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Borderline Personality Disorder – When I get Angry, I Really Get Angry

Borderline Personality Disorder – When I get Angry, I Really Get Angry

by Lawrence Cooper | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Newsletter

  Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity:  Emotional liability  – Emotions that are easily aroused, intense, and/or out of proportion to events and circumstances. What we know Lucas and others (1989)[1], using computerized tomography,...
Yesterday I Was Angry, Today I am Sad – Part 2

Yesterday I Was Angry, Today I am Sad – Part 2

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,...
Pathological Personality Traits

Pathological Personality Traits

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...
Yes I Would Love To, No I Won’t – Part 2

Yes I Would Love To, No I Won’t – Part 2

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....
I Love You, I Hate You

I Love You, I Hate You

by Lawrence Cooper | Sep 3, 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; Devaluation and idealization are defense mechanisms that the mind creates subconsciously to help it...
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