Thursday, March 24, 2016

I've Been Close to Someone Who's Threatened Violence Publicly; Dangerous to Network With Her If She Isn't Getting Needed Help

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Trigger warning:  This blog post discusses issues pertaining to child abuse, violent threats, rape, incest, suicidal gestures, and mental il...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

A Right to Privacy Doesn't Extend to Violent Acts, Including Threats of Violence

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Any act of violence -- even in self-defense -- has ramifications for everyone in the community. If X  threatens violence against Y , there i...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

There Is No Right to Use Government to Suppress the Truth

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"There is no 'right to be forgotten.'  But there is a 'right to  remember.'  History is important.  Speaking the truth ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

In the Long Run, You're Not Fooling Anyone

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If I tried to deceive you, it would not merely be a matter of me trying to outsmart you. It would also be a matter of me trying to outsmart ...
Sunday, September 1, 2013

Right and Wrong Ways to Achieve a Sense of 'Control'

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I have developed a simple theory on the cause of most dysfunctional human behavior. Perhaps it is too simple. But this is it: Everyone wan...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

If You Notice Someone Obsessed With Self-Disfigurement, Gently Speak Up About It (Here's How)

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental condition in which someone feels alienated and disturbed by his or her own natural physical ...
Saturday, June 8, 2013

Self-Acceptance and Having a Firm Sense of Identity

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From my friend Esha, I learned about this quotation : "Face it, kid:  unless you can be yourself, you won't sta...
Friday, March 1, 2013

March 1 Is Self-Harm Awareness Day

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Remember that March 1 is Self-Harm Awareness Day . You don't have to face this alone.  Receiving the help that you need, you ca...
Sunday, February 3, 2013

Alexi-- Alexi-- Alexithymia? -- Such a Mouthful! -- in BPD?

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The Journal of Personality Disorders published a study suggesting that persons with BPD can often experience a condition known as alexithym...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

My Criteria for Judging Whether a Pattern of Behavior Should Be Judged as Potentially Indicative of 'Mental Illness'

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I can understand that some people believe that to call a mental illness an "illness" is misleading, as they believe that there is ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Patients With BPD Can Get Better ='-)

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A study in Denmark shows that patients with Borderline Personality Disorder can indeed get better with additional treatment.  :'-)
Thursday, October 18, 2012

More About 'Identity Disturbances'

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is not the same as BPD.  A person can have one condition but not the other.  However, the conditions...
Monday, October 8, 2012

Scary Black-and-White Pic ='(

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Actually, pics are not the most important thing.  What's important is the information.  I hope by now it is clear that pictures are less...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

I Will Always Care

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Wishing a happy birthday to someone I care about.  Whether this is understood or not, your lasting happiness is of paramount importance.  I ...
Saturday, August 4, 2012

If You Know Someone Who Exhibits Suicidal Gestures, Are You a Real Friend to That Person . . . or a Sycophant?

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  As I've blogged before , someone having suicidal ideation does not always lead to that person attempting suicide, but it remains...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Narcissus Didn't Love Himself: The Echo

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If you remember Ovid's rendition of the Greek myth, there was someone else who cared about Narcissus:  Echo.  And, like Echo, I repeat ...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Narcissus Didn't Love Himself

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Narcissism -- in both the clinical and colloquial sense -- is commonly considered malignant self-love.  But today it occurred to me that th...
Sunday, April 1, 2012

Look Alive, Mate

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This should be obvious, but you're at your strongest when you present yourself to the world as what you really are: ...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder)

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When you look at the Wikipedia entry for Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) -- formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder -- ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

March 1 Is Self-Injury Awareness Day

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"Self-injury" refers to repeated, deliberate acts of physically harming oneself as a way to distract oneself from painful emotio...
Monday, January 16, 2012

More Dialectical Behavior Therapy Clinics on Oahu

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I have previously blogged about websites providing contact information for mental health professionals on the island of O'ahu who trea...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

More About Possible Epilepsy-BPD Link

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I have previously posted about whether there might be some hereditary connection between epilepsy and Borderline Personality Disorder (see h...
Friday, December 30, 2011

More About Epilepsy and BPD

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I previously posted about some theories that there may be a link between having epilepsy in one's family and having borderline personal...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

I Will Always Care

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I told someone, "The only way I will ever again feel safe in your presence is if you return to seeing a mental health professional ...
Friday, December 16, 2011

Identity Disturbances

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Among the nine criteria for diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder, another is the presence of "identity disturbances."  As Ps...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Wearing a Mask of Confidence on the Outside, Feeling the Opposite on the Inside

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The blog Beyond the Borderline Personality presents this interesting excerpt from an article in Scientific American Mind (the article its...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Paranoid Delusions

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Suppose I repeatedly insisted to you that all of the men who walked past me in Waikiki leered at me and wanted to sexually assault me.  Then...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

What Is 'Suicidal Ideation' (Warning: Post Has Disturbing Contents)

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This blog discusses what are already difficult subjects (BPD and Body Dysmorphia), but this post is about something I find particularly unco...