How does BPD affect family members?

What is the effect of BPD on family members? Family members often feel mystified and exhausted by their relative’s illness. The intense mood swings and anger outbursts can be frightening and disruptive. Impulsive acting out in areas such as spending, substance abuse, or sex can be a major source of marital conflict.

Do people with BPD feel entitled?

Entitlement as a form of resistance Patients with BPD or narcissistic personality disorder (or both) can feel entitled to special treatment and often seek only approving forms of attention from those who treat them.

Why do people with BPD not seek help?

Overview. There are so many reasons that people refuse to get help. Many are afraid of the stigma attached to mental health issues. Others feel they cannot commit the time and/or financial resources required to engage in therapy.

How does borderline personality disorder (BPD) affect family members?

For personality disorders this effect is especially acute, due to the inherent impairments in interpersonal relationships. Family members are typically the most affected people in the lives of those with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

How can I help a person with borderline personality disorder (BPD)?

The patient or her family may push for return to college, graduate school, or a training program that will prepare her for financial independence. Family members may wish to have the patient move into her own apartment and care for herself more independently. Fueled by such high ambitions, a person with BPD will take a large step forward at a time.

Why do people with BPD have trouble with long term goals?

“Big”, long-term goals lead to discouragement and failure. Although the person with BPD may have many obvious strengths such as intelligence, ambition, good looks, and artistic talent, she nonetheless is handicapped by severe emotional vulnerabilities as she sets about making use of those talents.

How does borderline personality disorder affect dyscontrol?

Affect Dyscontrol: A person with BPD has feelings that dramatically fluctuate in the course of each day and that are particularly intense. These emotions, or affects, often hit hard. We have all experienced such intense feelings at times.