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How to communicate after a contentious divorce... Following a contentious divorce and custody battle, there are often high emotion and tensions between the parents. Research shows that constant and chronic conflict between the parents negatively impacts the children. The children sense their parents anxiety in their voice, their body language and their parents behavior. Here are some suggestions from Dean Stacer on how to avoid conflict.
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Author Topic: Is loss of train of thought part of BPD?  (Read 404 times)
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« on: September 10, 2016, 11:20:45 AM »

I guess I'm at a point of seeing all of my wife's behaviors and quirks through the lens of BPD and I don't know if that is right or not. One thing that probably should have been a red flag but seemed harmless is the fact that she often mid sentence forgets what she's talking about. She will start a sentence and then just blank out. I use to ask what she was gonna say but now that I've been using the gray rock I don't say anything because often when she does remember it's something that becomes a big blow up. But she also does this on trivial things. Is this common for BPD or could this be something else?
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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2016, 11:32:58 AM »

Hi montenell

My husband has been diagnosed with BPD.  He will often get distracted or not remember how he was going to end a sentence if the topic was emotional.  Have you noticed any pattern in the conversation topics or the way you respond that happens right before she loses her thoughts?

Don't discount trivial things as unimportant to a person with BPD.  I'm still amazed at how much difficulty my husband has in prioritizing important/non-important things in life.  Even if she blanks out on mundane topics, do you know what those topics mean to her?
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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2016, 11:41:29 AM »

Hi montenell

My husband has been diagnosed with BPD.  He will often get distracted or not remember how he was going to end a sentence if the topic was emotional.  Have you noticed any pattern in the conversation topics or the way you respond that happens right before she loses her thoughts?

Don't discount trivial things as unimportant to a person with BPD.  I'm still amazed at how much difficulty my husband has in prioritizing important/non-important things in life.  Even if she blanks out on mundane topics, do you know what those topics mean to her?

I haven't noticed a pattern it doesn't seem to matter if its emotional or if she's just making small talk. Sometimes she just seems to distract herself, starting a conversation while looking at YouTube where she seems to get caught up the video and can't remember what she's talking about other times she just seems to randomly blank out
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