Borderline Personality Disorder - A BPD Survival Guide: For Understanding, Coping, and Healing (Behavioral Psychology Books For Mental Health)

by Anna Nierling

What often makes a trauma survivor vulnerable is the lack of support during difficult times, as well as their conceptualization of their traumatic experiences (the stories they create about what happened to them or how their experiences shaped them).

BPD symptoms seemed to be on the border of psychosis and neurosis.

defined them as people who depended on the personalities of others

often grows up with a distorted or unstable sense of self, which means that they are not able to distinguish between who they are and the symptoms of their condition.

acceptance

change,

refine the process of conducting DBT.