BPD and religious beliefs

[Mad Dog]

Question: Are people with BPD capable of having religious beliefs or does this run counter intuitive to their mindset and their perception of the world?

Thanks

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[Notwendy]

There have been examples of religious couples here on this board and where the spouse has BPD. I think it's as varied as people are. To summarize it- religion involves abstract thinking and it is a relationship. Since BPD involves disordered thinking, emotions, and relationships- it's going to influence religious beliefs in some way too.

If someone believes in God, their relationship with God is uniquely personal. Even in the same religion, while there's an agreement on certain principles, you have no idea what anyone else in your religion is thinking or believing exactly. There are other benefits to belonging to a religious group- a sense of identity, community, and social events that are appealing to people including pwBPD.

People also have the choice to not believe in a religion or God. I think pwBPD are like everyone else in that they can make a choice of what to believe and also, we have no way to know what they are thinking about it exactly but if their thinking is disordered, I think it will also influence that.

[mitten]

This is a really good question.  I had never thought of this before.  My BPD spouse is religious (and so am I), so now I'm wondering how this impacts her beliefs... hmmm.  BPD is such a mystery.  ha.