12 Questions
What are the three main areas of difficulty in Borderline Personality Disorder?
Emotions, behavior, and thought patterns
What is a common feature of BPD thought patterns?
Objective facts are neglected
How many common cognitive distortions are associated with BPD?
10
Can cognitive distortions occur during sleep?
Yes
What is the possible origin of self-destructive beliefs in BPD?
A survival mechanism to stay safe from abusive authority figures
Is it easy for someone with a self-blame belief pattern to be assertive?
No
Why may chronic self-judgment be understandable in BPD?
To maintain a sense of emotional safety
Are beliefs, thoughts, emotions, and anxiety influential to health issues like BPD?
Yes
Is understanding cognitive distortions and self-blame crucial for developing strategies to modify the larger BPD pattern?
Yes
What is the vicious circle induced by cognitive distortions in BPD?
Thought, feeling, and behavior
Do BPD thoughts have any association with a person's past?
Yes
Is the assumption of blame difficult to overcome in adulthood for someone with BPD?
Yes
Study Notes
Cognitive Distortions and Self-Blame in Borderline Personality Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) involves difficulties with emotions, behavior, and thought patterns.
- BPD thought patterns tend to be biased and oversimplified, neglecting objective facts relevant to reality.
- Cognitive distortions are a common feature of BPD thought patterns, and they can induce a "vicious circle of thought, feeling, and behavior."
- There are at least ten common cognitive distortions associated with BPD.
- Cognitive distortions can occur in both awake and sleep time, triggered by events, thoughts, or memories.
- Many of the thoughts experienced by a person with BPD may have some association with parts of their past.
- Self-destructive beliefs, such as chronic self-blame, may have developed as a survival mechanism to stay safe from abusive authority figures.
- The assumption of blame may be difficult to overcome in adulthood, even when it is not warranted.
- Being assertive is essential for problem-solving and getting needs met, but it may be difficult for someone with a self-blame belief pattern.
- Chronic self-judgment becomes understandable in maintaining a sense of emotional safety.
- Beliefs, thoughts, emotions, and anxiety are intertwined and influential to health issues like BPD.
- Understanding cognitive distortions and self-blame is crucial for developing strategies to modify the larger BPD pattern of perceptions, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
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