Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) #borderline-personality-disorder

Dissociation is a psychological process in which a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, surroundings, or sense of identity — a symptom explicitly listed in the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria...

Object constancy is the developmental capacity to maintain a stable emotional connection to someone even when they are absent, angry, or disappointing — a capacity frequently impaired in Borderline...

Codependency is a relational pattern in which a person derives their sense of identity, purpose, and self-worth from caretaking or managing another person's emotional state — a dynamic deeply...

Favorite Person (FP) is a term used in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) communities to describe the single person a individual with BPD becomes most intensely attached to — the primary object of...

Splitting is a psychological defense mechanism frequently associated with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), though it may also occur in other contexts. It involves perceiving people, situations,...

Reverse Discard refers to a relationship dissolution pattern in which one partner deliberately withdraws, escalates conflict, or sustains ambiguity so the other person initiates the breakup. In a...

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Prime Self on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is an Artificial Intelligence (AI)agent that functions as a language synthesis tool designed for emotional integration and personal growth...

The Heritability of Borderline Personality Disorder refers to the proportion of liability for BPD attributable to genetic factors, as shown in population-based and twin research. The heritability of...

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is called such because in early clinical descriptions in the 1930s and 1940s it was applied to a pattern of symptoms thought to lie on the “borderline” between...

r/BPDlovedones is a support subreddit and safe space for people to discuss the challenges and abuse they have endured at the hands of an abusive person with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)....

Idealization and Devaluation are two phases in a common relational cycle in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) relationships. During idealization, the individual with BPD places their loved one on...

I Hate You, Don't Leave Me is a book that explores the complexities of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), particularly its impact on emotional regulation, interpersonal relationships, and...

Back from the Borderline is a mental health podcast created in 2021 and hosted by Mollie Adler, focusing on the psychological, spiritual, and mythological roots of emotional suffering and healing....

Marsha M. Linehan is an psychologist and author best known for developing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a form of psychotherapy designed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and other...

Breaking up with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) refers to the experience of ending a romantic relationship with a person exhibiting Borderline traits. The breakup process—much like...