Borderline Personality Disorders

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Borderline is one of the most difficult personality disorders. It can be very misunderstood and can lead for these individuals to constantly feel judged. This paper aims to better understand their symptoms and ways that they can be help. It discusses some of the best treatment that are beneficial to treat borderline. It also, reviews why rejection, anger, and shame can be crucial to their symptoms. It illustrates how experiencing abuse at the hands of a caregiver can impact and contribute for borderline patients to feel the need to dissociate from the world to better cope with their pain. In conclusion, borderline personality can be difficult to understand especially when their disorder can be combined with other mental illnesses. Learning

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