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Psychiatric Disorder? Hmmm.
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 314079" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>My daughter has a personality disorder - Borderline Personality Disorder. The old thinking was that it was caused by abuse. While I agree that abuse can cause the disorder, I think there has to be a predisposition to it.</p><p></p><p>My daughter has not been abused. From the moment she was born, she was different. Exceptionally needy, to the point of never being able to fulfill that need. She's been in therapy on and off since she was 5. I've seen this diagnosis coming since she was 7. therapist first brought it up as something that may be diagnosis'd down the road when she was 10.</p><p></p><p>The thing is, there is so much more about the brain that we don't know than we do.</p><p></p><p>There is definite faulty thinking going on. The fact that with therapy, people with this disorder can get better tells me that it is a psychiatric disorder. But, I have never had a problem seeing it that way.</p><p></p><p>Most - if not all - of personality disorders carry with them some degree of emotional dysregulation. They don't *want* to be that way. No one wants to be miserable (even though it may seem like they do). They just don't know how to make it better. The result of the tumultuous emotions, impulsivity, and faulty thinking is the behavior; that tends to be only what most people see. However, there is a lot of internal struggle going on with these patients. </p><p></p><p>Janet can probably better explain it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 314079, member: 7083"] My daughter has a personality disorder - Borderline Personality Disorder. The old thinking was that it was caused by abuse. While I agree that abuse can cause the disorder, I think there has to be a predisposition to it. My daughter has not been abused. From the moment she was born, she was different. Exceptionally needy, to the point of never being able to fulfill that need. She's been in therapy on and off since she was 5. I've seen this diagnosis coming since she was 7. therapist first brought it up as something that may be diagnosis'd down the road when she was 10. The thing is, there is so much more about the brain that we don't know than we do. There is definite faulty thinking going on. The fact that with therapy, people with this disorder can get better tells me that it is a psychiatric disorder. But, I have never had a problem seeing it that way. Most - if not all - of personality disorders carry with them some degree of emotional dysregulation. They don't *want* to be that way. No one wants to be miserable (even though it may seem like they do). They just don't know how to make it better. The result of the tumultuous emotions, impulsivity, and faulty thinking is the behavior; that tends to be only what most people see. However, there is a lot of internal struggle going on with these patients. Janet can probably better explain it. [/QUOTE]
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