Borderline Personality Disorder (GN) OOO Unit 2 Action
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What does it feel like to have and interact with someone with borderline personality disorder?
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How? How will I guide my classmates to experience these feelings? At the end of this lesson, students will have: ● Role-played with a person simulating characteristics of borderline personality disorder ● Watch a video of an individual with borderline personality disorder (This is a clip from My Super Ex Girlfriend. Uma Thurman's character exhibits several of the characteristics of someone with BPD) http://youtu.be/kj4j_ZmKCqc ) ●
Reflected on how they felt about the video and the different characteristics the individual with this disorder exhibits ● Identified actions they can take to support a loved one, co-worker, or other person living with borderline personality disorder What?
How will I guide my classmates to experience these feelings? 1.
Agenda & Content
Role - play: scenarios could be: a. at a store, two customers family members, love each other, one family member disappears, affected person goes crazy, mood shift, exhibits criteria… b. Act out different situations showing the different things you can do around a person with this disorder.
2. Ask students, based on the skit/scenario what they think “borderline personality disorder” is (verbally). 3. Students will then watch a video the Uma video - I will be giving a brief introduction about the clip itself and the movie. Mention DSM criteria / write 2-3 on board... as examples to show some of the characteristics they are looking for. 4. Watch and note take 5. Reflect on the video they just watched by building a group definition 6. Students will then received a presentation on borderline personality
5- 10 min
Borderline Personality Disorder (GN) OOO Unit 2 Action disorder (verbally). 7. Based on the information students just received, they will be instructed to role play and simulating characteristics of borderline personality disorder. 8. Closure - Based on all three experiences of the lesson, students reflect by drawing an illustration depicting their understanding of BPD. 9. (FOR GN - Scan and upload 2-4 of most intriguing student drawings to include in post) Intro Simulation - Which criteria for this disorder need to be highlighted? - Personality Personality is a combination of characteristics or qualities that firms an individual’s distinctive (dictionary.com) - Interpersonal Related to relationships or communications Characteristics and symptoms of borderline personality disorder Patterns: - Extreme reactions (rage, frantic actions to abandonment) - Patterns of unstable relationship - Unstable self-image - Impulsive and dangerous - Suicidal thoughts - Changeable moods - Intense anger - Paranoid thoughts Debrief Do’s and Don’ts Do’s if you are living or interacting with someone with borderline personality: - Be consistent and predictable
Borderline Personality Disorder (GN) OOO Unit 2 Action - Encourage responsibility - Offer honest feedback - Don’t escalate arguments - Don’t be manipulated into taking responsibility for your love one’s actions Don’t if you are living or interacting with someone with borderline personality disorder: - Encouraging irresponsibility - Not offering honest feedback - Escalating arguments - Reinforcing you loved one’s beliefs of being treated unfairly
Closure
Materials
Reflection ● Students will be asked questions.
2 min
- Pen - Laptop - Projector - Internet access - Notebooks ( scrap of paper)
1 min