24 Questions
What is emotional avoidance behaviour?
A behaviour used to avoid intolerable emotions.
What are some common emotional avoidance behaviours in individuals with BPD?
Desiring unrealistic control and pleasure-seeking activities/products.
What effect can the constant promotion of pleasure-seeking and avoidance behaviours have on emotional mastery?
It can undermine emotional mastery.
What is the consequence of using emotional avoidance behaviours regardless of the consequences they might produce?
Losing significant relationships.
What is one emotional avoidance behaviour used by individuals with BPD who fear abandonment and are sensitive to guilt and shame?
Scattered/racing thoughts.
What is the benefit of emotional responsibility and self-awareness for individuals with BPD?
It can help them avoid emotional avoidance behaviours.
What is the consequence of using pleasure-seeking and thrill-seeking activities/products as emotional avoidance behaviours in the long-term?
Experiencing harsh long-term consequences.
What is the purpose of emotional avoidance behaviour?
To avoid intolerable emotions.
What is the consequence of using people-pleasing as an emotional avoidance behaviour?
Producing resentment and becoming tiring.
What is the effect of companies worldwide promoting consumption of their products to avoid emotional responsibility?
It makes it challenging to face difficult emotions honestly.
What is the consequence of using an unrealistic amount of control over environments and people as an emotional avoidance behaviour?
Experiencing harsh long-term consequences.
What is one emotional avoidance behaviour used to avoid frustrated/irritated responses and the fear of abandonment?
Multitasking.
What is emotional avoidance behaviour?
Behaviour used to avoid intolerable emotions
What are some common emotional avoidance behaviours in individuals with BPD?
All of the above
What are the consequences of pleasure-seeking and thrill-seeking emotional avoidance behaviours?
Short-term pleasure but harsh long-term consequences
What makes it challenging for individuals with BPD to face difficult emotions honestly?
The constant promotion of pleasure-seeking and avoidance behaviours in society
What emotional avoidance behaviour is often seen in individuals with BPD who fear abandonment and are sensitive to guilt and shame?
Multitasking
What is the consequence of using emotional avoidance behaviours?
Losing significant relationships and being unable to function in life situations
What is the purpose of people-pleasing as an emotional avoidance behaviour?
To avoid rejection or abandonment
What is emotional mastery?
The ability to control one's emotions
What is an unrealistic expectation that can be an emotional avoidance behaviour?
Multitasking
What is the key to overcoming emotional avoidance behaviours for individuals with BPD?
Emotional responsibility and self-awareness
What emotional avoidance behaviour is used to feel internally secure?
Desiring control
What can emotional avoidance behaviours lead to?
Desperation and an urge to give up on life
Study Notes
Emotional Avoidance Behaviours in Borderline Personality Disorder
- Emotional avoidance behaviour is used to avoid intolerable emotions, but there are always consequences.
- Pleasure-seeking and thrill-seeking activities/products are common emotional avoidance behaviours, but they have harsh long-term consequences.
- Companies worldwide promote consumption of their products to avoid emotional responsibility, making it challenging to face difficult emotions honestly.
- Scattered/racing thoughts are another emotional avoidance behaviour, often seen in individuals with BPD who fear abandonment and are sensitive to guilt and shame.
- Multitasking is an unrealistic expectation that can be an emotional avoidance behaviour to avoid frustrated/irritated responses and the fear of abandonment.
- People-pleasing is another emotional avoidance behaviour to avoid rejection or abandonment, but it can be tiring and produce resentment.
- The difficulty of emotions dictates which emotional avoidance behaviours are chosen in BPD.
- Desiring an unrealistic amount of control over environments and people is another emotional avoidance behaviour used to feel internally secure.
- Emotional avoidance behaviours are used regardless of the consequences they might produce, including losing significant relationships and being unable to function in life situations.
- Emotional avoidance behaviours can lead to desperation and an urge to give up on life.
- Emotional mastery can be undermined by the constant promotion of pleasure-seeking and avoidance behaviours in society.
- Emotional responsibility and self-awareness are essential for individuals with BPD to overcome emotional avoidance behaviours and improve their quality of life.
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