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What’s so great about mindfulness?
It has been integrated into many different treatments since the mid 90s for chronic pain, depression and, perhaps most famously, borderline personality disorder via DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy). What’s so great about mindfulness? Kyle MacDonald 5:00 PM Thursday Mar 3, 20167 comments I’ve been told I should meditate for my anxiety, but it’s too hard. Any tips?Anxious, Napier Mindfulness is very trendy at the moment, and it’s not often you can say that about a psychological treatment. But it isn’t all incense, throw cushions and sitting cross-legged with your eyes shut. So what is mindfulness and why is it so popular? Mindfulness comes from Buddhist traditions and is a series…
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There is much to learn about self-injury
Of note is that Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) people say they actually feel better after hurting themselves. There is much to learn about self-injury Michael Kulla, For the Poughkeepsie Journal 12:56 p.m. EST March 4, 2016 This article is about young people who cut, scratch, burn, carve, interfere with wound healing or bang their heads against a solid object. Tattooing and piercing are usually not considered maladaptive because they are culturally sanctioned forms of expression. The intent of harming oneself per se is not suicidal and is referred to as Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI). NSSI is especially prevalent among adolescents with approximately 1 in 6 engaging in this behavior at least once.…
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17 things to never say to a girl with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
“You’re not ill, you’re just being an attention-seeking arsehole.” 17 things to never say to a girl with Borderline Personality Disorder By Charlotte Dingle 2 March 2016 1. Nothing. Going to bed on an argument isn’t our style. Whilst you’ve casually dismissed it as a minor disagreement and all but forgotten about it, we’re worrying that you hate us and will never speak to us again. So please, stay awake long enough to text us back and tell us it’s OK. 2. “Aren’t you overreacting?” BPD has been described as having no “emotional skin”. We’re psychologically raw and exposed and as such we feel things, good and bad, very deeply.…
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Therapists’ Fear of Borderline Personality Disorder Persists
Relationship instability is a feature of BPD, and clinicians may be wary of patients with whom establishing a therapeutic bond could be difficult. Therapists’ Fear of Borderline Personality Disorder Persists Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC March 01, 2016 Many therapists share the general stigma that surrounds patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Some even avoid working with such patients because of the perception that they are difficult to treat. As reported in Social Science & Medicine last year, interviews with 22 mental health clinicians in the United States1 suggest that the BPD diagnosis “can sometimes operate as a cue to healthcare providers that they should anticipate this patient will be hard…