Warning Signs And Complications Of Borderline Personality Disorder

Disconnect From Reality

Individuals with borderline personality disorder may experience a disconnect from reality. This may occur in conjunction with paranoid episodes, and it's often triggered by stress. It's common to have continuing feelings of emptiness or apathy. This emptiness often contributes to the fear of abandonment and feeling it's impossible to be happy while alone. When losing contact with reality, patients may react to others in paranoid ways or experience delusions. Delusions are a form of psychosis in which individuals strongly believe in ideas that aren't real. It's also common for borderline personality disorder patients to dissociate. Dissociation is a feeling of separation from the self. It can make individuals feel like they exist 'outside' their body, like they can't touch their emotions, like they're not in contact with the world, or like they don't even exist. Dissociation can be distressing, but it can also come with a sense of detachment and apathy that may alarm others.

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