Borderline Personality Disorder Kerry Jefferson PSY 303 George Bell IV, M.A. Mar 10, 2013 Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline personality disorder (BPD) affects individual’s emotion state. They have irrational mood swings. But one of the things that affect them is the fear of abandonment. When something like this happens to them it affects others around them, because they fill like they have to constantly walking on eggshells.
A borderline personality disorder can affect personal relationships because it can make you idealize someone at one moment and then dramatically swing to hatred over minor misunderstandings. You may see things as either white or black and no gray areas in between. Part 2: Borderline Personality Disorder Causes What exactly causes borderline personality disorder remains unclear. Experts believe there may be abnormalities in how brain chemicals control one’s moods. It also tends to run in some families.
People can also feel guilt/anger and try to find fault with themselves or other family members. Family members with little understanding may try to ignore the situation and refuse to talk about it or acknowledge a problem exists. Whole families may exclude themselves from their communities out of fear for their suffering member or from fear of ridicule for themselves, they may not invite friends round, attend family/community events because of
Outline clinical characteristics of phobia (8) Rosenhan and Seligman said that ‘A phobia is a persistent fear reaction that is strongly out of proportion to the reality of the danger’. Is an extreme, irrational fear of an object or situation, e.g. arachnophobia (fear of spiders). The sufferer is well aware of how irrational, excessive and unreasonable their phobia is, but this awareness does not help them. When a person with a phobia encounters the stimulus which causes their fear they experience extreme anxiety and will show avoidance behaviour.
There are many everyday risks that people do not realize they could have been putting themselves or loved ones through. These dangers could be very minor or the could even be deadly. The possibilities of something happening are always present and almost never ending as to what can happen. The dangers of a ride from your house to the local grocery could put you in the worst case scenario. Dangers when driving can be associated to your driving, with the other drivers, maybe even the weather.
Social structures are very easily liable to break down in times of war and crisis. People are not able to function and do what supposedly needs to be done. Not being familiar to a certain setting or situation can cause everybody to lose sight and possibly produce into the panic stage. Adults play a major role throughout a child’s life. Just as an adult’s responsibility is to raise the children so that they will continue their roles, an adult’s responsibility is also to care for the children in times of war and crisis.
Although we are capable of making our choices: These choices can be influenced by external forces i.e friends, family, media and religious beliefs. They have an impact on our personal beliefs and idea’s and can alter someone’s perception on things. People often lack knowledge on how food, alcohol and drugs will affect them. They often develop a psychological dependence on such things believing it is helping them. Habitual patterns are formed and this can have a huge impact on their health both physical and mental.
Also non-verbal types of communication can be taken the wrong way as people interpret messages wrong as they don’t have tone of voice to direct them or the fact that people often use short hand when texting which can be misunderstood. In professional places we often use acronyms that can make understanding conversations difficult. In meetings where parents and carers are present it is important not to use there acronyms as it could cause an alienation of the parents and carers who we really need to keep onside. I have attended meetings where I have felt out of
Also, not being buckled up may cause injuries and deaths to people different from the ones not following the rule. It is absolutely necessary for everyone in the car to put on a seatbelt. Quite many people think that wearing a seatbelt is not necessary and its just a tip for young, unskilled drivers. Many teenages are convinced that wearing a seatbelt is “not cool” and that their friends will make fun of them for taking on a safety measure. Some people refuse to put seat belts on because they are too uncomfortable.
Explain factors related to the development of substance abuse or addictive behaviour & examine prevention strategies and treatments for substance abuse and addictive behaviour (22 marks) A substance is anything that people can ingest to alter mood, cognition or behaviour: specifically to induce feelings of self-confidence, fun or relaxation. However, there is an issue with ‘substances’, in that they can often cause a dependence or addiction. An addiction can be described as the behavioural and other responses that include compulsion to certain substances continuously, in order to avoid psychological and physiological deficits in the absence of the substance: namely discomfort, anxiety etc. An addiction may relate to anything in one’s life which may cause the process of uncontrollable usage. This essay shall seek to outline the key reasons for development of a substance abuse, whilst assessing the prevention strategies and treatment for the subsequent substance abuses and addictive behaviours - with key reference to smoking and addiction to nicotine.