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Nikki
Feb 17, 2010 21:22:18 GMT -5
Post by JJ77 on Feb 17, 2010 21:22:18 GMT -5
JB - I appreciate that the mention of BPD hit on a very personal topic for you, and that you were very anxious to discuss it. I'm gad to see that you have started a thread on the subject in the compound lounge - one of our off topic areas. Under the personal context which you wish to discuss it that's where it would best fit. That said, please do not take offense to my removing your repeat postings in an effort to get the two threads they were in back on topic. To use your own words , you did "hijack" them to a degree Repeat identical postings are not allowed. (as stated in the rules & guidelines) I think you may have come across as a bit over zealous - which on such a personal topic could have made many who otherwise would have responded hestitate to do so. I know that was not your intent, but please do try to keep the repeat and multiple same sentiment posts to a minimum. I actually think you've already said much of what I just did- so I get that you are already aware... I just thought I would address it in my explanation for removing a few of your posts.
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Nikki
Feb 17, 2010 22:04:54 GMT -5
Post by marionj2 on Feb 17, 2010 22:04:54 GMT -5
jblovessharks,
In answer to your question, yes, at least one of the people discussing BPD on the HBO boards had the diagnosis herself. (She doesn't seem to have found her way here yet.)
I also have a friend with the diagnosis. I don't see Nicki as the same, but it may be what the writers have in mind.
On the subject of not responding to your contributions, I've noticed that I don't always have time to return and read further posts for several days. (I've been catching up tonight.) So people may not be being deliberately rude - they may have read your posts, but not had time to form a thoughtful response, which they might feel you deserve.
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Nikki
Feb 18, 2010 0:03:23 GMT -5
Post by kambria on Feb 18, 2010 0:03:23 GMT -5
Kambria - since your studying for your masters could you give a little more explanation / insight to symptom #9 ? Not certain I fully understand that one. also what is "intense episodic dysphoria"? - no clue on that one lol I found the list very interesting... even brought a couple people to mind. Whic is part of the reason I am interested in further explaantion of the above. Obviously I'm not a psych major , but form a complete layman's poitn of view... yeah i could definitey see many of these charicteristics in Nicki. To answer your question JJ77: Symptom #9: Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation, delusions or severe dissociative symptoms Transient describes some thing that passes with time; in other words something that is not permanent, doesn't last for a long period of time. So the paranoid ideation, the delusions and the dissociative symptoms come and go but they do not last for a very long period of time (hope that makes sense). Paranoid Ideation describes paranoid ways of thinking. For instance a person may have the often times irrational belief that certain persons are "out to get them" or that everyone is against them. Delusions are false beliefs that a person may have. There are several types of delusions. One popular delusion is the Persecutory Delusion which may involve the belief of being followed, harassed, cheated, poisoned or drugged, conspired against, spied on, orattacked. People with a set of persecutory delusions may believe, for example, they are being followed by government organizations because the "persecuted" person has been falsely identified as a spy. These systems of beliefs can be so broad and complex that they can explain everything that happens to the person. Dissociative Symptoms or Dissociation is a mental process that breaks the connection to a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. This is most likely brought on by a traumatic event. In this case the person may unknowingly repress the event by disassociating themselves from what happened (e.g. forgetting it ever happened, imagining that it happened to some one else, etc.). I hope this explains #9 more clearly. Dysphoria is an unpleasant mood that can be brought on by sad or stressful events (it is the opposite of Euphoria). Intense Episodic Dysphoria means that the mood can be very extreme and could occur episodically (every now and then). (this is a continuation of an earlier post in which I listed all of the criteria for a person to be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder).
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Nikki
Feb 18, 2010 9:00:52 GMT -5
Post by jblovessharks on Feb 18, 2010 9:00:52 GMT -5
yep, i figured i was posting incorrectly in the topic so that's why i made the new one. thanks for not flogging me about it! LOL and yes, i understand your having to restate the rules and why the stuff was moved. no harm no foul! im all good but a quick add-on to the def. of transient above - it can also literally be a span of minutes that one experiences an episode or emotion. I know i can go from 1 to 60 to 1 again in a single conversation and it turns heads! hehe. /end
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