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« Reply #30 on: September 06, 2014, 09:56:43 PM »

She twists things to make it seem like I said something hurtful when there is no truth to that.  She does this often.  Sometimes she even makes things up.  Sometimes her distortions are so outrageous that I have to hold back from laughing or else she'll go into dysphoria.
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« Reply #31 on: September 07, 2014, 08:25:38 AM »

She twists things to make it seem like I said something hurtful when there is no truth to that.  She does this often.  Sometimes she even makes things up.  Sometimes her distortions are so outrageous that I have to hold back from laughing or else she'll go into dysphoria.

Is there no truth in it... .or a "kernel" of truth? 

Usually if you really focus on what they are saying you can find a kernel.  Many times that is what to focus the validation on... .or to make sure that you don't invalidate that small bit of truth...
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« Reply #32 on: September 07, 2014, 10:20:31 AM »

She twists things to make it seem like I said something hurtful when there is no truth to that.  She does this often.  Sometimes she even makes things up.  Sometimes her distortions are so outrageous that I have to hold back from laughing or else she'll go into dysphoria.

When you feel nothing inside, you are sure you are not deserving, everything will sounds to you like an insult.

Think about it this way: you work for a big comapny and someone lets you know that there are good chances you will be laid off soon. So everything that anyone is telling you is a sign that it's coming, because you believe it's coming... .

For a BPD person, they don't deserved to be loved, so they can't believe any compliment and will find reasons to be insulted.

HOWEVER, if you are thinking that she is doing it out of bad intentions, know that it's wrong. She is really, really really sick.

And it's sad.
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