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Borderline Personality Disorder
What is Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a condition that affects a person’s ability to regulate their emotions in a healthy way. People who live with BPD feel extremely intense emotions for long periods of time and struggle to return to a normal baseline. This creates a distorted sense of self and instability in how someone with BPD relates to others. BPD is typified by extreme mood swings, black-and-white “all-or-nothing” thinking, and unstable relationships. In severe cases, people with untreated BPD can resort to substance abuse, self-harming, and suicide attempts as a coping strategy.
What is the Main Cause of Borderline Personality Disorder?
One of the defining characteristics of BPD is an intense fear of abandonment, either real or perceived. People with BPD assume that they will be rejected or abandoned when they achieve intimacy with someone and do whatever it takes to avoid that abandonment, such as rushing headfirst into a relationship only to abruptly end it shortly after.
This behavior is often rooted in traumatic life experiences, such as being abused or neglected in childhood. A combination of factors contributes to the prevalence of BPD, such as genetics and chemical imbalances in the brain.
What is the Best Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder?
BPD is tricky to identify, partly because it frequently co-occurs with other disorders. It's usually diagnosed in late adolescence or early adulthood. 75% of those diagnosed with BPD are women, although it is thought that it occurs just as frequently in men but is misdiagnosed as PTSD or depression.
Treatment for BPD usually centers on psychotherapy like one-on-one counseling or group therapy but can be supplemented with medication. Treating BPD involves reframing the distorted or problematic thought patterns that limit the person’s ability to control their emotions or form attachments with others.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a subfield of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, was specifically developed to treat individuals with BPD. The therapist or counselor works with the patient to identify the negative thought patterns and perceptions, examine them more objectively, and mindfully reframe them.
Borderline Personality Disorder can be difficult to live with, but Miracles in Action is here to offer you support, and compassion. We can help you through your traumatic experiences, develop coping skills, and not let your emotions rule your life. Call us (818) 287-0080 today to learn how we can help.
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What is partial hospitalization (PHP)?Partial Hospitalization, otherwise known as PHP, is a form of treatment that allows individuals struggling with mental health and substance abuse to continue living at home while traveling to treatment (usually 3 to 5 times a week). This outpatient program offers all of the benefits of residential treatment but allows individuals to still reside in the comfort of their homes.
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How does drug addiction treatment work?
Addiction affects everyone differently. As such, there is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to drug addiction treatment. Instead, the process begins with a personal assessment and evaluation. During this initial meeting, our drug addiction treatment specialists ask a series of questions designed to assess an individual’s level of addiction and recovery needs. Once the assessment is complete, our specialists recommend a personalized treatment program. This program may involve a combination of proven addiction treatments, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, group therapy, family therapy, stress management, and more. Most often, our patients begin by attending treatment several days a week at one of our facilities. As they progress through recovery, the number of times they need to visit the facility for treatment may gradually decrease.
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If I go to rehab, will I have to live at the rehab facility?
Whether or not you will need to live full-time at a rehab facility will depend on the specific details of your situation. For those struggling with very severe substance use disorders, inpatient (or residential) treatment may be recommended. Others, however, may benefit from an outpatient (or non-residential) rehab program.
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What is outpatient treatment?
Outpatient treatment simply means that you do not live full-time at the rehab facility where you receive addiction treatment services. Instead, you visit the facility several times a week for several hours at a time to attend therapy, take part in support group meetings, and receive other treatments specifically tailored to you and your recovery. You then return home to sleep and manage outside responsibilities, such as going to school, working, or taking care of your child. Our outpatient treatment programs include Drug & Alcohol Addiction recovery along with Mental Health Disorders.
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