BORDERLINE MOMS: WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR DAUGHTERS WHEN MOMS HAVE SEVERE BPD TRAITS

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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a painfully challenging mental health issue, both for the person who is struggling, and for others in their life.

BPD is especially wounding for daughters of mothers with BPD and sadly, many women have no idea that their mothers have this disorder.

This video is about the pain of daughters, so they can remove their own shame and internalizing of what they have believed about themselves, NOT about what BPD looks like in all women or mothers with BPD diagnoses or traits.

Many women diagnosed with BPD work extremely hard to heal their lives and be the best parents they can be and they deserve immense support and credit, but this video isn't about women diagnosed with BPD who have worked on themselves and their mental health.

It's about the children who have severe mental health or low self esteem or other Attachment related wounds, as a result of a highly challenging childhood.

The research demonstrates significant impairment in areas for children who grew up in painful environments like this, and there are often extremely high rates of depression, trauma and PTSD, anxiety and low self esteem, among others.

So, they often believe that they are unlovable or unworthy, or that relational issues in their lives with their mothers, partners, friends, etc always come back to one simple cause: "It's my fault."

This video describes a collection of experiences most daughters of mothers with severe BPD describe in terms of their relationships with their mothers.

Upcoming videos will provide further information about BPD.

Whether you struggle with BPD or you love someone who does struggle, you aren't alone. Your pain matters and you matter.

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BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER (NAMI)

It’s estimated that 1.4% of the adult U.S. population experiences BPD. Nearly 75% of people diagnosed with BPD are women. Recent research suggests that men may be equally affected by BPD, but are commonly misdiagnosed with PTSD or depression.

Symptoms:

People with BPD experience wide mood swings and can feel a great sense of instability and insecurity.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual diagnostic framework, some key signs and symptoms may include: (** 5 of 9 to diagnose:)

1. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment by friends and family.

2. Unstable personal relationships that alternate between idealization (“I’m so in love!”) and devaluation (“I hate her”). This is also sometimes known as "splitting."

3. Distorted and unstable self-image, which affects moods, values, opinions, goals and relationships.

4. Impulsive behaviors that can have dangerous outcomes, such as excessive spending, unsafe sex, substance abuse or reckless driving.

5. Self-harming behavior including suicidal threats or attempts.

6. Periods of intense depressed mood, irritability or anxiety lasting a few hours to a few days.

7. Chronic feelings of boredom or emptiness.

8. Inappropriate, intense or uncontrollable anger—often followed by shame and guilt.

9. Dissociative feelings—disconnecting from your thoughts or sense of identity or “out of body” type of feelings—and stress-related paranoid thoughts. Severe cases of stress can also lead to brief psychotic episodes.