What causes or increases the risk of developing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). This video will help you lessen the confusion and provide some clarity.

How do you explain a complex concept that you may not fully understand yourself, that worries you, confuses, you, and sometimes scares you and frustrates you. These are common responses to BPD in yourself or seeing it in a loved one. If you’ve had that feeling or similar thoughts I’m gonna try and help you out in this video as we talk about how to explain BPD and what causes it.

If you’re watching this video, you want to know how to better understand BPD and how to explain it for yourself or to help a loved one understand what you believe they’re going through. The Father of BPD is John Gunderson and he explained BPD best with insight, clarity, and compassion. He also explains in the same eloquent fashion what causes BPD from the same book. Watch the video to see/hear them, they're awesome and heartfelt.

I then put it all in a nutshell for you:
BPD is the combination of genetics and environment that make it hard to feel love and even harder when you feel rejected. It’s a constant search for connection when you don’t know what the connection is. It’s a sense of loneliness and fear without knowing exactly where it comes from or where you’re going with it. The tidal wave of thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and memories evoke selfdestructive means to try and resolve or calm the tidal wave without having the skills necessary to do so. Over time, this becomes a cycle and habit out of something we don’t fully understand but it disrupts emotional, behavioral, interpersonal, and identity aspects of life. It’s complex, but treatable, and hope should be in the forefront as you seek and engage in treatment to outgrow all the things you once believed you couldn’t.

Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and a multiaward winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 15 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.

He has published several articles in these areas and is the author of:

Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders: A New Conceptualization of Development, Reinforcement, Expression, and Treatment. Available at: https://www.drdfox.com/books

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): https://goo.gl/BLRkFy

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

The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders: https://goo.gl/ZAVe9v

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).

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00:00 Introduction
01:21 Need for compassion
02:41 BPD need to connect relationships
04:46 What causes BPD?
06:39 Constant search for connection
07:41 Hopefulness about BPD