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Can a BPD cause chid molestion
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
Can a BPD cause chid molestion
by Cheryl, Aug 22, 1999 12:00AM
My ex-husband seems to fit all the symtoms of BPD,we had a very abusive marriage where he went in to fits of rage or anger easily had troublr holding a job and is always talking about suicide and has talk about things seeming unreal to him. I tried to make our marriage work and supported him while he went through out patient menal health thearpy for trying to strangle me when I left him and filed for divorce but the same old patterns kept going on so I moved on and got a divorce. I have a daughter who looks exactly like me in every way including wearing glasses. I found out about a month ago that while we were seperating and getting a divoce he sexually molested my daughter he states it was because she needed to be punished ajnd also states that while he remembers the molestion it is a dream,unreal like state could this be from having BPD? To everyone wondering I am not trying to excuse his behavior just make sense of his insanity. HE IS IN JAIL!!
Doctor's Answer
by HFHS-M.D.-HG, Aug 27, 1999 12:00AM
Dear Cheryl
I am sorry to hear about your suffering and that of your daughter. I do not have enough information to help with the diagnosis of your ex-husband. Borderline personality disorder patients may do impulsive and destructive acts. They also may have dissociative episodes, the feeling that things are unreal or in a dream. The diagnosis does not excuse his behavior or indicate insanity. I urge you to get counseling to your daughter. This information is provided for general educational purposes only and should not replace evaluation by a physician.
I am sorry to hear about your suffering and that of your daughter. I do not have enough information to help with the diagnosis of your ex-husband. Borderline personality disorder patients may do impulsive and destructive acts. They also may have dissociative episodes, the feeling that things are unreal or in a dream. The diagnosis does not excuse his behavior or indicate insanity. I urge you to get counseling to your daughter. This information is provided for general educational purposes only and should not replace evaluation by a physician.
