[AzulOscuro]

Hi!
I read this article and it seemed to me interesting to share.

Borderline Personality Disorder: Profile and Process of Therapy

I think each person is unique so this portrait as any other is, in some ways, wrong with a patient, nontheless it's worthy to know it bc one of the thing a person with borderline personality disorder finds hardest is to understand other reality different to the one (s)he lives.

[kaliope]

thanks for sharing this informative article.

[AzulOscuro]

My God! This called my attention among other points from the article.

"The deflated false self of the borderline is unreal (Masterson, 1988). The client is deluded into believing that this horribly low self is the real self. The BP comes from a false-self-oriented family structure which reinforces the belief that the false self is one's true identity. It is as if the child's head is opened up and a depressed, unhappy, disconnected, alienated personality is implanted, completely destroying the real self. The borderline identifies with, and glues himself, to the false, denigrated, and self-loathing personality. This personality is an unreal mask that the BP wants the world and the therapist to accept as the real self. It represents self-deception and denial of the inner person, who therefore remains completely hidden from the self. A real self is a creature of hope, enthusiasm, joy, and love. But the borderline's belief is that the unhappy mask is actually the real person."

Does it mean I'm not this, this person who is feeling a nobody all these days?

I would like to know your experience and your thoughts about this paragraph.