Two Trees Media — the Bipolar Experts

We must stress that this is an experimental classification and has no standing whatever! This syndrome is a collection of a pain, distress, fear, not fitting in, and where reality shifts very often. It is bewildering for the sufferer and her or his supporters.

Yes, it is a bit like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder.

CSC-SS does not match these conditions properly, or well enough for treatment to be based on the usual approach for those conditions.

Many people with Borderline personality disorder report having sex crimes committed against them as children. But not all of them. Other causes of Borderline include genetics, head injuries and brain infections.

Even though survivors of childhood sex crimes may develop Borderline, they have additional needs that are not met by a diagnosis of Borderline. That is why we feel the need to put out the proposed new syndrome.

CSC-SS occurs in some adults who had sex crimes committed against them as children.

Further research is necessary, but we do know that 25% of girls and 10% of boys are victims of these crimes before they are 18. Some proportion of these people go on to develop CSC-SS.

The rich tend to get sent to psychotherapy which claims good results. The poor usually self-treat with tobacco, alchohol and other drugs.

If their condition mimics depression, bipolar or post-traumatic stress, people may be offered mood stabilisers, ant-depressants, sedatives or anti-psychotic medicines.

Some centers around the world are using a monastic prayerful approach to help those with alcohol problems, and there is anecdotal evidence for the effectiveness of prayer in CSC-SS.

Healing from CSC-SS is like a slow dance. Poetry, painting and other art forms can have more effect than 'deciding to behave well from now on'. Psychotherapy makes progress but it has no regard for keeping the person in one piece during the process. Prayer, on the other hand, is gentle, its effects calming and it will always get the timing right, so you won't fall apart.

Madeleine Kelly prayed for six months and even though she didn't know what she was asking for, received an amazing transformation. Her autobiography, written as a series of ironic poems documents her tormented history and the transformation that occurred. Read more about the autobiography.

There are other sites dealing with Borderline. One good one is by a former sufferer of Borderline, Laura Paxton and her book Borderline and Beyond is available there.

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