Do people with Borderline Personality Disorder have a hard time holding down a job?

Question

Does this tend to be a disabling disease?

Answer 1

Yes

Answer 2

yes but you can get on disability for it and have help and benefits i believe

Answer 3

BPD is an emotional intensity disorder.  The person boarders between being neurotic and psychotic (hence the term "boarderling").  The reason they are not psychotic is because they are not always psychotic (they cross back to neurotic).  People with this illness have a horrible fear of abandonment.

People with bpd see life in black or white.  They like people or dislike people and there is no middle ground.  But, when they dislike someone they HATE that person.  They don't want to just avoid the person, they want to DESTROY that person's life.  This takes place with people (hating them) personally and professionally.  So, yes, over the course of employment when an employee is so hating at times toward either (or a combination of) co workers, the boss, the customer, the general public it makes it hard to hold down a job.

If a boarderline things someone does not like them, they will do everything they can to destroy the person regardless of the risk.  A sociopath however, will do a cost benefit analysis and decide if the risk is worth it.  The boarderline can't do this because he or she believes that if they don't destroy the person the person will destroy them (eg. the psychotic side).

Answer 4

You can work through CBT and see a social worker and work through things and hold down a job i believe.. as i know a few that study/work with  BPD.

but at the moment i'm on the Disability pension and recieve benefit  as iam no where near ready to work, my husband is deemed my full time carer.

Hope this Helps

Britney

Answer 5

I can only comment in relation to my former partner (who was diagnosed with this disorder some years back), and she found it impossible to:

keep a job (or get one for that matter)

Maintain any relationships (including those with our small children)

manage life in general (without often sabotaging the things around her that ordinarily would be cherished and protected).

All in all an incredibly sad situation.

I very much feel for anyone going through the torment of this disorder, and indeed for the family, friends and carers of those who have such a diagnosis.  It is the most difficult thing to deal with, and indeed,for those who care, it is like "walking on eggshells".

Answer 6

yes i had trouble holding down a job and even getting a job because of it but now I'm in a job where the boss understands whats wrong with me

Answer 7

"A person with BPD, like everyone else, should look to their personal strengths and weakness, as well as interests, when making career choices..."