Bipolar disorder is a complex mental health condition that causes people’s moods to fluctuate between euphoric highs and depressive lows. These shifts can affect your energy level, daily ability to function, and quality of life. Understanding the Types of Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder manifests in several forms, each with distinct symptom...
Borderline personality disorder is a complex mental health condition that significantly impacts emotions, behavior, and relationships. At Serene Behavioral Health, we understand the challenges that come with managing BPD, especially in the context of close relationships. How Do BPD Traits Affect Relationships? BPD’s characteristics include unstable emotions and self-image, impulsivity, and...
At Serene Behavioral Health, we strive to provide information on various mental health conditions to empower our clients and inform the public. One frequently misunderstood and misrepresented condition is dissociative identity disorder. Defining Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is a severe mental health challenge...
Borderline personality disorder is a complex and often misunderstood mental health condition characterized by unstable moods, behavior and relationships. It affects the way a person thinks about themselves and others, leading to challenges in daily life. Below, we’ll explore some defining traits of this disorder and how professional care...
Personality disorders are often more challenging to recognize than other diagnoses. This is because symptoms tend to be more subtle and only become evident after a period of time. Because of this, clinicians look at patterns and rely on the observations of loved ones or self-reported indicators of these...
Borderline personality disorder is a mental health issue that causes relationship instability, erratic behavior and fears of abandonment. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1.4% of U.S. adults experience BPD, and 75% of people diagnosed with this disorder are women. The first mental health professionals to identify this...
OCD, also known as obsessive-compulsive disorder, causes severe anxiety in people who have it. When someone has this condition, they experience the same thought repeatedly. This "obsession" can lead to compulsive behaviors ("compulsions"), such as cleaning, doing the same task a specific number of times, and other activities, in...
Most people have heard of borderline personality disorder, if only in passing. BPD is characterized by reckless behavior, mood swings and chronic feelings of emptiness and/or entitlement. Another symptom is alienating others, who frequently see only intolerable behavior and not an illness. Such is the case with most “personality disorders”:...
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