This video answers the question: Can I discuss the effects of exposure to borderline personality disorder? This question is talking about effects on the partner of somebody with BPD as opposed to the effects of the disorder on the person who has it. 10 signs of BPD exposure
BPD has nine symptom criteria:
1. frantic efforts to avoid abandonment
2. unstable relationship pattern
3. identity disturbance
4. impulsivity in two areas that are potentially self-damaging
5. suicidal behavior
6. affective instability
7. chronic feelings of emptiness
8. inappropriate or intense anger or difficulty controlling anger
9. paranoid ideation or severe dissociation
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Ross J, & Babcock J. (2009). Proactive and reactive violence among intimate partner violent men diagnosed with antisocial and borderline personality disorder. Journal of Family Violence, 24(8), 607–617.
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Ross J, and Babcock J. 2009. “Proactive and Reactive Violence among Intimate Partner Violent Men Diagnosed with Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorder.” Journal of Family Violence 24 (8): 607–17.
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