Posted by tofuemmy on January 27, 2007, at 21:11:42
In reply to I'm a lot better these days, but why still DSH?, posted by Deneb on January 27, 2007, at 17:49:01
Plenty of people with BPD have not been abused.
If you read Linehan's work, she states that BPD is caused by an "invalidating environment". For instance, if you say, "Mom, I'm hungry" and she says, "No,you aren't, shut up.". Mom is invalidating the thoughts, emotions, and physical essence of this child. If this goes on constantly throughout a childhood...the child ends up feeling a unsure of their emotions, and not in touch with their physical self. Not whole and separate and adult....blah blah. Go read the book, K?
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