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  2. Borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    In addition, adults with BPD have often experienced abuse in childhood, so many people with BPD adopt a "no-tolerance" policy toward expressions of anger of any kind. [243] Their extreme aversion to violence can cause many people with BPD to overcompensate and experience difficulties being assertive and expressing their needs. [ 243 ]

  3. Codependency - Wikipedia

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    Borderline personality disorder – there is a tendency for loved ones of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to slip into "caretaker" roles, giving priority and focus to problems in the life of the person with BPD rather than to issues in their own lives. The codependent partner may gain a sense of worth by being perceived as ...

  4. Emotional blackmail - Wikipedia

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    People with certain mental conditions are predisposed to controlling behavior including those with paranoid personality disorder, [12] borderline personality disorder, [13] and narcissistic personality disorder. [14] People with borderline personality disorder are particularly likely to use emotional blackmail [13] (as too are destructive ...

  5. Manipulation (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Feelings of persistence, abuse in early childhood, and excessive thoughts were common for these individuals who connected to Borderline Personality Disorder. [35] Histrionic personality disorder is a personality disorder characterized by dramatic and attention seeking behavior. Individuals with the personality disorder exhibit inappropriate ...

  6. Sadistic personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Sadistic personality disorder is an obsolete term for a proposed personality disorder defined by a pervasive pattern of sadistic and cruel behavior. People who fitted this diagnosis were thought to have a desire to control others and to have accomplished this through use of physical or emotional violence.

  7. Love–hate relationship - Wikipedia

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    Love–hate relationships also develop within a familial context, especially between an adult and one or both of their parents. [12] Love–hate relationships and sometimes complete estrangement between adults and one or both of their parents often indicates poor bonding with either parent in infancy, depressive symptoms of parents, borderline or narcissistic pathology in the adult child, and ...

  8. Category:People with borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    This category is for people who have borderline personality disorder, a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of unstable relationships, a distorted sense of self, and strong emotional reactions.

  9. Splitting (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Splitting is a relatively common defense mechanism for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). [24] One of the DSM IV-TR criteria for this disorder is a description of splitting: "a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation ".