Hi my name is Liz for the past twenty years I have suffeed from "Borderline Personality Disorder" All though I was only diagnosed last year, my Pschiatrist believes it started in my early twenties. What is the condition~ It is thought that Borderline Personality Disorder (B.P.D.) for short. Starts showing in your mid to late twenties. It is caused by having a unhappy childhood or tramatic events in your life. I can only discribe to you how it effects me not how it effects others as every one has differant traits of the illness. When it all began~ My disoder started we think when I was about twenty one. I'd been ...  Read the complete review

---It's not me, it's my illness--- In my earlier days on review writing sites I wrote a review about depression. In my earlier days I thought that my primary problem was depression. Countless trips to the doctors and mental health professionals over the years...complaining of being depressed and not really knowing what the problem or cause was...having no idea WHY I was feeling how I felt - it was a scary and confusing place to be. But while I was often depressed, my moods have always been all over the place - somewhat like a teenager who never grew up. I'm not retracting my depression review - it's one of my best pieces. And it's not inaccurate as such - ...  Read the complete review

How can I explain the condition Borderline Personality Disorder? The best thing I can start with is a passage from a book that I have. “You’re going along fine and then suddenly WHAM! You’ve hit a brick wall and there’s nowhere to run, no one to understand. You scream, tear your hair out, take over-the-counter sleeping pills to calm down enough to stop crying at night. The next day, you get up, sluggishly. You go to work and get the job done. You might even fake a smile every now and then to keep up the façade to show there is no brick wall in your life. You’re okay. You’re like everybody else. But you’re not. The ...  Read the complete review