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Originally Posted by Ghost187
Honestly, when I first read Uprwestsdr's response, I didn't take it as hostile one bit. I just kind of read it as short and sweet and to the point. And honest. I know when I'm in a rage, the last think I feel is any kind of empathy for the person on the receiving end. I usually feel completely justified at that time and it isn't until much later that I feel any shame/guilt/or empathy.
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Well, as I said, maybe the OP didn't mean it that way. I don't know. A case could be made on either side of the fence.
I don't think a lack of empathy during a rage episode is what's in question. There's likely not many people with BPD that would contest that rage + empathy = highly implausible. It's the capacity to be (or not) empathetic at other times... that's the ??.