Borderline Personality Disorder is a difficult disorder to understand and treat. Briefly, people who suffer from BPD tend to have a heightened sensitivity to rejection. When they feel that they are being rejected they can react with strong feelings of anger. Their emotions can be very intense and vary widely during the day. This can also make their relationships very unstable. They can also be very impulsive. 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. 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
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- Berenson, K. R., Downey, G., Rafaeli, E., Coifman, K. G., & Leventhal Paquin, N. (2011, April 18). The Rejection–Rage Contingency in Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0023335
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- Here’s an excellent site with all kinds of information on borderline personality: the National Education Alliance Borderline Personality Disorder
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- Here is a fascinating story about a recent technology that will, in fact, record your brainwaves and send them to a portable device like a cell phone. It’s called the iBrain.
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Dr. Low made the iBrain’s EEG data compatible with desktop computers and even cell phones. People with disorders of all types, from all over the world can strap on an iBrain and collect brainwave patterns immediately on their cell phones or computers. – Peter Murray, Singularity Hub
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Michael
May 12, 2011Thanks for letting me know that the episode title didn’t have a number in it. I just fixed that. The episode on borderline personality disorder you’re referring to is #146. Here’s the link.
Kim Warner
May 12, 2011What episode number is the “Borderline Personality: What is it? Could your cell phone help deal with it? I see the episode number on all the other Podcasts. But not this one. Maybe I’m missing something. I just want to properly cite it for a paper I’m writing.
Thanks in advance!
Kim
Michael
May 12, 2011Thanks Cassandra. It's good to hear from someone like that you found the episode both interesting and informative. I work especially hard on episodes like this to make sure that I am treating the topic with respect because I know a lot of people are challenged by BPD. I very much appreciate your comment. I hope you find the other episodes interesting as well.
Cassandra Griffin
May 12, 2011Hello,
Funny story. I listen to two of your pod casts every week for homework (I am a psychology major) and I found it very interesting that the first one to pop up this week would be about BPD! I have Borderline Personality Disorder, so it was interesting to hear the professional report as well as listen about the study. Although it is a little "Big Brother is watching you", the idea of using smart phones to assist those of us with BPD in seeing full well what is triggering us is fairly ingenious. Even though simply knowing I have BPD has made reflection upon situations far more simple, there are times when I am struck by anxiety and rage (sometimes merely in physical manners) without fully comprehending why this is the case. At any rate, I thoroughly enjoyed this pod cast and love listening to all the different topics you bring up.
TS
May 12, 2011Hi,thank you for this episode =)
It would be great if you could add NEA BPD http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/
to your list of sites they have a great collection of research in many different formats video,audio,call in series,mp3s of conferences,PDF,online free course for professionals (anyone can access) aswell as programs to help families & much more.
TS
May 12, 2011Hi
It would be great if you could add NEA BPD http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/
to your list of sites they have a great collection of research in many different formats video,audio,call in series,mp3s of conferences,PDF,online free course for professionals (anyone can access) aswell as programs to help families & much more.
TS
May 12, 2011It would be great if you could add NEA BPD http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/
to your list of sites they have a great collection of research in many different formats video,audio,call in series,mp3s of conferences,PDF,online free course for professionals (anyone can access) aswell as programs to help families & much more.
Sarah R.
May 12, 2011Sir,
I enjoyed your podcast on BPD. I am, once again, listening to two podcasts this week for homework. Since you asked for responses, I will say that I have not purchased one of the smart phones. One of the reasons is the expense of the phone levied against the things that a newer phone offers. Another reason that I am not that interested in purchasing an advanced cell phone is that I think they are getting out of hand being used for everything from GPS to being hacked for information. The most that my cell phone can offer someone who hacks into it is my contact list and some pictures. It is, as you mentioned, scary.
v/r,
Sarah R.
chowchow
May 12, 2011thank and nice site. i m suffering from one and i need help