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Personality Disorder Sensitivity to Emotional Term & Trauma Recovery

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) may be hypersensitive to subtle emotions on others’ faces. An enhanced ability to recognize expressions of happiness, sadness, anger and fear might contribute to the unstable relationships and intense emotions characteristic of the disorder. In a recent study, individuals were asked to identify emotions on slowly morphed computer generated [...]

Personality Disorder and Comorbidity – The Adolescent Brain on Drugs

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by a consistent pattern of volatile emotionality, unstable relationships, impulsive and self-damaging behaviors (i.e. binge eating, sexual promiscuity, drug abuse), and repeated suicidal gestures. Psychologists who specialize in treating BPD have successfully worked with many individuals diagnosed with BPD, assisting them in building awareness regarding their emotions and decreasing [...]