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Apr. 14th, 2003
Poll fun (ha!)
Apr. 14th, 2003 11:52 amWhy bother getting a serious psychiatric diagnosis, when you can just stick a stupid poll in your LiveJournal?
[Poll #124075]
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cynical7, DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis of borderline personality disorder:
1. frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5.
2. a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.
3. identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.
4. impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating). Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5.
5. recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior
6. affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days).
7. chronic feelings of emptiness
8. inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights)
9. transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms
[Poll #124075]
EDIT: As provided by the lovely and talented
cynical7, DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis of borderline personality disorder:1. frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5.
2. a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.
3. identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.
4. impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating). Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5.
5. recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior
6. affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days).
7. chronic feelings of emptiness
8. inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights)
9. transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms
I just impaled my thumb on a staple. Ow ow ow ow ow.
It looked so weird in the middle of the ow to look at my thumb and there's just this staple sticking out of it. So I pulled it out (ow!) and then I had this little gushy geyser of blood on my thumb.
See, don't let anyone tell you librarians don't lead dangerous lives! Think I can get workers' comp for this?
It looked so weird in the middle of the ow to look at my thumb and there's just this staple sticking out of it. So I pulled it out (ow!) and then I had this little gushy geyser of blood on my thumb.
See, don't let anyone tell you librarians don't lead dangerous lives! Think I can get workers' comp for this?
The injury update
Apr. 14th, 2003 04:27 pmI have washed the puncture wound thoroughly and applied antibacterial ointment. However, much to my boss' dismay, it appears to be turning this funky shade of gray. I expect by the end of the day, the story will involve a tourniquet, the emergency room, and the office paper chopper.
