Cycle 3 - Flashcard Set 1
What is the pattern of negative life events that individuals with BPD tend to experience?
They tend to occur in a predictable pattern involving heightened emotions and dramatic responses.
How does developing awareness of biological processes in the brain help individuals with BPD?
It can empower them to better regulate and manage themselves and alleviate feelings of guilt and shame associated with having the disorder.
What can traumatic experiences related to abandonment, rejection, devaluation, and other events lead to in individuals with BPD?
They can be highly relevant and lead to repeated emotional injury and re-experiencing of old wounds.
What is the problem with untreated BPD?
Individuals are often unaware of what is happening in their mind and body during difficult moments, making it difficult to work through the struggle effectively and live life without feeling threatened.
What are the effects of trauma, conditioning, and repeated activation of the fight, flight, freeze response on individuals with BPD?
They can lead to scattered or racing thoughts and irrational thinking.
What happens when individuals with BPD randomly re-experience the sensations of past trauma?
They remain hyper-vigilant towards potential threats and use all their brainpower to think of ways to stay safe, which becomes a heavy emotional task.
What is the connection between thoughts and emotions in individuals with BPD?
They are inseparable, and this connection can lead to a “vicious circle” of anticipation, perception, and reaction.
What are some of the ineffective reactions that individuals with BPD may have to prolonged stress and pain?
They may seem extreme in their reactions and suffer from physical, cognitive, and emotional stress.
Why is it important to shift attention towards learning, emotional healing, and self-mastery in individuals with BPD?
It helps them to manage and regulate themselves better and alleviate feelings of guilt and shame associated with having the disorder.
What can individuals with BPD do to work through difficult moments effectively?
They can develop awareness of the biological processes in the brain, glands, hormones, and nervous system and shift their attention towards learning, emotional healing, and self-mastery.
How does understanding the biological processes during moments of emotional dysregulation help individuals with BPD?
It can empower them to better regulate and manage themselves and alleviate feelings of guilt and shame associated with having the disorder.
What is the fight, flight, or freeze response, and how is it relevant to individuals with BPD?
It is a chain reaction that occurs in the brain when individuals feel threatened, and it is relevant to individuals with BPD because traumatic experiences related to abandonment, rejection, devaluation, and other events can trigger this response.
Why is understanding that you didn’t ask for things to be problematic in life crucial to developing a willingness to continue moving forward with learning about BPD?
Understanding that you didn’t ask for things to be problematic in life is crucial to developing a willingness to continue moving forward with learning about BPD because it helps in avoiding self-judgment and guilt.
What is the importance of having a willingness and strong desire to continue re-learning how to live in your body?
It is important to have a willingness and strong desire to continue re-learning how to live in your body because mastering BPD requires intense motivation, finding the right balance within oneself, and specific training/understanding to balance and thrive in one’s body as it is and the world as it is.
How can having amplified emotional sensitivity lead to developing conditions like BPD?
Having amplified emotional sensitivity can lead to developing conditions like BPD because individuals with increased emotional sensitivity are more vulnerable to emotional dysregulation, which can lead to the development of BPD.
