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BPD is most often used for "Borderline Personality Disorder" which is very different from Bipolar Disorder.
by reaperman 3y ago
BPD is most often used for "Borderline Personality Disorder" which is very different from Bipolar Disorder.
- dboreham 3y agoQuick note that it's different but not very different, to the point that one can be misidentified as the other. A key difference is in the mood cycle length. Days/weeks/months with bipolar but seconds/minutes/hours with BPD.
- reaperman 3y agoBPD is generally identifiable through relationship dynamics. It's sometimes summed as as "I hate you, don't leave me!". I believe it can be misidentified as bipolar, but the dynamics are very different to most people. BPD: - Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined emotional abandonment. - Unstable and chaotic interpersonal relationships, often characterized by a pattern of alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation, also known as 'splitting'. - Inappropriate, intense anger that can be difficult to control. - Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms. The first two are incredibly common with BPD and really are the defining characteristics.