BritsKate
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Borderline and bipolar are different. They're sometimes confused and even sometimes misdiagnosed because both feature extreme mood swings. Bipolar is caused by a chemical imbalance. It can be successfully treated. Borderline is a pervasive, lifelong disorder notoriously difficult to treat featuring manipulation, sometimes deception, fear of abandonment, primitive coping mechanisms, impulsivity, self-harm, suicide, etc. BPD is most often a result of severe childhood trauma (though not always) and has been linked to depression and post traumatic stress disorder.
Lack of remorse isn't a borderline trait that I'm familiar with but there is debate (as always
) within the psych community whether borderlines do feel guilt or remorse. Personally, I believe they do based on what I know. Lack of remorse is most certainly a trait associated both with antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy (which we won't hear from DeMarte for reasons already explained). Narcissists too have limited capability of remorse.
I still feel there's a whole lot more than borderline to Jodi. And that too would explain her lack of remorse and doggedness to destroy her victim over and over again.
All JMO
Disclaimer: I'm most familiar and confident with narcissistic and antisocial personality disorders since those are what I've experienced firsthand. Borderline overlaps, some, with those disorders as well as psychopathy - like not having a true identity of one's own, being chameleon-like.
Lack of remorse isn't a borderline trait that I'm familiar with but there is debate (as always
) within the psych community whether borderlines do feel guilt or remorse. Personally, I believe they do based on what I know. Lack of remorse is most certainly a trait associated both with antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy (which we won't hear from DeMarte for reasons already explained). Narcissists too have limited capability of remorse.I still feel there's a whole lot more than borderline to Jodi. And that too would explain her lack of remorse and doggedness to destroy her victim over and over again.
All JMO
Disclaimer: I'm most familiar and confident with narcissistic and antisocial personality disorders since those are what I've experienced firsthand. Borderline overlaps, some, with those disorders as well as psychopathy - like not having a true identity of one's own, being chameleon-like.
