For somebody with Borderline Personality Disorder, if the part of the brain that says ‘I’m hurt by that,’ doesn’t then kick in and stop the intensity of that emotion, that emotion becomes overwhelming.
Antonia New, MD
Causes of BPD
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Family Support
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BPD Treatments
Borderline Personality Disorder is a treatable illness. There are now therapies that have been developed specifically to treat BPD.
BPD Facts
Borderline Personality Disorder is complex and confusing. Separating fact from myth is critical to understanding this greatly misunderstood disorder.
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VIDEO REVIEWS
“Absolutely wonderful. The people in these videos explain what it’s like to have Borderline Personality Disorder better than I ever could.”
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What Makes You Happy?
PsyBlog, a website dedicated to human psychology, reports the results of a recent research study that looked into the relationship between generosity and happiness. The research team use MRI brain scans to monitor activity in the ventral striatum, an area of the brain that is important in the feeling of happiness. People were asked about their happiness levels before and after the experiment. Those who had been more generous during the experiment were happier. It turns out that even the smallest amount of generosity enhances feelings of happiness in the giving person. In fact, people just making a promise to be more generous was enough to trigger activity in the brain that increased their feelings of happiness. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications. Dr Philippe Tobler, one of the study’s authors, wrote: “It is remarkable that intent alone generates a neural change before the action is actually implemented. You don’t need to become a self-sacrificing martyr to feel happier. Just being a little more generous will suffice.”... read more“Families need to know that they matter. They make an enormous difference in what’s going to happen to their loved one.”