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I Want to Know About Borderline Personality Disorder

I met this friend two years ago. If such a thing exists, it was friendship after sight. We were volunteers in the same social center. We used to joke about our "special abilities" : I was suffering from depression, she has borderline personality disorder and we were both former bulimics. It was so amazing to be able to talk about such heavy subjects without being judged. We even joked about our failed suicide attempts. We were not "normal people" and when we were together , I just thought it wasn't that bad. After all, she kept saying: "it makes us special".
Of course, I liked her for many other reasons :she is smart, has a great sense of humor and we are sharing the same interests.
But one day, I received a call from her husband:she had tried to commit suicide during the night. The day before, we had dinner at her place and everything seemed OK.
I replayed our conversations in my head but there were no warning signs.
She left the hospital after 6 months. Since that day, I started to recognize patterns in her behavior. There are times when she calls me and she is full of projects and seems so happy. Then, there are the other days :she ignored my calls or sends me laconic messages.
I really love her but sometimes it is difficult to know if I did or said something wrong or if it's just her disorder that makes her act the way she does. (sorry for my bad English)
SW-User
Borderline people tend to think in binary when it comes to relationships and their own selves/capabilites. A very light joke that pushed the boundaries slightly is enough to turn that 0 into a 1, if their brain is ready to tick into an overwhelming state (let's say building up of emotions)... And needs just one tiny trigger to explode.... Then that tiny joke would be all that's required to completely change the way they think about you... It's not your fault though.
But neither is it theirs.
Dionysus · 41-45, F
It's all her. She's just trying to survive at times and when it gets that bad for some people, it's hard to communicate or maintain a friendship.
SW-User
I work with people with mental illnesses and borderline was always very difficult to define and deal with.
GerOttman · 61-69, M
There's lots of spooky things that go in the brain. Even a so called normal person has things going on in there that don't seem to make sense. It's unlikely you did or said anything wrong. I'm not all that well versed in this kind of thing but it sounds like the manic/depressive cycle. Just be a friend when needed.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Yes, that sounds very familiar. Don't blame yourself. People with BPD behave in that way. They have violent mood swings.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
Borderlines live in a world where you're all good or all bad. I can't deal with them.

 
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