Why do people with BPD avoid treatment?

Another important source of resistance in treating patients with BPD is their notion that change may entail betraying their family in particular ways as well as giving up habits they may feel work well for them in avoiding feelings.

Why is BPD the hardest to treat?

APA also claimed that while people with BPD often seek out treatment, many tend to leave therapy. It is suggested that individuals with BPD may be triggered easily in therapy, which can be difficult for them to regulate those emotions and work with their therapist.

When does BPD get better?

Studies found that most patients with BPD improve with time. After 2 years, 1/4 of patients experience a remission (less than 2 symptoms for a period of 2 months or longer) of BPD diagnosis. After 10 years, 91\% achieved remission of at least 2 months and 85\% achieving remission for 12 months or longer.

Can people with BPD have more than one personality?

Due to it being a personality disorder, BPD is often confused with someone having dissociative identity disorder, where people develop multiple personalities. But this isn’t the case at all. People with BPD don’t have more than one personality.

Can a person with borderline personality disorder get better?

(Addendum: Some commenters have pointed out that my title on this post — we are limited to very few words — seems to imply that patients with borderline personality disorder cannot get better. Just to clarify, of course they can get better — why would I be a therapist for them if I thought they couldn’t? The post is about why it is so difficult).

What would happen if a patient with BPD got better?

One thing that might happen if a patient with BPD got better: their families would run for the hills. Exile them. Shun them. Abandon them. Anyone wonder why those with BPD have “abandonment issues?” Wonder no more.

What is borderline personality disorder (BPD)?

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often have a strong fear of abandonment, struggle to maintain healthy relationships, have very intense emotions, act impulsively, and may even experience paranoia and dissociation.