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    Clinical Diagnosis Robin presents with known diagnoses of Major Depressive Disorder‚ Substance Abuse‚ and Bulimia Nervosa; repeated suicide attempts and self-inflicted cuts and burn on multiple occasions are also present. Precipitating the suicide attempts are stressful confrontations with her husband‚ making her feel hopeless and unloved. Stress inducing encounters from other than her husband have led to a dissociative state‚ in which Robin will self-mutilate or attempt suicide without remembering

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    Borderline Personality Disorder is a mental disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships‚ self-image‚ identity‚ and moods. These individuals are often so desperate to have relationships with other people that they often do not respect boundaries of another person and have strong‚ one-sided feelings toward a person that the individual is trying to maintain a relationship with. Individuals with this disorder tend to be impulsive and often engage in behaviors

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    Borderline Personality Disorder 1. Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder 2. Abstract Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships‚ self image‚ affects‚ and marked impulsivity believed to affect

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    Shakespeare’s Othello recounts an almost universal story: a man believes his wife to be cheating on him‚ he responds passionately‚ and tragedy ensues. Similarly‚ the titular Othello finds himself manipulated by Iago‚ his closest advisor‚ into believing his lieutenant Cassio‚ is sleeping with Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife. However‚ something about Othello instantly accepting Iago’s lies as truth seems off. Even from a cursory examination of the play‚ anyone can see Othello obviously harbors deep abandonment

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    Borderline personality disorder also referred to as BPD‚ is a mental health disorder in which a person has extreme difficulties in regulating their emotions and thoughts. People diagnosed with BPD have continuous distorted thinking patterns of their self-image‚ relationships‚ and behavior. Along with these negative patterns‚ people with BPD experience severe mood swings such as heightened anxiety‚ depression‚ and irritability. These strong instabilities often lead patients to reckless and impulsive

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    memoir by Susanna Kaysen. Susanna Kaysen was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and spent a period of eighteen months in a psychiatric facility. The movie is based in a mental hospital‚ in the east‚ during the 1960s. After the main character‚ Susanna‚ attempts suicide‚ she admits herself into a psychiatric hospital. It is here that she is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive

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    regulation. Secondly through Pathological personality disorders; Grandiosity (an aspect of antagonism) - Feelings of entitlement‚ either overt or covert and Attention seeking (an aspect of Antagonism) - Excessive attempts to attract and be the focus of the attention of others; admiration seeking others (Aaron L. Pincus‚ 2016) DSM-5 criteria for the diagnostic of Borderline personality disorder were based on the following; Significant Impairments in personality functioning manifested by either; I)Identity-

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    Borderline Personality People with borderline personality disorder have been the inspiration for fictional characters in movies such as Fatal Attraction‚ Misery‚ Looking for Mr. Goodbar‚ and Single White Female (Sansone & Levitt‚ 2005). There is an interesting combination of characteristics‚ such as mood instability‚ intense fear of abandonment‚ self-damaging impulsivity‚ and intense unstable relationships that make for interesting dramatic characters. People suffering with this illness in real

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    Phenomenological Perspective on the causes of Non-suicidal Self-injury in Borderline Personality Disorder Brett Hoffman Bradley University ENC602 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction The emphasis of Chapter 2 will be a review of the literature pertaining to emotional dysregulation and the cognitive processes that are involved in Borderline Personality Disorder. Relevant models will be examined to set the framework for emotional dysregulation leading to behavioral dysregulation. Common

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    Giovanna Eynaudi Ms. Seeker’s patterns of personality pathology and pathological personality traits meets the diagnostic criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder. According to the information provided in the DSM-5‚ the characteristic feature of Borderline Personality Disorder is the pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationship‚ self-image‚ and affects‚ and marked impulsivity‚ beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts (p. 663). In Ms. Seeker’s case

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