HD7970GHZ said:
Hi everyone,
I am new here.
I'm wondering if anyone could share their insights and knowledge about any links between using diapers as transitional objects and having traits / diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.
I have heard there are correlations between the two. Anyone here have borderline personality disorder and use diapers for transitional objects? I know I do.
I can remember going to the movies with my wife and kids, to see, "Girl Interrupted" and getting the shock of my life as I realized how similar I was to her during my four years of college, as well as high school, etc. I would attach myself to one very good friend, and be very upset if I couldn't be with them, for any reason. I cut myself, attempted suicide on several occasions, set our garage on fire, blew things up, stole from stores, and the sad list goes on and on. Eventually my mom sent me to a psychiatrist at a residential mental facility when I was in college. By then I was having a psychotic break. I came home for dinner and started crying. I couldn't stop.
All during this period I craved diapers. I'd wet my underwear, or bed, etc. I also suffered from depression, as well as fixating on certain things. I'm still somewhat like that, but I'm married and have been for a long time. I simply had to decide for myself that I wanted a more normal life. I wanted to live and fit into society.
I'm not sure there is a connection between borderline personality and transitional objects, but I've always been object oriented. For the last 6-7 years I've been writing a novel about haunted houses in a small, isolated haunted community. Objects, especially antiques, play their part in the story. As a child, I collected old things. I bought two pump organs and an old clock. I collected a lot of odd, old things that were my grandmothers, or from the distant past of the family. I have a lot of antiques in our house and I'm very protective of them.
So maybe there's a connection, or a connection for some of us. I should add that I became successful in my work and with my family. I do very well, all things considered. I don't think I was extreme as some, and certainly not as out of control as the main character in Girl Interrupted, a true story. I also have her novel.
How does this affect you?