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I have a close friend whose daughter has it. From what I understand she can’t weigh consequences out beyond about 2 minutes. Current emotional discomfort (lik
by DougN7 3y ago
I have a close friend whose daughter has it. From what I understand she can’t weigh consequences out beyond about 2 minutes. Current emotional discomfort (like being slightly bored) is over the top painful. She can’t deal with “no” sometimes, like she goes so crazy the police have to be called sometimes. I read that it’s kind of like if you had no skin and thus all your nerve endings were exposed. Sitting would hurt, a breeze would hurt, sunlight and rain would hurt. But she can go from screaming and throwing punches at her parents to being their darling little daughter five minutes later as though nothing had happened. I suspect she can’t relate at all to others’ experiences - it’s just her. She seemed like a totally normal kid until puberty hit.
- 100721 3y ago[flagged]
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y agoWould "completely illogical" be better?
- J_cst 3y agoAre you serious?
- Tao3300 3y ago> Respectfully Saying that doesn't make it so.
- ganbatekudasai 3y ago> I read that it’s kind of like if you had no skin and thus all your nerve endings were exposed. That seems to be exactly right. However, it also seems that, with some intelligence and introspection, people can totally learn how to deal with that and live a normal life. It's hard for me to tell whether the symptoms actually subside, or whether they are just perfectly capable of dealing with them. From what I've been told, a big part of BPD is "internal emotional feedback loops" that become hard to break out of, but it's apparently possible to recognize them early and not build up.
- type0 3y ago> a big part of BPD is "internal emotional feedback loops" Part of it is certainly that. It's not strange that some attempt to self medicate with strong psychedelics like mescaline, I heard a few successful stories but it can also go terribly wrong.