Friday
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When you're dealing with someone who is both borderline + PTSD? It's going to be virtually impossible to distinguish which is which, unless you're really expert in one or the other.
Similar to if you're dealing with someone who is ADHD + PTSD. Or OCD + PTSD, or really just about any disorder paired with another. All disorders share symptoms, and comorbid disorders usually feed into each other, often blurring the lines between symptoms until they're WTF is it??? I don't know! Until? You start dealing with someone who is only ABC. Then it becomes rather glaringly obvious the difference between disorders.
Even then, though, it can get a little quirky... As most disorders don't predict personality... And when you're dealing with PTSD there are a lot of 180 reactions (fight vs flight). So you've got people's individual personalities changing how symptoms present & are handled, as well as individuals who have these symptoms/expressions/coping mechanisms... But not those.
Similar to if you're dealing with someone who is ADHD + PTSD. Or OCD + PTSD, or really just about any disorder paired with another. All disorders share symptoms, and comorbid disorders usually feed into each other, often blurring the lines between symptoms until they're WTF is it??? I don't know! Until? You start dealing with someone who is only ABC. Then it becomes rather glaringly obvious the difference between disorders.
Even then, though, it can get a little quirky... As most disorders don't predict personality... And when you're dealing with PTSD there are a lot of 180 reactions (fight vs flight). So you've got people's individual personalities changing how symptoms present & are handled, as well as individuals who have these symptoms/expressions/coping mechanisms... But not those.