Emotionally unstable personality disorder is one of the types of disorders in which a person is prone to pronounced impulsive behavior. Characterized by high impulsiveness in behavior, almost absolute lack of self-control, high excitability and low ability to plan.
What is and where does it come from?
Experts consider genetic data and incorrect education as the main causes of this type of disorder. Most often, an unstable type of personality is formed in families where parents themselves tend to emotional instability and aggressive behavior. Plus - a great chance for a family where the father uses violent educational methods.
Symptoms of an emotionally unstable personality disorder
Emotionally unstable personality is distinguished by its irritability and impulsiveness. Such people are often vengeful, rancorous and extremely aggressive towards others. The reasons for their aggression and discontent are external, but they can often be small and insignificant. You can immediately recognize such a person - they are almost all dissatisfied with something and are looking for an excuse to find fault with everything around them.
These people suffer a lot of loneliness, and when communicating with people they often lack a cold logical evaluation. An unstable person can then idealize a person, then devalue him. From this you can understand that stable ties with these people are being established extremely hard.
An emotionally unstable personality does not tolerate objections to himself. In disputes and conflicts, she is not bothered by someone else's opinion, she does not listen to him. These people are distinguished by selfishness, which, again, does not contribute to establishing strong ties with surrounding people. As a consequence, they have obsessive thoughts that they are biased, do not appreciate them. They are holy
Emotionally unstable personality disorder - treatment
This type of disorder refers to quite difficult diseases of the human psyche and requires a serious approach to itself. Experts believe that the best result is obtained by using various psychotherapeutic methods. The emotionally unstable personality is used: individual and group psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, the use of various means to control impulses. In any case, supervision over such a person and working with him is necessary under the strict guidance of a psychiatrist.