According to the latest estimate, five million Americans fit the profile of the borderline personality disorder. One moment calm and engaging, the next raging and impulsive, guilty and self-mutilationg. "Borderlines" puzzle those around them, straining relationships to the breaking point. Many psychiatrists define B.P.D.'s as "a problem with who you are." It is one of the most complicated forms of mental illnesses. They tend to have many problems in thier relationships. They …showed first 75 words of 545 total…

…showed last 75 words of 545 total…patients b/c usually from many years of treatment, many people are back to square one. Believe it or not, time is considered one of the best treatments b/c it wears the "pathology" down. The 5 most Diagnostic Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder: Making efforts to aviod real or imagined abandonment. Persistently unstable self-image ar sense of self. Feelings of emptiness. Stress-related paranoya and shyness. Thoughts of suicide and suicidal attempts. Bibliography www.electriclibrary.com