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soulover
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« on: July 29, 2010, 07:56:34 AM »

I have done a lot of reading on the internet and I think there is a possibility that my wife might be a Borderline Personality Disorder exhibiter. With this, there seems to be nothing I can do to help her and maybe I should not try?
I assume she has been this way for a long time and will not change anytime soon. I guess as long as we are still married I must pray for her, but to what end?
In Celebrate Recovery we ask for the person to finally "hit their bottom"
I guess my prayer will be "GOD, I don't know what to pray for so I will give her over to you each morning to do with as you choose"
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2010, 08:46:32 AM »

I'm sorry to hear that your wife may have BPD. But, that doesn't need to be the end of your marriage. BPD is just that, a disorder. There are medications out there that will help her and you can get her in group therapy with others that have this condition. But, even though she has this she can lead a somewhat normal life once she get's help, I would think.

I understand that you may feel she needs to "hit bottom" but she's not addicted to anything. And if she is, it's probably because of her disorder. So, praying for her is great and that may make you feel like your helping her, but what you need to be doing along w/ prayer is getting her help! Don't treat her like an addict, treat her as someone who needs help. Find a doctor that specializes in this and take her so she can be properly diagnosed. If it is BPD, then the doc can go over your options for treatment and your wife can start getting better.

Hope this helps!
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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2010, 06:24:58 PM »

I wish it were that easy. We are separated and she has no intention of coming back to me.

The insidious thing about BPD is that they just go away for long periods of time and may or may not come back. It seems to depend on whether they can find another victim to torment for a while but it always ends the same for them.
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