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• People with BPD feel emotions stronger than anyone else. It is believed to be the worst psychological issue for emotions in history by psychiatrists. People with BPD may feel an intense depression instead of just sadness, extreme fury instead of just irritation or annoyance, panic instead of nervousness and shame and humiliation instead of just mild embarrassment. BPD is also known as EUPD (emotionally unstable personality disorder) for this reason.

• BPD cannot be completely cured. It can however, be very much improved with intense therapy, mainly DBT (dialectical behavioural therapy) and taking part in many therapeutic things to help you try and control your emotions and impulses better.

• More people in the world have BPD than schizophrenia and bipolar disorder combined.

• 75% of people with BPD are women.

• 10% of people with BPD attempt to commit suicide at least once in their life.

• 40 - 71% of BPD patients have been sexually abused.

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