Melissa was going through the motions of college until one day she admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital. She was cutting herself across her wrist; she was malingering, and was experiencing acute distress. At times, Melissa believed that her body was not real and therefore would cut herself to feel the pain in order to feel real. She also experienced mood fluctuations. She would express anger in an intense way and then quickly switch back to being “normal” and go throughout her day. The problem that she was dealing with was unstable interpersonal relationships and when she was in the hospital she would take the role of the therapist and act like she was treating the other patients. Now when she was in therapy and talking to the psychiatrist,
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Melissa illustrates all four distinct features. For her emotional dysregulation, she would experience mood fluctuations. For instance, when friends would come over, she would occasionally break out in an aggressive manner and later regret all that she had yelled out. Her friends could have been a few minutes late to visiting her and she would burst out in anger. This has to deal with her distorted self-image. Fist, we know that she cuts herself but also she tries to be other people. For instance, she takes the role of her therapist and tries to assess other patients in the building. This is her showing that she does not want to be who she is and does not want to be rejected by others. If Melissa is liked or loved, then no one will reject …show more content…
Since Melissa has BPD, CBT would do her some good if the therapist could control the flirtatious comments. According to Davidson (2010), “Follow-up data were obtained for 82% of patients at 6 years. Over half the patients meeting criteria for borderline personality disorder at entry into the study no longer did so 6 years later” (p.456). This would benefit Melissa so she could get back to her schooling. She could take six years off of school to control her symptoms and not have to deal with borderline personality
Melissa illustrates all four distinct features. For her emotional dysregulation, she would experience mood fluctuations. For instance, when friends would come over, she would occasionally break out in an aggressive manner and later regret all that she had yelled out. Her friends could have been a few minutes late to visiting her and she would burst out in anger. This has to deal with her distorted self-image. Fist, we know that she cuts herself but also she tries to be other people. For instance, she takes the role of her therapist and tries to assess other patients in the building. This is her showing that she does not want to be who she is and does not want to be rejected by others. If Melissa is liked or loved, then no one will reject …show more content…
Since Melissa has BPD, CBT would do her some good if the therapist could control the flirtatious comments. According to Davidson (2010), “Follow-up data were obtained for 82% of patients at 6 years. Over half the patients meeting criteria for borderline personality disorder at entry into the study no longer did so 6 years later” (p.456). This would benefit Melissa so she could get back to her schooling. She could take six years off of school to control her symptoms and not have to deal with borderline personality