Borderline Personality Disorder
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What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by emotional instability, impulsivity, and unstable relationships. Trauma, particularly during childhood, often plays a significant role in the development of BPD, influencing emotional regulation, self-image, and interpersonal functioning. Individuals with BPD may have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect, or other adverse experiences.
Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
Fear of Abandonment, impulsivity, intense and unstable relationships, identity disturbances, emotional dysregulation, chronic feelings of emptiness, self-harming behaviours, suicidal ideation, transient stress-related paranoia, dissociation
*Not everyone with BPD will experience all of these symptoms, and the severity and presentation of symptoms can vary widely among individuals.
How can therapy help?
Identify & Understand
Provides individuals with with psychoeducation about the condition. Then working together to identify specific triggers and risk factors that may contribute to mood episodes.
Skill Building
Building coping skills to manage the challenges associated with BPD. These skills include distress tolerance, mindfulness, problem-solving, communication, and emotion regulation.
Trauma Processing
As trauma often underlies BPD symptoms, therapy provides a safe space for individuals to process past traumatic experiences and address the associated symptoms.
Building Resilience
Helps individuals build resilience and effectively apply adaptive coping strategies to navigate life's challenges which can improve their overall well-being.
Why is Trauma-Informed Therapy Important?
Safety & Trust
Prioritizes creating a safe and trusting environment where individuals feel secure to explore past traumas without fear.
Emotional Regulation
Equips individuals with specialized techniques to regulate overwhelming emotions stemming from past traumas or hardships
Empowerment
Empowers individuals to reclaim their sense of control and agency, facilitating the journey towards healing and recovery.
