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Serendipity. · 07-08-2014, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by random.swirls

My take on it is that with personality disorders the reactivity is more in terms I triggers and lengths. So for example someone with bpd may wake up in a good mood get a bad mark in a test which makes them depressed later on they go out with friends and are hyper but on going home they tell someone about the marks and go into depression again so the mood fluctuates daily etc.

I do get what you're saying here but I don't think it is necessarily that simple. I have BPD but I find that my mood is more 'reactive' when I am doing okay. Like, getting a bad mark would make me feel sad but I might be able to cheer myself up by going out with friends and taking my mind off it, but it wouldn't be to extremes, and those emotions wouldn't stop me from being 'okay' overall. Whereas if I am already having a 'mood swing' those events probably wouldn't affect me a great deal because the low (or high, I guess) that I'm already in is so all-encompassing and there isn't much room left for anything else.

So I don't know, it confuses me too.

07-08-2014, 01:49 PM	#4
Serendipity. fabulous. Join Date: Nov 2010	Quote: Originally Posted by random.swirls My take on it is that with personality disorders the reactivity is more in terms I triggers and lengths. So for example someone with bpd may wake up in a good mood get a bad mark in a test which makes them depressed later on they go out with friends and are hyper but on going home they tell someone about the marks and go into depression again so the mood fluctuates daily etc. I do get what you're saying here but I don't think it is necessarily that simple. I have BPD but I find that my mood is more 'reactive' when I am doing okay. Like, getting a bad mark would make me feel sad but I might be able to cheer myself up by going out with friends and taking my mind off it, but it wouldn't be to extremes, and those emotions wouldn't stop me from being 'okay' overall. Whereas if I am already having a 'mood swing' those events probably wouldn't affect me a great deal because the low (or high, I guess) that I'm already in is so all-encompassing and there isn't much room left for anything else. So I don't know, it confuses me too.
Serendipity. fabulous. Join Date: Nov 2010	"I know you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day. Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet. It'll get better. Until then, have a day."