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The stigma surrounding borderline personality disorder includes the belief that people with BPD are prone to violence toward others. [242] While movies and visual media often sensationalize people with BPD by portraying them as violent, the majority of researchers agree that people with BPD are unlikely to physically harm others. [ 242 ]
The articles explain borderline personality disorder in understandable terms, and the discussion groups help to normalize the experiences of family members. [2] The site appeals to family members who care about someone with borderline personality disorder, but are frustrated with the relationship demands and conflict.
Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. This personality disorder is a long-term condition [1] in which people depend on others to meet their emotional and physical needs.
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 ".
A study published in July found that over 40% of self-identified gentle parents teeter toward burnout and self-doubt because of the pressure to meet parenting standards.
When viewing people as all good, the individual is said to be using the defense mechanism idealization: a mental mechanism in which the person attributes exaggeratedly positive qualities to the self or others. When viewing people as all bad, the individual employs devaluation: attributing exaggeratedly negative qualities to the self or others.
Adolph Stern identified the “borderline group” of patients as those who do not fit into psychotic or psychoneurotic categories, often exhibiting symptoms such as narcissism, psychic rigidity, and profound feelings of inferiority.
Borderline personality disorder is unique in the grouping as "borderline" manipulation is characterized as unintentional and dysfunctional manipulation. [30] Marsha M. Linehan has stated that people with borderline personality disorder often exhibit behaviors which are not truly manipulative, but are erroneously interpreted as such. [31]