When a sibling or parent has Borderline Personality Disorder
One of the most difficult challenges we, as adult can face, is overcoming the insidious damages of having a parent who has had an unhealthy emotional bond with us.
Our members come here to grieve and identify and work through the personality defects often acquired when we are born into a “BPD” lineage or grew up with unhealthy role models. We aspire to find a healing and balance in our lives so that we can have the most loving relationships possible with our entire extended families.
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Unlike guilt, which is the feeling of doing something wrong, shame is the feeling of being something wrong. Shame is increasingly being recognized as a powerful, painful and potentially dangerous emotion - especially for those...allpsychologyperspective -
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The answer is that there is no blood test or simple check list for personality disorders. To evaluate someone in your life requires learning about the disorders and getting a good sense of the persons emotional "lifetime" - how...allpsychologyperspective -
Children of mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) show a significantly higher prevalence of ‘disorganized’ attachment than children of mothers without BPD. Disorganized children face stress management problems,...allpsychologyperspective -
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Read the complete and unabridged classification of Borderline Personality Disorder as published by the American Psychiatric Association. This is a rare look at the definition used by professionals to ensure uniform diagnosis.psychology -
The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," is a comprehensive classification of officially recognized psychiatric disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association , for use by mental health...psychology
