e, 1999). On the other hand there are those who believe that BPD is a convenience disorder. For instance a person who is facing a thirty-year prison sentence might attempt to bring trial class of offenders. In other words a person who is facing complete darkness might be forced to do whatever it takes to see some sunlight, and a BPD reenactment can be one of his alternatives (Morris-Aldridge, 1989).Despite what others believe, I have realized that Borderline personality disorder is one of the most serious, confounding, and controversial of all personality disorders. It is so serious because those with this disorder are prone to explosive, violent, and sometimes suicidal behavior, and these reactions are not planned they occur unexpectedly and can be triggered by any slight situation which the BPD patient feels threatened (Ross, 1995). The reality of borderline personality disorder is a dark and scary one, but we as a society must keep our ears, eyes, and mind open to the truth of this disorders existence. In the early 1900s the term borderline was used to describe patients whose symptoms fell somewhere between neurosis and psychosis and had traits of many different disorders. Later down the line the term ambulatory schizophrenia was used to describe the same basic symptoms, and for many years borderline personality was believed to be a mild type of schizophrenia (Kluft/Foote, 1999). Since those times many things have changed. For starters borderline is classified as a disorder on its own. Many studies have been done to prove this disorders existence; For instance the New Harvard Guide to Psychiatry which estimated that between 15% and 25% of all hospitalized psychiatric patients, as well as perhaps 4% of the general population, suffer from borderline personality disorder (Ross, 1995). What is most refreshing about these studies is that we as a society are being forced to come to the realization of this disorders existence.Becau...
