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- Why do people with BPD have so many problems relating to others?
- My emotions get the better of me; my mind is faster than my body. Sometimes I can't control what I say, and it's had serious consequences. What can I do?
- How can I control the anger I feel about everything?
- I was diagnosed 20 years ago and I'm in therapy, but nothing has helped me control my relationships. Is it possible to overcome this difficulty? What actually works?
- Every time someone goes through a crisis and makes mistakes, like insulting others, throwing things, or saying hurtful things, the next day when things calm down, guilt follows. What can people with BPD do? And what about those around them?
- It's very difficult to get into a BPD therapy program. What books and resources would you recommend for self-education and information on this topic?
- What are the best strategies for dealing with relationship conflicts effectively and even preventing them from happening in the first place?
- What personal skills could we learn to improve our relationships?
- My daughter has been under psychiatric care and in therapy for six years, but she continues to experience crises that lead to self-harm. In her relationships, when conflict arises, she can't manage it and resolves the emotional block by lashing out at herself, feeling guilty about everything. How can we help her?
- How should we interpret raised voices and disrespect towards the family environment?
- How can we make them understand that the family members and friends who are trying to help them aren't perfect, but we also don't want to harm them? What could we do to build their trust and improve their relationship with us?
- How can we make them understand that desperately seeking a partner because they don't know how to be alone, and clinging to the first thing they find and starting the relationship intensely, entails a high risk of failure?
- Once they detect serious problems that make the relationship unworkable, why is it impossible for them to manage the separation, waiting for their worst fears to come true? How can family members help them manage a healthy start to new relationships and a somewhat orderly end to those they have to end?
- I would like to know if there are specific associations to train and support families of people with BPD.
- Since the expression of emotions and communication styles can sometimes differ between men and women, what gender differences are currently observed in borderline personality disorder (BPD)? Does it have greater social and relational repercussions for some than for others? Should this be taken into account in the treatment of BPD?
- What is the relationship between social anxiety and borderline personality disorder?
- What can professionals do to help people with BPD become more aware of their behavior towards others?
How should we interpret raised voices and disrespect towards the family environment?
We can read it as moments of crisis and difficulty in dealing with what is troubling him and causing him suffering.
Maintaining our composure and not misinterpreting that expression as personal can help create distance and prevent escalation. Asking what's bothering them can de-escalate the situation.
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Iolanda Ferreres Sebastià
Clinical psychologist. TLP Program. Baix Llobregat Day Hospital
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Christian Cunyat Lochte
Clinical psychologist. TLP Program. Baix Llobregat Day Hospital
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Grushenka Comas Ferrer
Clinical psychologist. TLP Program. Baix Llobregat Day Hospital
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu