5/11/2008

The Angry Heart Therapy Center for BPD

BPD Facts

About 38% had an early loss of parent or sibling

About 75% have suffered serious psychological trauma during childhood

About 69% have a substance abuse problem versus 9.5% in general population

More females than males are diagnosed with BPD. Males are often diagnosed with anti-social personality

Self-inflicted violence, eating disorders and depressions are often part of a BPD pattern

Symptoms tend to improve spontaneously as the person reaches middle age

"BPD can be overcome"

What is BPD?

Borderline Personality Disorder is one of four cluster B personality disorder types. A person with BPD has a deeply felt, irrational hatred of himself or herself.

The hatred was acquired during childhood most likely through an accumulation of psychotraumatic experiences-large and small. BPD can be effectively treated through specialized psychotherapy, support groups, and medications. BPD is an acquired disorder that can be overcome with the right help and full commitment to doing so. Our therapy center will help to point you on the path to recovery.

"It´s so hard to sit down and try to write down my past. The past is such a dark place to me. Every time I think about the past, it changes. Waves of piercing emotions overwhelm me, as though I am still there. "There" was not a happy place for me. Anger and distrust seemed to be a way of life for everyone around me, but as a young child I wasn´t quite sure why."

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