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http://www.silverlakepsych.com/ourblog/2017/3/10/i-am-borderline-self-regulation-project This award winning, and powerful short film aims to reduce stigma about borderline personality disorder through spreading awareness. It was made for the Self-Regulation Project, whose mission is to create personal growth through increasing emotion regulation skills and self-understanding. It beautifully illustrates many of the daily struggles and triggers forContinue Reading

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http://bit.ly/313L3AB The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) does not mention trauma as a diagnostic factor in BPD, despite the inextricable link between BPD and trauma. This adds to viewing BPD as what its name suggests it is – a personality disorder. Instead, BPD is better thought ofContinue Reading

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http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/what-is-bpd/bpd-overview/ Making for Diagnosis Unfortunately, BPD is too often misdiagnosed. Some people who have borderline personality disorder are misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. There are important differences between these conditions but both involve unstable moods. For the person with bipolar disorder, the mood changes exist for weeks or even months. TheContinue Reading