Cause Of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Unfortunately, the causes of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), like many other disorders, are not well-known, but biological and psychological factors appear to contribute to the onset. Family members of those with BPD tend to have high occurrences of mood disorders, suggesting that there is a link between mood disorders and BPD. While many traits of BPD tend to be inherited, such as impulsivity and intense emotional reactivity, it appears that environmental factors, specifically early trauma such as sexual or physical abuse, have a significant effect on the onset of BPD. In this way, BPD is quite similar to PTSD in many characteristics, including dissociation, difficulty regulating mood, poor impulse control, and difficulty maintaining interpersonal relationships. The researcher Linehan has found evidence for an environment that is necessary for the onset of BPD. This environment is one in which parents respond erratically, negatively, and/or inappropriately to a child’s emotional and personal experiences. During childhood, people with BPD may have experienced punishment or disregard when they showed emotions, making them believe that their responses are invalid. These negative responses actually impair the child’s ability
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Robin’s suicide could have been prevented in the physical sense. If her roommate had watched her all night, she could have stopped her overdose after her drinking. However, Robin was incredibly hopeless from the moment she set foot in the therapist’s office. She felt that she was of no value to the world, and that did not seem to improve too greatly. Once she did begin to show improvement, she was thrown back down the tunnel of depression after a phone call with her ex husband. Had she not had this phone call, she could have continued to make improvements, perhaps even making a full recovery. Once this phone call was made, however, I am unsure that anything could have brought her back except for 24/7 hospital
Robin’s suicide could have been prevented in the physical sense. If her roommate had watched her all night, she could have stopped her overdose after her drinking. However, Robin was incredibly hopeless from the moment she set foot in the therapist’s office. She felt that she was of no value to the world, and that did not seem to improve too greatly. Once she did begin to show improvement, she was thrown back down the tunnel of depression after a phone call with her ex husband. Had she not had this phone call, she could have continued to make improvements, perhaps even making a full recovery. Once this phone call was made, however, I am unsure that anything could have brought her back except for 24/7 hospital