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An Article on BPD from Earth Times
Here’s an article from Earth Times about BPD (I put the important parts in bold): Borderline personality disorder: A journey between emotional statesPosted on : 2010-07-12 | Author : Aliki NassoufisNews Category : Health Hamburg – Just a moment ago everything was fine and the atmosphere positive but seconds later a cloud of depression falls and the world suddenly seems like an unfriendly place. You feel sad and a person who you regarded as a friend is now an annoyance. Strong mood swings like these are the symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder involves rapid swings in mood from joy to depression. Anti-psychotic medication can provide…
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New Free Tool from ATSTP
Today, I have uploaded a new free tool for you to use when making decisions. The purpose of the tool is to help you make more informed decisions and help to combat impulsiveness. The tool is a “decision matrix” where you can map out the advantages and disadvantages of doing something (or not doing it). Here is a link to the tool (instructions are on the second page of the tool): ATSTP Decision Matrix Tool PR: wait… I: wait… L: wait… LD: wait… I: wait… wait… Rank: wait… Traffic: wait… Price: wait… C: wait… No related posts.
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An exercise in being Non-judgmental
I have been working on a second edition of When Hope is Not Enough, in which I am adding some exercises as well as some new tools and perspectives to make the book even more effective. One of the exercises is in learning how to be mindful of one’s judgmental attitudes. I often say that people with BPD are almost allergic to judgment. I find that this can be tracked back to shame which in turn can be tracked back to an unstable sense of self. Here is the first draft of the exercise: One way to become non-judgmental is to become aware of your (often) unconscious and conditioned judgments.…
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Personality Type of ATSTP
Interestingly enough, anythingtostopthepain.com was “personality analyzed” by http://www.typealyzer.com/ which found the following…. What’s weird is that my personality type is not INTP. Oops, the bold seems to show that I am less than compassionate when blogging! The analysis indicates that the author of http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com is of the type: INTP – The Thinkers The logical and analytical type. They are especially attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at finding subtle connections between things and imagine far-reaching implications. They enjoy working with complex things using a lot of concepts and imaginative models of reality. Since they are not…
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