOR AND THEIR VICTIMS
Chapter 25 Warning- A Christian Single’s Dating Disaster:
Narcissism And Other Personality Disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder
People with BPD often have highly unstable patterns of social
relationships. While they can develop intense but stormy attachments,
their attitudes towards family, friends, and loved ones may suddenly
shift from idealization (great admiration and love) to devaluation
(intense anger and dislike). Thus, they may form an immediate
attachment and idealize the other person, but when a slight separation
or conflict occurs, they switch unexpectedly to the other extreme and
angrily accuse the other person of not caring for them at all. Even
with family members, individuals with BPD are highly sensitive to
rejection, reacting with anger and distress to such mild separations
as a vacation, a business trip, or a sudden change in plans. These
fears of abandonment seem to be related to difficulties feeling
emotionally connected to important persons when they are physically
absent, leaving the individual with BPD feeling lost and perhaps
worthless. Suicide threats and attempts may occur along with anger at
perceived abandonment and disappointments.
People with BPD exhibit other impulsive behaviors, such as
excessive spending, binge eating and risky sex. BPD often occurs
together with other psychiatric problems, particularly bipolar
disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and other
personality disorders.
