Borderline Personality Disorder,  Validation

A comment on change vs acceptance

An ATSTP list member responds to a question of whether another’s borderline wife will ever change because of emotional validation:

I found validation isn’t as effective until the underlying agenda tilts more towards acceptance rather than change.  This may sound strange, but after we accept that the situation may not change (and behave accordingly), it then grows room to change.

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