“It’s all about attachment,” she continued after a beat. “People who suffer from borderline personality disorder are desperate for love. It’s why they tend to be hyperemotional. They will go to any length to avoid loss of affection, even if it means disrespecting boundaries or engaging in destructive behavior. They don’t care about anyone else’s needs or feelings. All that matters to them are their needs and their feelings. Other people are perceived as self-objects. In other words, borderlines don’t view others as separate individuals but as extensions of themselves. Their perception of the
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