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How do borderlines test people?
There isn’t a medical test to confirm a borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis. Your provider may do a physical exam or order a blood test to rule out health conditions that may be causing your symptoms. Healthcare providers diagnose BPD after several interviews with you.
Why do borderlines test people?
This test is designed to help you understand whether you may have Borderline Personality Disorder. Borderline personality disorder is a mental health condition characterized by a person who has a difficult time maintaining long-term interpersonal relationships due to the way they process their emotions and feelings.
What do people with BPD want in a relationship?
Having been diagnosed with BPD myself, I can tell you that the thing we want most is to love and be loved in happy, healthy, and fulfilling relationships. BPD can make relationships difficult, but not impossible.
Can You Love Someone with borderline personality disorder?
Loving someone with a borderline personality disorder differs from loving someone with intimacy issues, as BPD is a persistent personality trait that causes major distress. If you are dating someone with BPD or considering dating them, investigate more about the effects it has on relationships.
What is the difference between a nice guy and BPD?
In a sense we could say the nice guy is the virtual opposite of the woman with traits of BPD. In comparison with the nice-guy type, a women with moderate traits of BPD will be plagued with insecurity within her relationship. She will experience a chronic sense of powerlessness and a constant fear of being taken advantage of by her partner.
What triggers a woman with BPD to engage in negative behavior?
There are certain personality traits in a man that can be the trigger that causes a woman with traits of BPD to engage in negative behaviors toward him. The cluster of traits in her partner that can trigger negative behavior is what we might call the personality traits of a nice guy.