You know, I have been reading about bi-polar, passive aggressive, borderline, histrionic personalities for the last couple of years. Why is it that my ex has almost every symptom of all of these?
ummm... M... L... C... ??
I've done my share of educating myself on personality disorders regarding my W. Among them, borderline showed prominently.
Of course... I can't deny that from time to time, I may have displayed some symptoms of personality disorders... we are all human... we are all capable of behaving in those symptoms...
The most important thing to note (and I do like to believe that most people look at those things as an intellectual endeavour, rather than attempts at diagnosing underlying flaws in our spouses) is whether these symptoms are truly aspects of our spouses or whether they are simply exaggerations or "cause based symptoms" that came on gradually, over time but were not prevalent or dominant traits prior to or at the time we met our spouses.
I personally don't know for sure that my W has any chronic PD... even though I could point to past behaviours that might have hinted of such...
