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Borderline Personality Disorder

When coming up with an approach to treatment, it is suggested that all factors of the patient’s life be taken into consideration with how it affects them (Bliss, McCardle, 2013)

Management

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior therapy has similar components to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, adding in practices such as meditation and other Eastern philosophies. In doing this, it helps the individual with BPD gain skills to manage symptoms. Theses skills include emotion regulation, mindfulness, and stress hardiness. All of these skills would be taught and overseen by the individual’s therapist. (Bliss, McCardle)

Transference Focused Therapy

This approach to therapy has roots in a model of BPD by Kernberg (1985), which describes Borderline Personality Disorder peoples to struggle with excess negative emotion, which gets in the way of their view of others and themself. Therefore the individual thinks of themselves and others in a categorical, binary mode of thought (i.e. “good’ and ‘bad’). Transference Focused Therapy aims to break away from this type of thinking. In this, it gets the client to articulate their social interpretations and their emotions in order to turn their views into less rigid categories. The therapist addresses the individual’s feelings and goes over situations, real or realistic, that could happen as well as how to approach them.

Mentalization Based Therapy

his type of treatment stems from mentalization-based theory. It uses attachment theory and mentalization to understand the development of the patient’s Borderline Personality Disorder to possibly find how it came to be, or areas which affected the outcome of it. Related to the Theory of Mind, Mentalizing refers to the individual’s understanding the mental states within themselves and others, as well as how our/what actions come from these mental states. Mentalization abilities in people with BPD are often at a much lower level. (Bo, Beck, Gondan, Sharp, Pedersen, Simonsen). Using the above, the therapist helps the individual with emotional control. (Bliss and McCardle)

**Remove the picture as it might be triggering to those experiencing self harm thoughts/are in recovery**

Add that there has been speculation about some celebrities possibly having BPD: Angelina Jolie, Amy Winehouse, Charlie Sheen, Marilyn Monroe

Source:https://mindcology.com/mental-health/celebrities-relatable-characters-borderline-personality-disorder/, https://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/borderline-personality-disorder/famous-people-with-borderline-personality-disorder/

Personality: Environmental Influences

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There is one study that has supported how the home environment, specifically the types of parents a person has, can affect and shape their personality. Mary Ainsworth’s Strange Situation experiment showcased how babies reacted to having their mother leave them alone in a room with a stranger. Strange situation The different styles of attachment, labelled by Ainsworth, were Secure, Ambivalent, avoidant, and disorganized. Children who were securely attached tend to be more trusting, sociable, and are confident in their day-to-day life. Children who were disorganized were reported to have higher levels of anxiety, anger, and risk-taking behavior.