Borderline Personality: What is it? Could Your Cell Phone Help Deal With It?
Borderline Personality Disorder is a difficult disorder to understand and treat.\xa0 Briefly, people who suffer from BPD tend to have a heightened sensitivity to rejection.\xa0 When they feel that they are being rejected they can react with strong feelings of anger.\xa0 Their emotions can be very intense and vary widely during the day.\xa0 This can also make their relationships very unstable.\xa0 They can also be very impulsive.\xa0 However, a recent fascinating piece of research used a mobile device and what's called an "experience sampling" technique to gain further insight into what it is like to have BPD.\xa0 In this episode I discuss that research and then wonder what else we might be able to learn as our mobile devices become even more powerful. Resources on Borderline Personality Disorder The Fight Within Us \xa0 ESP: The Experience Sampling Program \xa0 Just Helping People