Posted by Nadezda on August 3, 2008, at 21:58:04
In reply to Re: Borderline Personality Disorder..NOT learned » Looney Tunes, posted by Amanda29 on August 3, 2008, at 21:46:23
To say that someone has an invalidating environment, is to say that they learned certain things from relating to their parents-- things that often undermined, or destabilized their sense of being okay, acceptable, loved or understood.
That is definitely learning-- not genetics. And while the disruption is in the past and therefore part of one's history, the behaviors, and rhythms of feeling and the beliefs about the world and about oneself can be changed, though becoming aware of, adapting to oneself, and practicing new ones.
So I have to differ with the idea that way of l iving that's called borderline personality disorder cannot be changed through learning about oneself and learning new ways of coping.
Nadezda
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