INTRODUCTION
Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness that impacts a person’s ability to regulate their emotions in daily life. They aren’t able to control their emotions because it is not possible for them to know which emotion they have to react to and respond to. This loss of emotion makes them vulnerable, increases the chances of impulsivity, and affects the person’s feelings about themselves. They won’t be able to have a good social and emotional relationship due to the outburst of emotion. Effective treatments are available to manage the symptoms of borderline personality disorder. People with this mental illness experience these mood swings because they aren’t able to control their emotions. They usually blame themselves, which affects their self-esteem. These ultimate and wide-ranging changes in feeling lead to an unstable relationship and emotional pain.
CAUSES:
There are many causes for borderline personality disorder. There is a wide range of causes, starting from genetically programmed diseases to environmental factors. We can’t figure out the one known reason for this mental illness. Every factor has an important role.
Biological: Biological changes mean if the family has a history of mental illness, the offspring or the new generation is more likely to get this disease from the genes. It is still unknown which gene is responsible for the way it transfers from one family member to another because there is a direct link between the genes.
Neurochemical: An imbalanced neurotransmitter can cause this disease. Abnormalities in neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine. Mood stabiliser medications are used to treat people with this mental illness.
Brain structure: There is a functional part of the brain that controls the mood of a human. It is observed that if a person has persistent mood changes, there is something bad in the brain. The hypothalamus is the most important regulator of mood and emotions. If there is something that affects the hypothalamus, it can result in mental illness.
Traumatic events and childhood bad situations can cause this mental illness, and being continuously confronted with these situations can make the mental illness worse. These events make a person vulnerable to emotions. They don’t know how to regulate and react to certain emotions.
Personality trait: People who fall for perfectionism are more prone to this. They want everything to be perfect, which is why they fall into the trap of depressive episodes. Emotionally unstable people usually play a blame game and blame others for their uncertain emotions.
Environment: A healthy environment breeds people with love and care; similarly, a toxic environment breeds people with hate and negative emotions, which results in mental illness.
SYMTPOMS:
- They usually avoid reality and blame others.
- There is a pattern of intense and unstable relationships with friends, family, and loved ones.
- They have low self-esteem and a sense of self.
- A distorted and unstable self-image or sense of self
Impulsive and often dangerous behaviours, such as spending sprees, unsafe sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, and binge eating.
These are the symptoms that a person with this mental illness observes when they aren’t able to control their emotions.
- Self-harming behaviour, such as cutting.
- Recurring thoughts of suicidal behaviours or threats.
- Intense and highly variable moods, with episodes lasting from a few hours to a few days
- Chronic feelings of emptiness.
TREATMENT
Treatment of the early symptoms helps a person get back to a healthy and happy life because this mental illness affects a person’s personality and their work life. Their emotional side also suffered a lot because they were not able to control their emotions, and they were always up to blame others for their emotional instability.
Psychotherapy: There are numerous therapies that help people maintain healthy emotional relationships. Emotionally unstable people are not always up for improvement, which means that as family members, we need to counsel them every minute.
Diet: Junk food and unhealthy food make people feel guilty after having them. Healthy food makes people satisfied with their lives and makes them love themselves.
Healthy lifestyle: Running, yoga, and a good social group are the key factors that improve the health of a person. Physical activity helps a person produce happy hormones, which help regulate good emotions.
Schedule: Everything should be on the calendar. It is totally impossible for us to rush from one task to another without having the proper schedule.
Coping skills: love to have a good sports day within a week.
Strong social support: A healthy and happy family helps a person live a happy life. This will make a patient feel more worthless.
Awareness: Acknowledging a mental illness is very crucial for its speedy recovery.
Long process: We must appreciate that the recovery process is long. We must have patience because the chaos won’t be figured out in a day. It took long and continuous efforts.
CONCLUSION:
Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness that impacts a person’s ability to regulate their emotions in daily life. They aren’t able to control their emotions because it is not possible for them to know which emotion they have to react to and respond to. This loss of emotion makes them vulnerable, increases the chances of impulsivity, and affects the person’s feelings about themselves. They have low self-esteem and self-image. People with this disorder are more likely to live a life full of hate and guilt. They usually blame others for their actions. There are many factors that contribute to this mental illness, such as genetics, environment, and traumatic events. We have advanced treatment that aims to have a healthy and happy life.
