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Men With Borderline Personality Disorder Exhibit Certain Behaviors That Loved Ones Should Recognize

By George Sullivan


Some people are harder to appreciate than others. It can be because they're just thoughtless and self-serving. It can also be a sign of some sort of mental illness that makes if difficult for them to process their thoughts in a way that's healthy. If you know a man who lacks empathy, doesn't accept responsibility for the things he does, and craves your approval, he might be someone mental health professionals categorize as men with borderline personality disorder, commonly referred to as BPD.

Some people with mental health disorders function at a very high level. They don't exhibit signs of their issues to the casual observer. There are others who obviously struggle in such a way that most people readily notice it. Men with BPD are no different. If you really want to understand your partner, you have to be aware of the signs that indicate BPD.

People with BPD have low self-esteem. It often manifests itself as craving approval and attention from everyone around them. They might copy others' behaviors. BPD sufferers do this because they don't have sufficient faith, or trust, in themselves. Although they don't always act like it, these individuals have deep feelings of inferiority. They don't think independently. Instead the things they say and do are the things they believe others want to see and hear.

People who have BPD are not empathetic. They aren't concerned about what other people want or need. These individuals don't have any sense of how the things they do affect the people around them. Their sense of awareness isn't fully developed. It is not a coincidence that they have trouble maintaining healthy relationships.

Many BPD sufferers repeatedly fall into negative and destructive relationships. Physical and mental abuse is not unusual. Borderlines can be needy and mistrusting to an excessive degree. They may swing from overly close to completely distant and uninvolved. It's not only romantic partners that experience this phenomenon. Friends and family are the victims of it too.

If your partner has BPD excessive anxiety will be a problem for him. This goes beyond the normal feelings on anxiousness that most people experience on occasion. He might become hypersensitive to the way others act when they are around him. It's easy for him to feel threatened and lash out because of how badly he wants to be accepted.

Men who have BPD are terrified of abandonment and being left alone. You may be the victim of his paranoia and intense jealousy. Borderlines are not above stalking their partners and monitoring their daily activities. Your partner may accuse you of ridiculous things that make no sense or have any basis in reality. He may even threaten to kill himself if you don't do whatever it is that he wants you to do.

You can expect mood swings and uncontrollable anger with this disease. Your partner may blame you for his shortcomings. The disease can make him impulsive and vulnerable to choosing risky behaviors. BPD sufferers are at serious risk for suicide.




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