Borderline Personality Disorder: My Story
I was short-tempered. Or that’s what my family used to say about me. But since teenage, I had anger management issues and responded impulsively to it. My parents were a victim of my aggression and had tried to be patient with me, but clearly, nothing had worked. My anger used be uncontrollable and I would break anything and everything that I could find. Cutlery, mobile phones, television set, you name it! I had even physically hurt my parents many times. Anytime I did one of these, I used to apologise to them, saying that I would never do it again, but in the back of our minds, we all knew it would happen again. I knew it was horrible but I couldn’t stop myself. Moreover, I had hurt myself several times and attempted suicide as well. I would overthink, a lot, making up things in my mind that probably didn’t exist. My relationships with people were going sour and I would burst into tears while watching a comedy movie on Netflix. I went through mood swings for ...