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Answers 1-500

Answers 500 - 1000

Surgery and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Significant other with BPD and Narcissistic Personality Disorders

Relationship with someone who is a Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Sex Addiction and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

BPD and Psychopathic Personality

BPD Friend and Abandonment

Bipolar, BPD and Lying

Telling Children About Fathers Bipolar Disorder

Depression, BPD and Dating

How Can You Tell if a Nightmare is a Flashback or Repressed Memory

BPD and Feeling Suicidal

Could Sadomasochistic Tendencies Be a Form of Self-injurious Behavior

Are All Bipolar People Extremely Unstable?

PTSD....How do You Know if You Are?

Personality That Displays a Two-sided Pattern

How Does a Person Become Not Caring for Others Feeling?

Relationship with a Someone that has Gender Identity Issues

Spousal Abuse and PTSD

"Automatic Thinking" and DBT

Bipolar, BPD and Self-diagnosis

Friend Suffering From the BPD

Troubled 13 yr Old Daughter

BPD and Self-diagnosis

PTSD and Healthy Relationships

BPD or Gender Issues?

Do I have BPD?

Helping Friend with Wife Who Suffers From BPD

Ex-girlfriend with Possible BPD

13 Year Old with Depression

Adderall and Possible BPD

How to Tell Husband You Suspect He Has the BPD

Dysthymia and PTSD

BPD and Abuse

Dear Friend with the BPD

Daughter with the BPD

Bipolar and Serious Illness

Depression and BPD

Friend with Bipolar Disorder

Mother with Possible BPD

Son with Possible Social Anxiety

Girlfriend with Possible BPD

Girl with Possible Problems

Students Questions about PTSD

Getting my Life Back on Track

Students Questions about PTSD (another)

Depressive State

BPD and Sexual Betrayal

Daughter with BPD

Son with Narcissistic Rage Syndrome

Boyfriend with Possible BPD

13 Year Old with Hypomania

Can Being Homosexual and Pretending Not to be Lead to Disorders?

Wife with BPD

Suspect Child Abuse

Child Abuse and the Mentally Ill

Lucid Dreaming

PTSD from Traumatic Illness

Bipolar versus Alcoholism

BPD and BDSM

Bipolar, Hallucinogenics and Hearing Voices

Relationship with Sufferer of the BPD

Is BPD Considered Severe?

Grief and Bipolar

Should I Keep Fighting to Live Through BPD?

Transference

New Spouse Suffering from the BPD

Sufferer of the BPD

Relationship with a Sufferer of the BPD

Sister with BPD Diagnosis

Mania and Antidepressants

10 Year Old with Angry Outbursts and Aggression

Increase of BPD Symptoms During Grief and Loss

Relationship with a Sufferer of Gender Identity Disorder

Mother of 4 year old Suffering from Bipolar

84 year old Mother with the BPD

BPD from Severe Sexual Abuse?

BPD and Relationship

Will the Mania and Depression in Bipolar Stay Even?

Do I Have the BPD?

Questioning BPD Diagnosis

17 year old with Anger Problems

Relationship Problems for Sufferer of the BPD

Parent with the BPD

Daughter with Bipolar 1

Ex with BPD like Behavior

Fear of Leaving Therapy

BPD Mothers and Bonding

GID in Children

Bipolar, BPD Cure or Remission

Psychoanalytic Therapy Combined with DBT

Sister Possible BPD and Bipolar

Bipolar in Children

Dealing with Wife Who is a Sufferer of the BPD

Is this BPD?

Sister with Mental Health Issues

Reactive Borderline Features

Is there Something Wrong With Me?

Best Friend with Mental Health Issues

Suicidal Because of Gender Identity Disorder

BPD and Self Mutilation

Discharged from Military Because of "Personality Disorder"

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

Composing a Speech on Gender Identity Disorder

Therapist Says She Loves Me

Wondering About BPD Diagnosis

ADD or Aging?

Will I Loose Brain Function Due to Bipolar

Difficult 13 yr. Old

Mild Depressive Episodes

Mania, Liquor and Drugs

Personality Disorder Test and BPD

BPD and Being Licensed Therapist

Possible BPD Husband

Step Daughter with Problems

18 and Mood Swings

Husband with Homosexual 'Alter-Ego'

17 year old with Bipolar

Bizarre Co-Worker

Is BPD a catch-all?

BPD and Lonely

Anal Retention

Angry Husband

Does a person who can be considered BPD have another type of reality?

Troubled 11 yr. Old and Fire-Setting

PTSD or BPD?

Can Medication Help Me?

Fear of Breaking Up With Sufferer of the BPD

Help Knowing Someone Loves Me or Cares About Me

Molested at Early Age

Flashbacks

Tired of the BPD Cycle

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Paranoid Schizophrenia?

Uncontrollable Crying

Codependent Now with BPD Roommate

Bipolar and Cheating

Blackouts and Trauma

A Smaller Side to BPD?

Multiple Personality Disorder?

Severe Need for Approval

Complex PTSD

ADD and Special Education

PTSD or BPD

DBT or Medication

Teaching and BPD

Hypnosis, Weight Gain and BPD

Bipolar Diagnosis

Alternative Treatments for BPD

Reconnecting with Love Ones

Problems With my BPD Ex Boyfriend

Is BPD an Illness or a Set of Personality Traits?

SSRI's and weight gain

Bipolar and Sexual Desire

BPD and Nursing

BPD and NPD

Relationship Between BPD, MPD, DID and Schizophrenia

Bisexuality and BPD

BPD Diagnosis?

Danger to Her Children

Dating a Sufferer of the BPD

I Must End my Relationship with BPD Boyfriend

Can a BPD Really Love Another Person?

Paxil and Muscle Weakness

Increased Percentage of ADHD Children with Histrionic Personality Disorder Parent

Is There a Reason Why a Person Should be Made to Stop Self Injury?

Compulsive Lying and BPD

Rape and Bipolar

Problem with Boyfriend

Overcoming PTSD

Could Drug Experimentation Cause BPD?

BPD Diagnosis

How Do you Convince Someone to Get Help?

Treating GAD Without Medication

Do All Cases of Sexual Abuse Result in one 'Having' B.P.D.?

PTSD or BPD?

How do I Explain BPD to my Friends

Crawling Sensation on Your Brain

Incest

Problem With Pastor

Problem With Employee

BPD and EMDR

Should I do More Intense Therapy?

Sexual Preference and Transference

Can Being Bipolar Cause Problems to Seem Worse and More Magnified?

Codependence, Sexual Preference and Rape

Should a Woman Who is Borderline Have Children?

Relationship with Sufferer of then BPD

Girlfriend With Bipolar and Relationship Problems

BPD, Therapy and Socialized Medicine

Shadow Syndrome BPD

Anger and Fear

Paranoia and Schizophrenia

BPD and Anti-social Personality

Self Injury

Should a Therapist Diagnose on Here Say Alone?

PTSD and Drinking

16 yr old Daughter Suffering from Bipolar

Should I become a Psychologist if I Suffer From the BPD?

Should I Tell Ex Friends Family I think She is Suffering From the BPD?

Symptoms of the BPD

Difficulty Dealing with Sons Mental Illness

Helping Son in Denial Over His Mental Illness

Celexa and Weight Gain

BPD and "Good 'Ole Feelings"

Borderline Character

PTSD and Violent Behavior

Are BPD and Cluster B Traits One and the Same?

Are the Recurrent Outbursts of Rage a Symptom Which is Unique to BPD?

Elderly Fathers Confusion

Getting Over Boyfriend

Bipolar Sister

Girlfriend With Addiction

Married and Lonely

Child with Splitting Behavior

BPD and Fundamentalist Religion

Fiancées Mental Illnesses

Should You Withhold Diagnosis of BPD from Patient?

Eating Disorders

7yr Old Suffering with ADHD

Game Playing in a Relationship

BPD is a learned disorder?

Imposing Your Own Values

Lithium, BPD and Severe Depression

ADHD and Anorexia

BPD and Therapy

Telling Someone They Suffer From the BPD

Depression, Surgery and PTSD

Wife's Mood Swings

Myesthenia Gravis and BPD

Attempted Rape and Bipolar

What is the Difference Between a 'Flashback' and a 'Memory'?

Boyfriends Horrible Ex-wife

BPD Significant Other

Daughter has Borderline Tendencies

He is Convinced I Have BPD

ADHD & ODD

BPD or Typical Adolescent?

Ending Relationship

Helping a Friend

Bipolar 2

Electroshock for BPD

Pregnancy and Bipolar Meds

Can You Help Me?

Overcoming Trauma

Aperger's Syndrome

Long Term Depression

Therapist and BPD Patient

Genetics and Mental Illness

Helping BPD Wife

Helping Mentally Ill Daughter

Mental Health Medications and Interactions With Herbals

Adderal and ADHD

16 Year Old Daughter With BPD

BPD and Hypothyroidism

Hormones Effect on Emotions

Do I have PTSD?

Psyche Meds and Weight Gain

Brothers Suicide

Military and Mental Illness

Fantasize About Therapist

How Can I Attach Myself to the World?

Concern About Grandmother with BPD, Behavior Around Granddaughter

Panic Attacks and Medication

Difficulty with Role as Stepparent

Depakote and Weight Gain

Does My Husband Have BPD?

Is This PTSD?

How to do Very Specific Research

Husbands Guilt

Rage

Abusive Husband

Trapped in a Marriage with a BPD Woman

Neighbor with BPD

Problem 3 Year Old

Chronic Nausea

Bipolar Husband

Crying Uncontrollably

Boyfriend's Mother

BPD Stepmother

BPD Mother

Friend Who is Emotionally Crippled

Daughter with BPD

Delusional Daughter

Moderate Retardation

Behavior Modification/Treatment I can do on my Own

Narcissistic Ex

Young Self Mutilator

Problems with Alcohol

The Military and Mental Illness

I have No Recollection of the Things I Say During an Argument

Borderline Behavior Pattern

Children and BPD

Child Who Bites

Depression and Morphine

PTSD

Sexual Orientation Confusion and BPD

Electro Convulsive Therapy and BPD

Pot Treatment for PTSD

Therapist Question About Hugging

Zyprexa, Lexapro and Continuous Fatigue

Bisexual Ex

Depression Treatment and Career Plans

Difficult Mother In Law

BPD in 13 Year Old?

Marriage and Schizophrenia

Mood Swings

PTSD Variations

Effect of BPD on Children

Sister In Law Suffering From BPD

Helping Sister with BPD

Self Injury

Hearing Voices

Latent Reactive PTSD

Cold Feet

Is Bipolar 1 Caused by Being Born Thru Incest?

Hugging a Patient

Educating Physicians and Therapists

Sister with BPD

Severe Nightmares

Treatment Resistant

Wife Diagnosing and Treating Herself

BPD or Grief

Residual Emotional Trauma from Medication

Constantly Angry Daughter

Therapy for PTSD

Radical Changes in Behavior

Complex PTSD

BPD Girlfriend

Constant Abandonment Issues

Addiction

Life Out of Control

Bipolar Daughter and Sibling

DID and Physical Ailments

Relapse With Self Injury

BPD Diagnosis

BPD with NPD Father

Abusive Wife

Out of Control Child

Narcolepsy

Abusive EX

Lyme Disease and BPD

BPDs Hyper-co-dependence

Extreme Difficulty

11yr Old with ADHD

Complex PTSD and BPD

DBT and Transference

Bipolar Girlfriend

Ex Husbands BPD Wife

Severe Mood Swings

Illness and PTSD

7 year old with Hallucinations

Traumatic Injury and PTSD

Bipolar Son

BPD Diagnosis and Age

Concern About Parents Relationship

Strange Behavior from Mother in Law

BPD and the Military

Road Rage

Narcissistic Husband

Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder

Personality Test

Sensory Integration Disorder

Panic Disorder and Depression

Boundaries

OCD

PTSD and OCD

Lying and BPD

Self Injury

Husband With Uncontrolled Rage

Husband's Problems

Bipolar and Taking Care of Yourself

BPD; Biological or Psychological?

A Classic Borderline Scenario

Severe Problems with Memory

17 yr Old Daughter in Abusive Relationship

Trouble With Friend

Adult-child will not Leave his Room

BPD Parent

PTSD and EMDR

Boyfriend with Problems

Genetic Schizophrenia

BPD Episodes

Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease

Am I Going Insane?

Online Mental Health Tests

Marrying a Sexual Deviant

Quest for Knowledge

Do I Have BPD?

BPD and Para-reality

Being Truthful with Therapist

Male Rape

Munchausen's Syndrome

"Disordered" Behavior

Bipolar and BPD

Severe Mood Swings

Therapy and BPD

Therapeutic Relationship

BPD Diagnoses

BPD and Splitting

Post-Partum

BPD Mother

Ex Wife Deceiving Psychiatrist

BPD and Custody

Problems with Therapist

Attracted to Sufferers of the BPD

Panic Attacks or Grief? 

Learned Behavior can be Unlearned

Suffering Friend

Boyfriend with BPD

Suicidal Ideation

BPD Girlfriend

Drivers License

Brain Scan Test for the BPD

Friend With the BPD

PTSD

Incompetent Therapist

Cheating

Abusive Family

Wife Says I Have BPD

Delusional Husband

13 Year Old with Bipolar

Eating Garlic

Self Diagnosis

Habitual Lying

Relationship

Histrionic Mother in Law

Relationship with Therapist

Upset Over Answer RE Relationship with BPD/Narcissistic Boyfriend

Online Personality Test Worthless

Psychotic Break

BPD and Employment Training

Effexor

Sleep Disorder

Meditation Techniques for the Sufferers of the BPD

Physician will Not Recognize Me by my Legal Name

Son's IQ

Siblings Behavior After Being Raised by BPD Mother

Hearing Voices and Meditation

Antidepressants and Extreme Anxiety

BPD Mother

Self Treatment

How Can I Help My Husband

Daughter Needs Help

More Dangerous is Diagnosis by an Intern

Problem with Mother

Do You Need to be Violent to Have BPD?

Sister's Behavior

BPD and Splitting

Daughter with BPD

Your Relationship to Therapy is Neurotic

Former Boyfriend's Behavior None of Your Concern

Abusive Husband

Daughters Behavior

2 Year Old With Behavior Disorder

Eating Disorder

Counter-BPD

Can I have Children With Bipolar 2?

Is There a Cure for BPD?

Do I Have BPD?

Excess Weight Because of Medication

Sexual Attraction

Yoga, is Yoga, is Yoga

BPD or Schizophrenia

Suicidal Ideation

Co Worker from Hell

Depression and Eating Disorder

Unhappy Marriage

2 Year Old with Bipolar?

Weight Gain from Lithium

Compulsive lying

Neglecting Daughter

Bipolar

PTSD

Do I Have A Chance At Being Normal?

BPD Ex

Bipolar and ADD

NPD and Violence

Too Old for Therapy

Obsessing About Sex

Friend in Abusive Relationship

BPD and Family Counseling

Should I keep Wife's BPD Diagnosis From Her?

PTSD or Trigger?

BPD in 10 Year Old

OCD Traits

Dislike Disorder

Taking Care of Boyfriend

Multiple Diagnoses

Mothers Issues

Lack of Sex

Problems in Her 50's

Answers 500 - 1000

 

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