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Why is it so hard to get over a person with BPD?
Individuals with BPD often fill an emotional void in their partner’s life. With their charm and undivided attention, you may have felt exceedingly happy when the relationship was going well. With the source of fulfillment gone, you may feel empty, which can make it more difficult to move on.
Do people with BPD forget easily?
In general, BPD patients do not seem to differ from healthy control subjects in their ability to memorize emotional information, but they tend to have specific difficulties forgetting negative information.
How do borderline personality disorder (BPD) affect relationships?
Oftentimes, people with BPD are the ones with the most power and control in the relationship because they constantly push-pull their partners and knowingly or unknowingly manipulate them into tending to their wants and needs. The thing with borderline people is that they subconsciously look for someone who can bend to their will.
How does BPD affect your daily life?
When you live with a condition like BPD that affects your emotional regulation, it’s hard to keep it from affecting your daily functioning. Classic symptoms like frantic efforts to avoid fear of abandonment, “splitting” and dissociation undoubtedly affect daily parts of life like getting chores done, communicating with others and your job.
Why is there still a stigma around BPD?
There’s still a huge stigma surrounding BPD. Many people still believe that those living with it can be manipulative or dangerous due to their symptoms. While this can be the case in a very small minority of people, most people with BPD are just struggling with their sense of self and their relationships.
Can people with BPD have more than one personality?
Due to it being a personality disorder, BPD is often confused with someone having dissociative identity disorder, where people develop multiple personalities. But this isn’t the case at all. People with BPD don’t have more than one personality.