by Lawrence Cooper | Dec 19, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Battle for Freedom I have been on the front lines in this battle for my mind. I have taken the best my enemy has to offer, the stress, the strain, the angst, the desire to be something I am not, the longing to put an end to the unsustainable stream of thoughts...
by Lawrence Cooper | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – d. Depressivity: Feelings of inferior self-worth (DSM5) Perhaps the most defining trait associated with BPD is a feeling of inferior self-worth. To get a better understanding of self-worth for us with BPD...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Depressivity: Pessimism about the future There is a phenomena called the Law of Attraction. If we think positive thoughts, good things happen. If we think negative thoughts, we invite bad things into our...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 16, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Depressivity: Difficulty recovering from such moods (miserable and hopeless).(DSM5) Law and others(1) measured negative emotions and borderline symptoms in 281 BPD participants over a wide spectrum of...
by Lawrence Cooper | Oct 1, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Depressivity: Frequent feelings of being down, miserable, and/or hopeless; (DSM 5) In one study about 96% of patients with BPD met criteria for a mood disorder, and about 83% also met criteria for the...