Borderline Articles

Anxiety, depression…. what else?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
I am 19 years old and I have had depression on and off for the last 9 years, since my grandfather died. Anxiety runs in my family and around the time I turned 18, I started feeling the symptoms of that as well. I constantly ...
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Sixteen and wondering if I am in a domestic mental/emotional abusive relationship

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Thursday, May 26th, 2011
I'm sixteen. Everyone tells me this affects everything: my dad died when I was twelve. He and I had an amazing relationship, he was a great dad. Also I'm the youngest girl in my family. But right now I’m really confused about what’s going on ...
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How to deal with borderline personality disorder

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Monday, May 9th, 2011
I don’t even know where to begin, honestly. I came here because I’ve been researching tons of things trying to come up with an idea of what to do with myself. I have borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder according to a psychiatrist I saw ...
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I’m concerned that I have BPD

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, May 7th, 2011
Hi, I've recently become more aware of how harmful my intense and random anger is. It's a serious problem that I want to get control of. It's threatened my relationship with my girlfriend who is the best thing that has ever happened to me, and ...
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Why Did The Hospital Kick Me Out So Quickly?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, May 6th, 2011
I have been in a psych hospital for the past 4 1/2 months, I had a CPA yesterday to decide when I should be discharged. I overdosed on sunday, I wanted to show them how serious I was. But instead they discharged with only 18 ...
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Depression or Something More?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
I have concerns as to whether I am just a depressive person or whether I have BPD- I appreciate a diagnosis cannot be made via the site but advice on which direction to continue would be appreciated. I am 34 married with one child. I have ...
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Curious About Amnesia Part of DID

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, March 25th, 2011
I am curious about the amnesia part of DID. I seem to have different people who live inside me. Unlike what I know about DID, though, we all know about each other. We don't always but occasionally we do talk to each other. ...
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Going Back to Therapist after Being Kicked Out?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Thursday, March 24th, 2011
I was attending dialectical behavior therapy for 9 months before I got kicked out after a suicide attempt. They never told me this directly, rather I got the message through the doctor at the hospital that they had dropped me from treatment and I couldn't ...
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Coping Methods

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
I am a college focused girl and to others, it may seem that the only troubles in my life are balancing Advances Placement classes. In the past year, however, I have been encountering many signs of Borderline Personality Disorder in my behavior which seem to ...
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Mom May Be Borderline But Refuses Help

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, March 10th, 2011
I’m looking for a little advice for my mother who may have Borderline Personality Disorder. Long story short, I feel like this is the last straw and I’m starting to lose patience. Issue: We’ve been bearing with her, but it there doesn’t seem to be a ...
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Do I Have Borderline Personality Disorder?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Thursday, February 24th, 2011
About a year ago I went to my doctor and told her how I was feeling, she told me I had symptoms of BPD and to maybe see a therapist. I never ended up going but I did look it up and a lot/almost all ...
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Atkins Diet and Bipolar Disorder

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, February 18th, 2011
I was diagnosed with BP in 2006. Since then, I have slowly gained about 60 or so pounds. I recently began a medi weight loss diet program, which has similarities to Atkins. It is high protein and lower carb. I take ...
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