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The term “BPD”, namely borderline personality disorder, relates to a mental health issue with a global prevalence of 1.8% of the worldwide population [1]. It often leads to intense emotional reactivity and impulsive behaviors that feel difficult to control. BPD engenders unhealthy and destructive behavioral patterns that impact the whole life quality of both a […]

Can a traumatic event cause anxiety disorder? Though it might seem that trauma and anxiety don’t have much in common, these conditions are tightly linked. Trauma is a one-time event, while anxiety is a persistent feeling of worry. These conditions have varying symptoms but tailored treatment approaches. Healthcare professionals carefully assess the symptoms of individuals […]

Trauma dumping is the act of unloading emotional and often highly charged, unprocessed experiences onto someone, without regard for if that person is emotionally healthy enough to receive what is being shared with them. It can be a way for someone to release their own emotional burden, however, it is almost always uncomfortable and emotionally […]

Facing traumatic events is painful. Often, people who experienced trauma recall the events that followed it again and again and thus, fall into trauma once again. Trauma treatment regularly includes sharing traumatic experiences, thoughts, memories, and feelings with other people. Therapists recommend their patients open up about their distressing events with their friends or family […]

Narcissism is often used as a term to describe selfish and self-esteem people. Yet, in medical science, this term has a more profound and branched description. Namely, if narcissism is a colloquial word, officially in healthcare it has a relevant diagnosis, NPD or Narcissistic personality disorder. Named after the character of Greek myths, a beautiful […]

Do you know that bipolar disorder keeps the palm among all mental health issues in the number of broken relationships and divorces? The study says that the possibility of separation or divorce in a couple with one of the partners having BD is 2-3 times higher than on average [1]. If you have ever faced […]

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental condition characterized by specific behavior patterns of the sufferers. They experience intrusive thoughts (obsessions), which cause distress. It can be fears of germs or disease, intrusive thoughts of harming loved ones, doubts about past actions, desires to achieve symmetry or order in something, etc. These obsessions might only be […]

Is waking up in the morning with heart palpitations or body tension familiar to you? Unstoppable thoughts of planned activities, fears of what can go wrong, remembering the unfinished business from the last evening. Being stressed out before any stress has actually happened has a significant impact on one’s daily life.  Unprovoked anxiety in the […]

Dealing with a person having a mental health disorder is always challenging. Especially if this disorder is BPD or NPD. Often, other people cannot even guess that their close people have some mental issues and consider their weird or controversial behavior just a sign of bad temper. Consequently, it is hard to understand which disorder […]