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Afterward she would invite him to make love to her.
I do not identity with this
inconsistency is the hallmark of BPD. Unable to tolerate paradox, those with borderline personality are walking paradoxes, human catch-22s.
would gauge particular traits, such as impulsivity, novelty-seeking, reward dependence, harm avoidance, neuroticism (capturing such characteristics as vulnerability to stress, poor impulse control, anxiety, mood lability, etc.) that have been associated with BPD.19
A borderline childhood is frequently a desolate battlefield, scarred with the debris of indifferent, rejecting, or absent parents, emotional deprivation, and chronic abuse.
A child emotionally, the individual with BPD cannot tolerate human inconsistencies and ambiguities; he cannot reconcile another’s good and bad qualities into a constant, coherent understanding of that person.
Despite feeling continually victimized by others,
Long-term studies confirm that many patients recover over time and even more improve significantly.
interpersonal and self-image features were less connected among family members, suggesting these symptoms were more likely influenced by life experiences and were less genetically determined.
In childhood, the borderline adult has often experienced pain and confusion in trying to establish a maturing relationship with his mother or primary caregiver.
The child grows up with an idealized view of the mother and fantasies of forever trying to please her.
STEPPS is STAIRWAYS (setting goals; trusting;
Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP),
Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure disease of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.
