When you are triggered, rarely do you lash out at others, but you go into isolation and engage in self-injurious behaviors. The aggression or irritation is directed towards yourself. You may not have frequent anger outbursts, but you internalize your painful emotions and struggles. You feel and struggle with all the same things- The fears of abandonment, mood swings, extreme anxiety, impulsiveness, and black and white thinking (splitting) but instead of ‘exploding’, you implode. Having Quiet BPD, however, means you ‘act in’. These characteristics describe someone who ‘acts out’. The stereotypical image of BPD is that it involves ‘dramatic behaviors’- anger outbursts, big arguments with partners. It is based on existing research, theories, and my clinical observations. The following is a synthesis of what I can find in the literature and my own conceptualization. ‘Quiet BPD’ is not an official term in the DSM, and there are various ways of understanding it. As we discuss ‘quiet borderline’ or Quiet BPD, please be mindful that it is a survival strategy, not a definition of your personality. No one has either completely ‘classic’ or ‘quiet’ BPD, or should be labeled as such. It is a matter of spectrum, rather than categorization. Instead, these categories describe different ways of coping with an incredibly painful condition- some people fight, some people flee, some people dissociate. It is not that there are four ‘different groups of people’. While there is now more awareness about BPD, most people don’t know that BPD manifests itself in different forms. Your heart is close to breaking, but you never want to burden anyone around you. Your arms and legs may be covered with scars, but you hide them. You may appear calm and high functioning, instead of ‘exploding’, you implode and collapse from within. You may not have stereotypical BPD symptoms such as frequent anger outbursts – instead you suffer in silence. Having Quiet BPD means you ‘act in’, rather than act out. Quiet BPD looks different from ‘typical’ BPD. Signs of Quiet BPD - Are You Suffering In Silence? Your ‘High Functioning‘ Facade Keeps You In Deeper Isolation.You Avoid Conflicts and Anger at all Cost.You are Calm on the Outside but Suffer on Inside.Here are some specific symptoms that characterize Quiet BPD:.Signs of Quiet BPD - Are You Suffering In Silence?.
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