Cycle 7 - Video 1 - Smarter Than BPD Quiz

Understanding and Managing Splitting in Borderline Personality Disorder

• Splitting is a protective mechanism used by individuals with borderline personality disorder to avoid being hurt when they experience rejection or fear.

• Splitting is the tendency to see things as all good or all bad, and people as angels or demons.

• Individuals with borderline personality disorder tend to vacillate between hating and loving others, including therapists, friends, and family members.

• Splitting distorts how individuals with borderline personality disorder see the world and limits their opportunities.

• Splitting causes anxiety, distorts beliefs, thoughts, and feelings, and leads to a depressive state when the bubble of anxiety eventually pops.

• Splitting can end relationships prematurely, including therapeutic relationships.

• Splitting makes individuals with borderline personality disorder think that all mistakes are intentional and directed to cause them pain.

• Splitting is a part of borderline personality disorder, but it can be viewed as a separate entity to help individuals develop a sense of self outside of their diagnosis.

• Challenging the belief that the world is all good or all bad and accepting that it is a shade of gray is a technique to manage splitting.

• To manage splitting, individuals should assess their perceptions and evaluate situations as much as they can before taking them as all true or all false.

• Slowing down, catching extreme splitting words, and reevaluating situations can help individuals stay in the shade of gray and the continuum that is there.

• Splitting becomes a habit, but it can be unlearned through patience and using the scale provided to develop a greater sense of control and balanced thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and behaviors.Tips for Managing Splitting in Borderline Personality Disorder

• Splitting is a common symptom of borderline personality disorder (BPD) where a person sees things in black-and-white, good-or-bad terms.

• Splitting can make it difficult to maintain stable relationships and can cause intense emotional distress.

• It is possible to manage splitting by challenging the thoughts and beliefs that lead to it.

• This can involve questioning the evidence for a belief, considering alternative explanations, and recognizing the gray areas between extremes.

• Mindfulness techniques, such as grounding exercises and breathing exercises, can also help to reduce splitting.

• Seeking therapy, particularly dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), can provide additional support for managing splitting and other BPD symptoms.

• It is important to remember that managing splitting is a process that takes time and practice.

• It is also important to have hope that it is possible to grow beyond BPD and make healthy choices.

• Sharing experiences with splitting and how it appears in one's life can be helpful for others with BPD.

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• The speaker has had success in helping clients manage splitting and other BPD symptoms.

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