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Jan 2021
22m 18s

Borderline Personality Disorder: Escapin...

Rose Skeeters
About this episode
In this episode, I talk about the BPD escape clause or tendency to escape reality when life gets to be too much, too intense, too overwhelming. I also offer an antidote to the escape clause. In the Q & A, I talk about exercise and how to experience physical discomfort without panicking. 
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