Borderline Articles

What Might be Wrong with Me?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, June 18th, 2012
I have had many deep rooted issues since birth... Whether it has been issues at home (i.e. Alcoholic parents & Grandparents), raised by Mother's parents while my mother was binge drugging and drinking, consistency of serious health issues at a young age (heart surgery, ...

Is Fiance Mentally Ill?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
I have been dating my boyfriend (age 31) on and off for almost 3 years. Most of the time we have a very loving, affectionate and deeply connected, positive relationship. However, several times a year we go through shorter periods of extremely rocky times that ...

Is This Normal?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, March 1st, 2012
I'm only 13 years old. I think I am bi-polar but I honestly don't know whats wrong with me. My mom is a single parent,my dad died when I was only 6 months old. Anyways, I am always depressed and sad for no reason. ...

Frustrated — Does This Sound Like Psychosis?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
I have a complicated history of childhood abuse and mental illness. I take antipsychotic medication and am diagnosed with Borderline PD with some contention as to whether my psychosis(?) is more psychological or biological. I don't hallucinate, my problem is mainly surrounding delusions(?) I ...

How Can I Heal My Friendship?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Thursday, December 29th, 2011
I have a friend that I care deeply for. Over the last two years since she has known me I know that I have emotionally been dependent on her. I haven't been as bad at this as I have been in the past but now ...

Partner Dealing with Anger and Depression

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, November 25th, 2011
My partner and the mother of my child is going through some emotional problems that I do not understand. Today, she vandalized my vehicle and broke a window in our house because I left a soda can on the kitchen counter. She ...

Mom Is Depressed, Bipolar And Delusional

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
My mother has been suffering from horrible undiagnosed mental illness for my entire life. She is delusional, having hallucinations, very combative, accusatory, and cannot handle her life. She has been unemployed for a couple years and that has added to the illness breaking her down. ...

Do I Have More Than One Personality Disorder?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Sunday, October 30th, 2011
I only want to know if it's possible for someone to have more than one personality disorders, cause I think I have more than one, and I think someday I will be so desperate that the pain of dying won't bother me anymore. I left ...

My mom is tearing our family apart

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, October 6th, 2011
My family has had issues through out the the years, but they have steadaly gotten worse. My mother has always had a temper and yells at me and my siblings. she blames this on her past and basicly anything that she can get ahold of ...

Borderline mom — now insecure relationship

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, September 24th, 2011
I grow up with a borderline mom and an in-denial father who retreated into his religion. I become the caretaker and comedian and parent for my two younger siblings. I ended up breaking down and acting out in my teen years. Doing drugs and sexually ...

Sex with boy-girl

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, September 23rd, 2011
My significant other wants to have sex with a boy-girl. I have been in a relationship for 2 years and my bf recently broke up with me because he said he wasn’t happy. In the end we got to talk and he opened up about ...

I just don’t know what’s wrong with me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, August 13th, 2011
I had a baby six months ago, after I had been having an affair for a year or so because I just felt like something was missing in my life. I got married early as I came from an abusive home and wanted to get ...