Why Are BPD Relationships So Complicated?

Why Are BPD Relationships So Complicated? Some features of borderline personality disorder strike at the heart of what makes us able to have good interpersonal relationships. Some of these features are: Low emotional intelligence There’s more than one way to be smart. In addition to the kind of intelligence you can measure on an IQ ...

Hallmarks of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Hallmarks of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Being a borderline feels like eternal hell. Nothing less. Pain, anger, confusion, never knowing how I’m going to feel from one minute to the next. Hurting because I hurt those whom I love. Feeling misunderstood. Nothing gives me pleasure. Wanting to die but not being able to kill myself because ...

Hallmarks of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)

Hallmarks of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
Hallmarks of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behaviour), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs ...

8 Surprising Myths About Relationships

8 Surprising Myths About Relationships
8 Surprising Myths About Relationships By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Ref: http://psychcentral.com/lib/8-surprising-myths-about-relationships/0008456 There are hundreds of myths about relationships, according to Terri Orbuch, Ph.D, a Michigan clinical psychologist and author of 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great. The problem with persistent myths is that they can erode a relationship’s happiness, she ...