What is a personality disorder?
– Personality disorder is a mental health condition that affected through the brain. It’s affected a persons behaviour how they feel, think, act or relate to others. There are many different types of personality disorders including my own which is BPD (borderline personality disorder).
-Antisocial personality disorder
-Avoidant personality disorder
-Borderline personality disorder
-Dependent personality disorder
-Histrionic personality disorder
-Narcissistic personality disorder
-Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
-Paranoid personality disorder
-Personality disorders
-Schizoid personality disorder
Symptoms of a personality disorder:
- They may have intense but unstable relationships
- Feeling of abandoned
- Difficulty controlling their anger
- More emotional than an ‘normal’ person may be
- Always frustrated
- Impulsive behaviour
- Spends money like tomorrow
- May have or did have suicidal thoughts
- Self harms
Support you can get for a personality disorder:
- Community mental health nurses
- Psychotherapy
- Dialectical therapy
- Metallisation based therapy
- Medication
- Counselling
Alternatively as a person living with BPD which is a type of personality disorder I will share to you a very important contact info for any advice or support I may be able to help you with.
✨Keep safe and happy wishing everyone well ✨
Mental health & me 