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Posted by floatingbridge on June 17, 2009, at 20:58:18
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/health/16brod.html?em
Fluffy article on BPD. For me, the real interest lies in the accompanying Consults comments.
Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on June 17, 2009, at 22:52:03
In reply to NYT Emotional Hair Trigger, Often Misread (trigger, posted by floatingbridge on June 17, 2009, at 20:58:18
let me weed out, the weed's in the problem. Man, will they stop! yak yak yak!
post back....soon.
rj
Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on June 17, 2009, at 22:54:40
In reply to NYT Emotional Hair Trigger, Often Misread (trigger, posted by floatingbridge on June 17, 2009, at 20:58:18
it's more propaganda. The movie....was good, it told a story of someone's life and relationships with people. Yet, diffrent personalites can "deferienate" situations, what's going on in the personal life, and inner thoughts, it's in the catagory of Personality Disorders.
Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 18, 2009, at 1:22:45
In reply to NYT Emotional Hair Trigger, Often Misread (trigger, posted by floatingbridge on June 17, 2009, at 20:58:18
Man, people sure think people with BPD are the devil incarnate. I mean, god, could these questions represent extremes (and misdiagnoses or misunderstandings about what BPD does and does not entail) any more than they do? I love how the article referred to distress as a "tantrum." Um, how many people with BPD live in pain and under stress and DON'T beat their children, manipulate those around them, and rant and rave up and down the street?
Whew. That really is an emotional hair trigger! Yikes!
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/health/16brod.html?em
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> Fluffy article on BPD. For me, the real interest lies in the accompanying Consults comments.
Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 18, 2009, at 1:26:19
In reply to Re: NYT Emotional Hair Trigger, Often Misread (trigger » floatingbridge, posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 18, 2009, at 1:22:45
thankfully commenter #58 stepped in as the voice of reason...
"I am disgusted and baffled by this article. As a clinician who works with patients with Borderline Personality Disorder, this article did nothing but reinforce stereotypes. It further stigmatizes the struggles individuals who have difficulties with emotion regulation experience. How humiliating to suggest that someone with this condition behaves like a 2 year old?
This reporter was ill-equipped to be writing this piece and and insensitive to the topics at hand. There is a significant omission in this article of another effective treatment that has empirical support called Transference Focused Psychotherapy, or TFP (Kernberg, Yeomans and Clarkin). There are currently many options for patients struggling with these difficulties and many treatment trials that offer services at reduced fees as part of federally funded research (including the clinic practicing TFP above which is based in NYC).
I hope that the public will read this article and disregard most of what is written other than the comments by informed practitioners like Dr. Linehan and Dr. Fruzzetti.
Horrified Clinician"> Man, people sure think people with BPD are the devil incarnate. I mean, god, could these questions represent extremes (and misdiagnoses or misunderstandings about what BPD does and does not entail) any more than they do? I love how the article referred to distress as a "tantrum." Um, how many people with BPD live in pain and under stress and DON'T beat their children, manipulate those around them, and rant and rave up and down the street?
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> Whew. That really is an emotional hair trigger! Yikes!
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> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/health/16brod.html?em
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> > Fluffy article on BPD. For me, the real interest lies in the accompanying Consults comments.
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Posted by floatingbridge on June 18, 2009, at 19:18:03
In reply to P.S. voice of reason, posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 18, 2009, at 1:26:19
Yes, and there are some other good nuggets in the comments if one cares to dig. I apologize if this post was inappropriate. It is of interest to me. Two BPD folks in my family: took me years to realize I wasn't the source of their problems. Now, me, that's another topic! I also have gone to a few shrinks and therapists wondering if I had BPD. So far, no one has concurred, yet symptoms overlap and, I think, can feel familiar to many. For instance (just one example), for me, an overwhelming and pervasive sense of emptiness....
I'm sorry this upset you Amelia; I found it tough reading, too.
Candace
> thankfully commenter #58 stepped in as the voice of reason...
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> "I am disgusted and baffled by this article. As a clinician who works with patients with Borderline Personality Disorder, this article did nothing but reinforce stereotypes. It further stigmatizes the struggles individuals who have difficulties with emotion regulation experience. How humiliating to suggest that someone with this condition behaves like a 2 year old?
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> This reporter was ill-equipped to be writing this piece and and insensitive to the topics at hand. There is a significant omission in this article of another effective treatment that has empirical support called Transference Focused Psychotherapy, or TFP (Kernberg, Yeomans and Clarkin). There are currently many options for patients struggling with these difficulties and many treatment trials that offer services at reduced fees as part of federally funded research (including the clinic practicing TFP above which is based in NYC).
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> I hope that the public will read this article and disregard most of what is written other than the comments by informed practitioners like Dr. Linehan and Dr. Fruzzetti.
> Horrified Clinician"
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> > Man, people sure think people with BPD are the devil incarnate. I mean, god, could these questions represent extremes (and misdiagnoses or misunderstandings about what BPD does and does not entail) any more than they do? I love how the article referred to distress as a "tantrum." Um, how many people with BPD live in pain and under stress and DON'T beat their children, manipulate those around them, and rant and rave up and down the street?
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> > Whew. That really is an emotional hair trigger! Yikes!
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> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/health/16brod.html?em
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> > > Fluffy article on BPD. For me, the real interest lies in the accompanying Consults comments.
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Posted by floatingbridge on June 18, 2009, at 19:28:57
In reply to Re: P.S. voice of reason, posted by floatingbridge on June 18, 2009, at 19:18:03
I've also had success with Marsha Linehan's DBT, especially something called *distress tolerance*. I have not been self-harming (which is something this treatment was developed for, though not exclusively), but painful beliefs, feelings, and thoughts that I felt were intolerable and unshakable.
Candace
Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 19, 2009, at 12:17:54
In reply to Re: P.S. voice of reason, posted by floatingbridge on June 18, 2009, at 19:28:57
Ohhh I'm glad to hear there's another, fellow DBT person here. I'm having great success with following it's core principles in minimizing panic attacks and bouts of anger.
Hey Candace, I wasn't sure after I posted if I read your intent wrong. I thought you had posted because the comments angered you, but now realize that was probably me projecting on your intent. I'm sorry if my response was against your intent. I'm okay, and was okay; I do get very, very passionate about things, but it didn't trigger me. There were some great comments mixed in and I think the whole thing is fascinating.
> I've also had success with Marsha Linehan's DBT, especially something called *distress tolerance*. I have not been self-harming (which is something this treatment was developed for, though not exclusively), but painful beliefs, feelings, and thoughts that I felt were intolerable and unshakable.
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> Candace
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