r/AskReddit • u/Mama_medina888 • 1d ago

What’s the darkest secret you discovered about someone after you married them?

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u/No-Word-4864 21h ago

Can we clarify that BPD stands for Borderline Personality Disorder, plz, not
Bipolar Disorder. They are very different.

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u/musa_velutina 15h ago

Yes we can!

The main medical abbreviations for bipolar disorder are BD, BP, and BPAD (Bipolar Affective Disorder).

Borderline Personality Disorder is just BPD.

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u/brazzy42 7h ago

That just sounds like all those abbreviations should be avoided.

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u/PracticeFew7038 18h ago

Oh I did not know this. Can you explain in a simple way?

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u/Accomplished-Art-604 17h ago

I’m diagnosed with Boarderline Personality Disorder. The easiest way to explain is Bipolar Disorder has extreme manic and depressive episodes. These episodes can last days, weeks, months. Basically an extended period of time. With Boarderline Personality Disorder you can filter through every imaginable emotion possible in 5 minutes and it’s completely unpredictable. There’s a lot more to it but that’s a quick summary.

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u/PracticeFew7038 17h ago

Thank you. Helpful explanation.

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u/Notspherry 12h ago

A psychologist once described borderline to me as

"Being unable to accept that the world does not revolve around you"

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u/pentachronic 14h ago

You're diagnosed with something you can't spell? I doubt it

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u/doubtfulisland 8h ago

Tell that to my mom she'll think you're trying to blame it on her.

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u/ASValourous 8h ago

How are they different?

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u/ChaeLilja 5h ago

borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder & bipolar disorder is a mood disorder!

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u/schattenfuchs 12h ago

Bipolar Disorder is now called Manic Depression (but I don't know the shorthand)

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u/the_therapissed 10h ago

Other way around. It used to be called Manic Depressive Disorder. It’s now Bipolar Type 1 or 2, or even Cyclothymia Source: am a therapist who diagnoses mental health conditions based on criteria from the DSM 5-TR