by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The DSM 5, The Higher Self
BPD – Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Emotional liability – Unstable emotional experiences and frequent mood changes. What We Know Intense and rapid changes in mood states is a major feature of borderline personality...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry
The Cascadia Poetry Festival was held this past weekend in Cumberland. I had the privilege to be a small part of a session called “A Village and Forest Walking Tour”. The tour was conducted by Meaghan Cursons who led us through the dark corners of the historic sadness...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Newsletter, The DSM 5
We now move on to the personality traits. First of all, let’s distinguish between traits and impairments. Personality traits reflect characteristic patterns of thoughts and feelings that are consistent and stable over time. These traits are usually formed by a genetic...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Conscious Living, Involvement and Witdrawal, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Borderline Personality Disorder Impairment 13 – Alternating between over involvement and withdrawal. My Sad Story I will, of course, because it only seems natural to do so, refer to my past love affairs when thinking of involvement and withdrawal....
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 17, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Impairment 13 – Alternating between over involvement and withdrawal. What We Know Alternating between over involvement and withdrawal are twin brothers and sisters to Devaluation and Idealization. Devaluation and...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 17, 2019 | Blog, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry
Pub Night for Poets is shaping up. After a meeting last week with Cornerstone Taproom staff and members of our CVPL committee, I finally feel that we are gaining some traction. We now have a team to make these nights fun and profitable, hopefully for the Taproom...
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