Borderline Personality

A borderline personality is portrayed by instability of interpersonal relationship, emotions, marked impulsivity as well as self image. Nature has a special role that it plays in nurturing an individual who has a borderline personality and also experiences clinical depression episodes due to the experiences that the subject goes through in his life (Saklofske & Zeidner, 2012). For instance if the anger of a patient is due to environmental causes where the patient feels that the caregiver is neglectful, uncaring, withholding or abandoning. Such patients develop as aspect of dissatisfaction in the way of operation of both the institution and individuals tasked with carrying out specific roles.

Some of the biological factors producing borderline personality disorder include genetic abnormalities. These abnormalities affect the proper functioning of the brain pathways which are responsible for emotions information processing, cognitive control such as reasoning and perception, and impulse activity. Some genes that cause such a disorder are passed by people who have the genes themselves or a related disorder like depression, substance use stress and many others to their offspring (Saklofske & Zeidner, 2012). Some of the environmental risk factors include poor or uninformed parenting which includes separation of a child from their parents while at a tender age, repeated sexual, physical or emotional abuse, unsupportive or inconsistent care and many others.

Reference

Saklofske, D. H. & Zeidner, M. (2012). International handbook of personality and intelligence. New York: Plenum.