Why Are We Diagnosing Abused Women With Borderline or Bipolar?

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

Narcissisticabuse, Health & Fitness, Narcissist, Self-improvement, Education, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

When we’re in an abusive relationship with a narcissist, our behaviour tends to change, it’s a way that our body attempts to adapt to the situation to ensure that we can stay as safe as possible. Unfortunately, this shift in behaviour can often lead you to seek out medical help which all too commonly results in a diagnosis of Borderline or Bipolar Personality Disorder. In this episode, I’m going to discuss why so many people are being misdiagnosed and how healing from narcissistic abuse will also heal you from your changed behaviour.

What you will learn in this episode:

How our behaviour changes in a narcissistic relationship
The method medical professionals use to diagnose personality disorders
Why so many abused individuals are misdiagnosed and how to heal from narcissistic abuse

I’ll discuss the method that medical professionals use when diagnosing Borderline and Bipolar Personality Disorder and why it’s so easy to be misdiagnosed. As you’ll hear in the episode, so many of the traits of these personality disorders can be the result of being an abused individual, which leads to so many people having to live with a label and taking medication without figuring out what caused these behaviours in the first place.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the narcissistic abused and trauma recovery podcast. I'm Caroline Strawson and I'll be sharing with you awareness, understanding and education about the devastating effects of narcissistic abuse. I've been exactly where you are right now and this podcast is a beacon of hope for you to know that you
0:22.8	are believed, you are seen, you are heard and you are not alone. And my hope for listening to
0:29.6	the podcast is it will help you move from post-traumatic stress to post-traumatic growth
0:35.6	after the trauma of narcissistic abuse because it is possible.
0:40.7	You are enough and you deserve to thrive.
0:46.3	Hi, my friends, and a massive welcome to the narcissistic abuse and trauma recovery podcast.
0:51.8	As always, it's my pleasure to have you here, especially as we're literally
0:55.4	leading up to the holiday times right now. And I absolutely know that it can be a really mixed
1:01.2	emotion time. And we're kind of feeling really excited on one hand. And we're still having to
1:06.1	deal with the narcissist, whether it be an ex-partner, we have to go for a festive lunch with our in-laws or our parents and there are narcissists.
1:15.6	If it can be really, really tough, I hear you.
1:18.6	So I want you to know that if you're not part of my free and private support group, I'll pop the link in the show notes.
1:23.8	Do make sure that you come on in because it's so supportive in that as well. It's your safe
1:29.7	space to be. And remember, we check every single person before we admit them into that group as well.
1:35.7	So I'm going to get a little bit divisive in this podcast and it may trigger some people in talking
1:42.9	about this. Maybe you have had this as a diagnosis.
1:47.2	Now, I want to preface all of this in, I am not a medical doctor. So what's when I'm about to
1:52.5	talk about, things that I have observed, I have noticed, things that I have experienced myself,
1:58.9	and really just my own personal opinions about all of this. And of course,
2:03.0	it's your prohibitive to disagree with them. And that's absolutely fine. I want to share what I find,
2:09.3	what I feel, my opinions on this in the hope that maybe it will help you to become more curious,
2:15.3	maybe about how you're feeling, or even maybe if you have one of these
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