Cycle 12 - Flashcard Set 1
What is the impact of stable early-life relationships on safety and security?
They can achieve safety and security.
What can undermine the sense of safety and security in individuals?
Childhood experiences and exposure to family dysfunction.
What can childhood experiences lead to?
The development of certain beliefs or sets of expectations/assumptions about people, life situations, and the world.
What may individuals invent if they do not have healthy living arrangements with healthy caregivers?
Ideas, concepts, and rules that provide them with a false sense of security.
Do self-destructive beliefs support healthy functioning in the long run?
No, they do not.
Who may develop self-destructive beliefs as a result of experiencing instability during childhood?
Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
What can early experiences of betrayal or abandonment lead to?
Expectations (and beliefs) about getting hurt in relationships.
What do distrustful behaviors increase the chances of?
Relationship breakdown and make it challenging for partners to live freely and free from abusiveness.
What is an important goal for a person with BPD in therapy?
To recognize and adjust self-destructive beliefs to support a healthy and fulfilling life experience.
What does adjusting unhealthy belief systems require?
Learning to self-reflect, becoming mindful, and understanding and managing emotional struggles connected to the beliefs.
Is learning about emotions and beliefs later in life possible?
Yes, it is possible.
What is the essential first step in adjusting unhealthy beliefs?
Recognizing the need to adjust unhealthy beliefs.
