Borderline disorder and emotional dysregulation

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is often devastating and stigmatized. It causes significant personal and relational suffering, but it can be effectively treated. The main problem is that this disorder remains poorly understood and underdiagnosed, exposing people to unnecessary medical care and suffering.

Symptoms include:
• Uncontrollable outbursts of anger,
• Overflowing emotions,
• Sudden changes from laughter to tears,
• Panic fear of abandonment,
• Frequent use of self-destructive behaviors to calm emotional overflow.

These manifestations reflect immense psychological suffering. Yet, BPD is often confused with other pathologies or simply ignored. As Professor Nader Perroud points out, this disorder remains seriously underdiagnosed, even though specific therapeutic approaches exist and work..........