Borderline Personality Disorder Essay
Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorders
Psychology of Addictions
Alyx Brake
Introduction
Do you know anyone with drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? Anyone with borderline personality disorder? Have you ever known anyone with both borderline personality disorder and drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? When a person has a personality disorder they are more likely to become someone with a substance and/ or alcohol abuse disorder. A co-occurring disorder is a condition when a person has both a psychiatric diagnosis and a substance use disorder diagnosis. Thirty percent of alcohol abusers have at least one mental illness, and 29 percent of the mentally ill abused either alcohol or drugs (Fields, 2017). One …show more content…
Borderline personality disorder comes with pain, emotional instability, and impulsive behavior which makes it more likely for that person to be at risk for drug and alcohol use. With the use they are more likely to continue and become dependent on that drug, or alcohol. Both are characterized by impulsive, self-destructive behaviors (Borderline Personality Disorder and Addiction, 2017). They also may be characterized by mood swings ranging from severe depression to manic periods of intense energy. As well as characterized by manipulative, deceitful actions. They both can be characterized by a lack of concern for one’s own health and safety and an insistence on pursuing dangerous behavior in spite of the risks (Borderline Personality Disorder and Addiction, 2017). A person with borderline personality disorder is known to display suicidal behaviors or attempt to commit suicide, a person with a dependency is also know for the same types of behavior when under the influence or when going through withdrawal. Lastly both are often characterized by a pattern of instability in relationships, jobs and finances (Borderline Personality Disorder and
Psychology of Addictions
Alyx Brake
Introduction
Do you know anyone with drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? Anyone with borderline personality disorder? Have you ever known anyone with both borderline personality disorder and drug and/or alcohol abuse disorder? When a person has a personality disorder they are more likely to become someone with a substance and/ or alcohol abuse disorder. A co-occurring disorder is a condition when a person has both a psychiatric diagnosis and a substance use disorder diagnosis. Thirty percent of alcohol abusers have at least one mental illness, and 29 percent of the mentally ill abused either alcohol or drugs (Fields, 2017). One …show more content…
Borderline personality disorder comes with pain, emotional instability, and impulsive behavior which makes it more likely for that person to be at risk for drug and alcohol use. With the use they are more likely to continue and become dependent on that drug, or alcohol. Both are characterized by impulsive, self-destructive behaviors (Borderline Personality Disorder and Addiction, 2017). They also may be characterized by mood swings ranging from severe depression to manic periods of intense energy. As well as characterized by manipulative, deceitful actions. They both can be characterized by a lack of concern for one’s own health and safety and an insistence on pursuing dangerous behavior in spite of the risks (Borderline Personality Disorder and Addiction, 2017). A person with borderline personality disorder is known to display suicidal behaviors or attempt to commit suicide, a person with a dependency is also know for the same types of behavior when under the influence or when going through withdrawal. Lastly both are often characterized by a pattern of instability in relationships, jobs and finances (Borderline Personality Disorder and