Samantha Pettley

Psychology 1010
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For my final project in this class, I did a presentation on Borderline Personality Disorder.

This is basically an illness where somebody has very unstable moods, behaviors, and

relationships. There is not one single cause, nor one single cure. People with this illness tend to

be very aggressive and can also have multiple mental disorders along with this one, such as

depression or anxiety disorders. It is typically treated with therapy. Medications can also be used

to reduce the symptoms of the contributing factors to the illness such as antidepressants. I

enjoyed doing this presentation and getting to learn about this disorder. This area of psychology

has always been very interesting to me. I have always been interested in learning about the

abnormal behaviors we humans can have.