THE VIDEO IS HERE! In this landmark presentation Marsha Linehan, PhD, the developer of DBT, reveals that she had been institutionalized as a teenager – likely as a result of BPD.
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For somebody with Borderline Personality Disorder, if the part of the brain that says ‘I’m hurt by that,’ doesn’t then kick in and stop the intensity of that emotion, that emotion becomes overwhelming.
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We Are Still Fighting the Stigma of Borderline Personality Disorder
TW: Discussion of suicide and self-harm "When I was diagnosed with BPD in 1990, I was 29. The psychiatrists at the hospital where I’d been admitted following my second suicide attempt told my parents the prognosis was poor and not to hope too much. I could imagine my...
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“Absolutely wonderful. The people in these videos explain what it’s like to have Borderline Personality Disorder better than I ever could.”
Marsha Linehan, PhD
Developer of Dialectical Behavior Therapy
BPD QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Families need to know that they matter. They make an enormous difference in what’s going to happen to their loved one.”