Also, for what it’s worth, I think “borderline personality disorder” has become a catch-all diagnosis applied to anyone with significant emotional dysregulation. It’s like the way “fever” was a diagnosis during Victorian times rather than being recognized as a symptom that comes with many different underlying causes. BPD is useful as a l…
Also, for what it’s worth, I think “borderline personality disorder” has become a catch-all diagnosis applied to anyone with significant emotional dysregulation. It’s like the way “fever” was a diagnosis during Victorian times rather than being recognized as a symptom that comes with many different underlying causes. BPD is useful as a label only to the extent that it highlights extreme emotional dysregulation (which can have countless causes) and the cascade of symptoms and behaviors that be caused by extreme emotional dysregulation (self-harming, self-destructive behaviors, fear of abandonment, unstable identity, impulsivity, etc). The label can also help by pointing a person to DBT (one of the few evidence based therapies out there). But I still think it’s become a catch-all way of saying “this person has significant emotional dysregulation and I need to make that point plus I need an ICD code for insurance.”
Also, for what it’s worth, I think “borderline personality disorder” has become a catch-all diagnosis applied to anyone with significant emotional dysregulation. It’s like the way “fever” was a diagnosis during Victorian times rather than being recognized as a symptom that comes with many different underlying causes. BPD is useful as a label only to the extent that it highlights extreme emotional dysregulation (which can have countless causes) and the cascade of symptoms and behaviors that be caused by extreme emotional dysregulation (self-harming, self-destructive behaviors, fear of abandonment, unstable identity, impulsivity, etc). The label can also help by pointing a person to DBT (one of the few evidence based therapies out there). But I still think it’s become a catch-all way of saying “this person has significant emotional dysregulation and I need to make that point plus I need an ICD code for insurance.”