How does a BPD person think?
People with BPD also have a tendency to think in extremes, a phenomenon called “dichotomous” or “black-or-white” thinking. 2 People with BPD often struggle to see the complexity in people and situations and are unable to recognize that things are often not either perfect or horrible, but are something in between.
Why do people with BPD feel like they are only reacting?
They feel like they are only reacting to what the people around them are doing, but this is only because their view of what is happening around them is skewed. Because of the extreme emotional reaction they have to normal events, what may seem small to other people becomes a huge thing in the mind of a BPD sufferer.
Do people with BPD feel love/hate for other people?
Once the BPD sufferer is comfortable with where the other person is at, they may then start to switch between intense bursts of love/hate that confuse the other person. This is not done consciously to torture the other person – in fact, the BPD sufferer has no idea that they are doing it.
What does it feel like to have borderline personality disorder?
For the BPD sufferer it is hard to explain what it feels like when honestly, they don’t know exactly what it is that isn’t “normal”. People around the BPD sufferer know that something isn’t right with the person, but quite often the sufferer does not know there is anything wrong, which is why they can attack you when you suggest there may be.
Do people with BPD want to be treated like royalty?
People with BPD don’t want to be treated like royalty. They just want to be loved, an emotion which many never experienced. There is strong biological vulnerability and often horrific abuse which results in this devastating condition. For BPD sufferers, dysphoria, or mental pain, is their baseline mood, which can feel unbearable.