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Jul 2022
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Regulat...

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
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One of the most important and challenging skills we can develop is learning to regulate our strong emotions. While it’s very natural to have fluctuations in how we feel about others and ourselves, for some people these ups and downs are particularly intense. At clinical levels, this is known as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).  BPD is characterized by ... Show More
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