I have already searched for the question on this sub but ironically, I did not understand the answers.
I would like to know how a person with a mood disorder behaves/thinks/feels day-to-day as opposed to a person with a personality disorder. Please don’t respond with the key differences between Bipolar disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder because that is not what I am looking for. Thank you in advance 🙂
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From what I understand after dating people who had both (ugh, do not recommend), people with personality disorders have fundamental things wrong with their personality. I.e. the way they think on a daily basis and the way they act is fundamentally different than someone without the disorder. For example, my ex with a personality disorder was abusive and blamed everyone else for anything that went wrong. He literally could not see how he could be at fault, he wasn’t just ignoring the fact that it was his fault. Additionally, he would take out his anger on the people around him and seemingly could not comprehend how to handle anger or see in the long term when he was angry; he only saw short term. So, it’s hard to understand but someone with a personality disorder will be fundamentally different and their personality may make it difficult for you to understand why they do things.
Someone with a mood disorder, on the other hand, will think the same way a “normal” person would but goes through different moods than normally expected. So for example, they may not seem to have a reason to get angry but would get angry anyway, but unlike the person with the personality disorder they would still think like a “normal” person would while they were angry (but their reasons for the moods may be tough to understand).
I’m not a doctor, but that’s my perception/understanding of the differences. Hope that helps.
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