by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Conscious Living, Involvement and Witdrawal, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
BPD – Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Emotional liability – Unstable emotional experiences and frequent mood changes. Silver Lining (Rather that rehash the same stories that were involved in Sad Story sections of Part 1,...
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 | 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 8, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Impairment 12 – Significant impairments in interpersonal functioning b. Intimacy: Close relationships often viewed in extremes of idealization and devaluation. My Sad Story When I look at idealization, I can see that it was important for the...
by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 7, 2019 | Blog, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Poetry, The Higher Self
Poetry is about feelings. In the present poetic atmosphere, we seem to have lost our bearings; we are floating without power and purpose. We have wandered into some absurd strata where whether or not we use gerunds and participles somehow equates with good poetry. We...
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