Since I know there are MANY people who will see this journal and not have any clue as to what the "Borderline Personality Disorder" is and what people who suffer with it go through, I thought I would give a bit of info on it. The disorder is an extreme to what is considered the "Mercurial Personality", this personality is described in a very helpful book entitled "The New Personality Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love, and Act the Way You Do" the following is a quote from the book.
"Description: Life is a roller coaster for those with the Mercurial personality style -- and they'll insist you come along for the ride. From the peaks to the valleys, intensity imbues their every breath. Mercurial women and men yearn for experience, and they jump into a new love or a new lifestyle with both feet, without even a glance backward. No other style, the Dramatic included, is so ardent in its desire to connect with life and with other people. And no other style is quite so capable of enduring the changes in emotional weather that such a fervidly lived life will bring.
Romantic attachment: Mercurial individuals must always be deeply involved in a romantic relationship with one person.
Intensity: They experience a passionate, focused attachment in all their relationships. Nothing that goes on between them and other people is trivial, nothing taken lightly.
Heart: They show what they feel. They are emotionally active and reactive. Mercurial types put their hearts into everything.
Unconstraint: They are uninhibited, spontaneous, fun-loving, and undaunted by risk.
Activity: Energy marks the Mercurial style. These individuals are lively, creative busy, and engaging. They show initiative and can stir others to activity.
Open mind: They are imaginative and curious, willing to experience and experiment with other cultures, roles, and value systems and to follow new paths.
Alternate states: People with Mercurial style are skilled at distancing or distracting themselves from reality when it is painful or harsh. "
Borderline is basically an exageration of the above described Mercurial Personality. As you can imagine, this disorder can be very difficult to live with. Some of you talk about PMS and mood swings... I live it every day. Another place to find info about borderline is at
http://www dot stanford dot edu/~corelli/borderline dot html
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