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Relationship Partner with BPD (Straight and LGBT+) => Romantic Relationship | Bettering a Relationship or Reversing a Breakup => Topic started by: Loosestrife on June 16, 2015, 04:52:06 PM



Title: BPD and Employment
Post by: Loosestrife on June 16, 2015, 04:52:06 PM
Do may BPD individuals manage to hold down full time jobs and build successful careers?


Title: Re: BPD and Employment
Post by: 123Phoebe on June 16, 2015, 04:52:46 PM
Yes!


Title: Re: BPD and Employment
Post by: maxsterling on June 16, 2015, 04:57:05 PM
Some do, some don't.  I think my wife's longest job lasted two years.  Frankly, I support her efforts to work, but I think it's only a matter of time before the same issues crop up, no matter what the job or who she works for.

Other pwBPD have great careers and are high functioning.  How do I know?  I'm pretty sure I have had a few BPD bosses and/or co-workers over the years.


Title: Re: BPD and Employment
Post by: Cat Familiar on June 16, 2015, 06:44:18 PM
My husband is extremely intelligent and had a successful career as an attorney. I think he would have gone so much further in his career had he had good people skills. Also better ways of dealing with stress rather than drinking and being obsessed with how things could screw up. I know attorneys are trained to look at how things can go wrong, but he worries over the most insignificant things and he seems unable to turn off the negative self dialog.