manipulative, and difficult to work with, maybe, don't get better in treatment.
But, we know, today, that people with BPD actually do get better with treatment,
and that stigma actually impacted how well they do in treatment.
And treating people with BPD as everyday people
who occasionally go through difficulties, personal difficulties,
emotional difficulties is the best way to look at these people.
Because the more that we can be kind to them and involve people in
BPD research, the more we can understand it and hopefully better treat it.
>> Yeah, cool.
I had this analogy in my mind when you were talking about stronger emotions,
but less emotional regulation.
I have dogs, and one of my dogs is tricky to control at the best of times, but
I was imagining somebody who had a dog that was particularly difficult to
control, mixed with poor abilities or dogsmanship, if you will.
That's sort of the deadly double whammy these guys are getting.
>> Yeah, and everybody has difficulties at some point in their lives, and
on a day to day basis when you're feeling emotional
it may impact your ability to control yourself.
It's that people with BPD it may be that much worse.
The good news is that we get access to people,
certain access to treatments for people with BPD, we've actually shown in recent
research that parts of the brain that are involved in controlling behavior, actually
increased their activation through one of the most common treatments for BPD.
So there's hope, just because the brain may activate differently doesn't
mean that you can't change that, including using a psychotherapy.
So the brain does change, and is plastic, it changes through therapy, and so people
do get better, which is contrary to some of the stereotypes about the disorder.
>> Yeah, very cool.
Excellent, I think I just have one more question for you, which is,
it could be that some of the people watching this video feel some of
the symptomatology themselves, or it could be that they know others and
come into contact with others who may be suffering from this disorder.
Any words of wisdom about what such a person might do?
>> Yeah I mean,I think the best advice
is first of all if you are a loved one, sorry,
a loved one actually has the disorder, the important thing is to be supportive and
understanding that the person is definitely
most likely going to be going through ups and downs in their lives.
But if they're not in treatment,