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Emotional immaturity manifests in unrealistic needs and expectations. ~ Murray Bowen, M.D.
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Author Topic: biploar, BPD or both?  (Read 128 times)
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« on: May 29, 2012, 12:36:45 PM »

So stupid that I not only broke contact but had gotten back together with my ex boyfriend who at this point is for sure BPD, bipolar or both. After putting up with his issues with drug abuse (self medicating) the first year of our relationship, I had to end things with him. Last winter he finally ended up in rehab and cleaned it up. We had known each other for a long time before we started dating, went to same school, had some of same friends, etc. so I figured as long as he was not using drugs he would be normal again. Oh boy was I wrong! The fact is that when he stopped self medicating from opiates is when he really started to act insane! Raging and flipping out over the most trivial things, over reacting about everything, every single time we got into argument, he would not talk to me for DAYS, isolate and just think he did nothing wrong. Some of our arguments were so dumb and so blown out of proportion that I don_
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2012, 02:40:28 PM »

How does one go from professing their undying love to just being so incredibly insane, vicious and just do the crazy things like I explained? And then always turn his back and not apologize or recognize that his behavior is crazy.

Because chances are he's mentally ill. Bi-polar or BPD, his brain doesn't function like a normal person's. You're trying to make sense of  his emotions and actions. It doesn't work, because what he's doing doesn't make sense to anyone but him. If you could understand crazy, it wouldn't be crazy.

It's okay to be angry. What he did was emotionally abusive and inappropriate. There's nothing wrong with feeling anger towards him. Emotions aren't strictly positive or negative. What makes them positive or negative is how we handle them. Anger can be a good thing if we use constructively.

You did the right thing. Whether or not his problems are from BPD, Bi-polar, or something else entirely, he's clearly emotionally unstable. And that doesn't make for a good relationship. It really does seem like you recognize that, and that's not always an easy task. I know you haven't heard from him for two weeks, but are you ready if he does come crawling back eventually? It's happened before, so don't be surprised if he doesn't try again.

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