Borderline Personality Disorder is no longer considered a chronic illness. You can lead a great life with a sensitive, intense, hyperbolic... or any temperament for that matter with hard work, grit, endurance, tenacity, and the willingness to get uncomfortable. Check out this article for confirmation of this assertion: https://ct.counseling.org/2022/10/not-a ... Show More
Aug 13
The Things You Do to Feel Safe Are Keeping Your BPD Fear Alive
In this episode, we look at the quiet ways people with BPD try to protect themselves from abandonment, emotional overwhelm, and the fear of losing control — and how those same strategies often keep the fear locked in place.You’ll hear a clear breakdown of safety behaviors, why th ... Show More
21m 6s
Sep 2025
338. The psychology of borderline personality disorder (BPD)
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions, clouded by stigma and misinformation. In this episode, we take a compassionate, research-based look at what BPD really is, where it comes from, and how people living with it can find ... Show More
58m 27s
Jun 2024
lessons from the borderline (how BPD is a disorder of relationship, NOT of personality) [preview]
<p>Borderline personality disorder is often stigmatized, with a significant number of professionals within the industry regarding borderline patients with contempt. As one psychiatrist told anthropologist Tanya Lurhmann, “if you’re talking to a patient and it feels like your inte ... Show More
28m 45s
Jul 2022
Borderline Personality Disorder: Regulation, Nurturance, and Compassion
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, t ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 2024
Without Emotional Skin: Understanding Borderline-Level NPD
<p>In this episode, Dr. Ettensohn draws on psychodynamic dimensional models of personality development to describe narcissism and NPD at the borderline level.</p>
<p>Characterized by identity diffusion, blurred boundaries, and disrupted internal experience, borderline personality ... Show More
40m 2s