What is BPD? In a BPD Parent? At it’s core, BPD is a pattern of overly intense emotional responses. -One result of overly intense emotional reactions tends to be a pattern of misinterpreting situations as hurtful when they are in fact benign. The misinterpretations occur while the situation is happening, or while retelling the events …
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BPD Goals of Treatment
-Set SMART goals Specific-make sure your goals are not too general, specific goals are better than general goals Measurable-when a goal is measurable, it means it has been quantified so you can objectively tell if you’ve met the goal or not Attainable-goals must be realistic and attainable Relevant-pick an area of your life you would …
BPD Treatments
DBT-Dialectical Behavior Therapy Individual and group therapy to help you learn skills to help cope with difficult emotions. It is an evidence-based therapy, and focuses on providing therapeutic skills in four areas: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. It is the gold standard psychological treatment for BPD. CBT-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Aims to help …
Myths about BPD
Myth-BPD isn’t a valid diagnosis Fact-BPD is a universally-accepted mental health diagnosis Myth-Only women have BPD Fact-Women make up the majority, but anyone can have BPD Myth-BPD is caused by childhood trauma Fact-Childhood trauma is a risk factor, not the single cause Myth-People with BPD are manipulative and attention-seeking Fact-People with BPD act in many …
BPD and Relationships
People who suffer from BPD experience a cycle of behavior in their romantic relationships. The BPD person is aware of this cycle and the behaviors they do that leads to the end of almost every relationship they have. The BPD Relationship Cycle- Stage 1-The BPD begins a relationship quickly, believing very fast that this person …
Possible Characteristics and Traits of personality disorders
abusive cycle-name of the ongoing rotation between destructive and constructive behavior which is typical of many dysfunctional relationships and families alienation-act of cutting off or interfering with an individuals relationships with others”always” and “never” statements-declarations containing the words always or never, they are commonly used but rarely true anger-often feel a sense of unresolved anger …
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Positive Characteristics of BPD
-highly intuitive -an innate talent -emotionally intense -sensitive -gifted with heightened perceptivity -empaths -ability to very quickly and easily pick up on the emotions of others without them giving off any clues -can relate to almost anyone they encounter -extremely passionate -loyal -determined -passion for their work -when they love, they love hard -try their …
The Chameleon Personality
Have you ever felt like you are able to fit into any group of people or situation and just go with the flow?This is called having a chameleon personality. You are able to blend in in any situation.One reason we can do this is because we have a distorted self-identity or no self-identity, so we …
More BPD Quotes
What does your anxiety do? It does not empty tomorrow of it’s sorrow, but it empties today of it’s strength. It does not make you escape the evil; it makes you unfit to cope with if it comes. I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at …
Welcome to my BPD Group
I started a non-profit in February of 2018 called Borderline Personality Disorder Support Corp. I run two websites, http://www.bpdworldwide.com and http://www.thebpdgroup.com I have a business page on Facebook, Borderline Personality Disorder Support Group page. I run a Twitter, @BpdGroup, and an Instagram, bpdsupportgroup2. I started this non-profit because I want to help others with their …
The BPD Group 