What are some symptoms that are connected to borderline personality disorder?

What are some symptoms that are connected to borderline personality disorder?

Wide mood swings lasting from a few hours to a few days, which can include intense happiness, irritability, shame or anxiety. Ongoing feelings of emptiness. Inappropriate, intense anger, such as frequently losing your temper, being sarcastic or bitter, or having physical fights.

What happens during a BPD episode?

Someone with BPD may go to great lengths to feel something, as well as becoming increasingly withdrawn and avoidant during an episode. Paranoid thoughts of everyone being out to get them and hating them are also common during these times. Episodes can also be extreme highs, bursts of euphoria and positive emotions.

Can cross dressers control the urge to cross dress?

Most cross dressers can’t control the urge to cross dress. They feel they need to dress up as the opposite sex. Often trying to control the urges only makes them worse. However there are some ways to fight the urge to cross dress.

What is crossdressing and how common is it?

Crossdressing is actually quite common, but it is most often done in private or as a secret that is hidden from others. Although, more and more men are “coming out” and dressing “en femme.” In fact, there are conventions where males of different ages and backgrounds, get together to enjoy the freedom of dressing and socializing as females.

What mental illnesses are associated with cross-dressing?

Some mental illnesses associated with cross-dressing are due to problems with how a person views his or her gender identity, rather than the act of cross-dressing itself. A brief example from the DSM-V, the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, that involves cross-dressing is transvestic disorder.

Why is it important to talk to someone about crossdressing?

Having someone to talk to about crossdressing, to avoid the isolation and loneliness that some people experience is very important. In my time as a counsellor I have worked with many men who are struggling with their feelings and sense of identity.