I hate you, don't leave me!

Coping with borderline personality disorder

A desperate attempt to prevent real or imagined loneliness. Unstable and intense interpersonal relationships with significant changes in attitudes towards others. Persistent and noticeably disturbed unstable self-esteem or opinion of oneself. Impulsivity in at least two potentially self-injurious areas. Repeated suicidal threats, gestures or behaviors, or self-injurious actions.
For a person with borderline personality disorder, life is like an endless roller coaster with no clear destination. For those close to him, those who live with him, love him or threaten him, it can be an equally wild, hopeless and frustrating ride. Mood swings come suddenly, are explosive, and knock the borderline personality from the heights of joy to the depths of depression. One moment full of anger, the next calm as lambs, they themselves grope why and where their inner struggle is driving them. The inability to understand what happened in the moment subsequently leads to deeper self-hatred and depression. Yet, as the authors argue, there is an effective approach to treating and managing this disorder, whose prognosis is very promising with a sensitive approach. Using many examples from therapeutic practice, they recount the stories of people with this disorder, its symptoms, its presumed roots, its occurrence, and present a structured method for communicating with borderline personalities.