Posted by Phillipa on February 17, 2013, at 9:58:22
In reply to Re: Borderline Personality Disorder and Neurology. » SLS, posted by Emme_V2 on February 17, 2013, at 9:21:36
I was always taught in school and from my experiences in working both in adolescent and adult psych inpatient units that the behavior was almost "normal" in adolescents. Usually it is outgrown. But there is a wide range in the behaviors. Normal might be acting out as in temper tantrums banging a wall as example of the normal end. Then the other end would be acting out with self harm gestures for attention getting. Just like splitting is a way for a person to create chaos between staff members. I think this behavior is more common in adults who did not outgrow it and go on to possibly also use drugs and then suicidal gestures not meant to committ suicide. Now this is all off the top of my head. Which is hard headed. Phillipa
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