Posted by morgan miller on November 2, 2010, at 1:34:07
In reply to Re: Deneb, how is today going? » morgan miller, posted by Dinah on November 2, 2010, at 0:43:49
>I wasn't abused as a child either. It may have been what Linehan would call an invalidating environment. Deneb's may have been too, even in the absence of abuse. But without the underlying reactivity and slow return to baseline, the childhood environment alone wouldn't have caused harm.
I said neglect or trauma, this doesn't mean abuse in the classic sense that everyone thinks in. I don't think childhood environmental factors alone necessarily cause BPD, but I do think they can make matters much worse and can also be a trigger and contributor to the development of disorders like BPD. And if someone with BPD is carrying around any deeply rooted subconscious anger and/or sadness as a direct result of childhood environmental factors, this is a very good reason to explore and deal with this anger and/or sadness as they may be greatly exacerbating BPD symptoms.
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