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Originally Posted by Perna
A lot of BPD for me is all-or-none tendencies; wanting to be with someone, wanting to be alone  it's my tendency to think in dichotomies.
People don't have "kinds". Individuals are themselves and we relate to them as ourselves; when we are in a relationship, the problems we have with others are our problems, not the other person's! The other person's problems with us are their problems, not ours. How you view and relate to another is a function of your own likes, dislikes, personality, background, etc. It is not up to another person to understand us, that's not their job; we have to understand and work with ourselves, not the other person and vice versa.
Yes, you want to be with someone who accepts you are you are but you are not static! You are growing (or withering) and changing, etc. all the time. But, if you think about it, wanting to be with someone who accepts you is not a individual concept; it is what everyone wants? Who wants to be with someone who doesn't accept them? You wouldn't hook up and be with that kind of person!
But if you do not care for and accept yourself and know what you are about and what work you are doing growing and changing, etc., how can you judge how another is accepting or not accepting you? Bad behavior is never acceptable. Wanting someone to "chase after" you when you're in a mood and being disappointed that they do not, that's bad behavior on your part and I don't want another person who puts up with that? Someone who does not think well enough of themselves that they will put up with your bad behavior and not call you on it; do you really want to be with that kind of person? Little kids tell their mother they "hate" her when she says/does something they don't like and the mother puts up with it, sees the situation as an adult but adults should not relate to one another that way?
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Well I agree and disagree with you on different points here. I agree with you to a point, I guess. There is a balance to be found between finding someone that accepts and supports you and your weaknesses and someone that allows you to manipulate them and walk all over them.
I guess I should try to clarify my point on the acceptance and supportiveness of a partner. Someone that understands that one has abandonment issues should not go out of their way and sacrifice things in themselves in order to avoid those behaviors but... if there are things they do that trigger this abandonment that is on their part something they can sacrifice, they should be willing to. I, being the one with the issues have to deal with my own fears of abandonment, of course but it is a two way street. I don't know if I'll ever be completely free of these fears so finding someone that truly will bend a little (not changing completely for me, mind you) will be much better than what I've experienced, in partners that completely lack the willingness to meet in the middle at all.
I didn't mean to make it sound like I should find someone that would mold to my behavior completely.