BPD & Abandonment: Healing Trust & Relationships

Trust issues are a significant challenge for people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), often leading to relationship problems. People with BPD may misinterpret their partner's actions as signs of rejection, experience intense fear of abandonment, and engage in black-and-white thinking, where a partner is seen as either entirely good or bad. This can result in hypersensitivity to emotional cues, constant need for reassurance, excessive jealousy, and frequent arguments. However, there is hope. Open communication, therapy, and the right tools can help individuals with BPD build secure and fulfilling relationships. Seeking professional help and celebrating small victories can empower those with BPD to overcome their trust issues and create stronger connections.

00:00 Introduction
00:23 Perceptions and Misconceptions in Relationships
04:51 Contributing Factor: Misinterpreting Actions
06:16 Contributing Factor: Splitting or Black and White Thinking
08:12 Contributing Factor: Emotional Vulnerability
10:40 Contributing Factor: Needing Reassurance All the Time
12:06 Contributing Factor: Jealousy on Hyperdrive
15:07 Contributing Factor: Non-Stop Fights
17:22 Helpful Tool: Hope and Empowerment
18:45 Helpful Tool: Focus on Progress
20:02 Helpful Tool: Open Communication
21:28 Helpful Tool: Seek Help

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐉. 𝐅𝐨𝐱 📚
Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and a multi-award-winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 20 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. His specialty areas include personality disorders, ethics, burnout prevention, and emotional intelligence.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐨𝐱’𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 🎓
BPD Course: Learn more at www.bpdcourse.com

𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐨𝐱’𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 📘
Dr. Fox has published several articles and books in the areas of personality disorders, emotional intelligence, and treatment strategies. Below are some of his key works:

▶ BPD Guided Journal: Your Space to Release Intense Emotions, Nurture Self-Compassion, and Take Charge of Borderline Personality Disorder.
Available at:
https://shorturl.at/Ta5Dj

▶ The BPD Card Deck: 50 Ways to Balance Emotions and Live Well with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Available at:
www.shorturl.at/jBHJV

▶ Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance.
Available at:
https://rb.gy/hdyqyy

▶ Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders: A New Conceptualization of Development, Reinforcement, Expression, and Treatment.
Available at:
https://tinyurl.com/2anv8dww

▶ The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your BPD.
Available at:
https://goo.gl/LQEgy1

▶ Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner).
Available at:
https://goo.gl/BLRkFy

▶ Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox: 55 Practical Treatment Techniques for Clients, Their Parents & Their Children (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner).
Available at:
https://goo.gl/sZYhym

𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐨𝐱'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 💼
Dr. Fox has given numerous workshops and seminars on ethics and personality disorders, personality disorders and crime, treatment solutions for treating clients along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum, emotional intelligence, managing mental health within the prison system, and others. Dr. Fox maintains a website of various treatment interventions focused on working with and attenuating the symptomatology related to individuals along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum (www.drdfox.com).

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐱 🌍
👉 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@DrDanielFox
👉 Website: http://www.drdfox.com/
👉 Blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-complex-diagnosis
👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/appliedpsychservices/
👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrDanielJFox1
👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdfox/
👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdfox
👉 Amazon Author’s Page: amazon.com/author/drfox

Thank you for watching: How Abandonment and BPD Destroy Relationships | Overcoming Trust Issues | Dr. Daniel Fox

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