No one is born with BPD. Rather it develops over time, especially in very sensitive people who experience highly invalidating environments in their early years. And that many of the most invalidating moments occur within the dynamic of interpersonal relationships…
Social skills help people navigate the rough waters of BPD…
The foundational principle of Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is the willingness to accept the limitations a condition like Borderline Personality Disorder can impose and at the same time commit to making positive behavioral changes.
The skills include a wide array of actions and attitudes that a person with dysregulated emotions can use to cool down out of control emotions…
People from minority communities have largely been excluded from BPD research and access to clinical services. Turns out that has been the case with most every other mental health disorder. But that may be changing
The emotional strength that plays a large role in overcoming devastating emotional turmoil and trauma…
