Stop Letting BPD Beat You Down! Self-Stigma and Internalized Shame of Borderline Personality

The things you say to yourself impacts how you think, feel, and see yourself. This is especially true if you have BPD, and for those who work with individuals with BPD. In this video, we explore how you can better manage your BPD using healthy identifiers and viewpoints.

Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance. Available at:
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In this video, I'm going to share with you some strategies to help you stop letting bpd beat you down. I'll discuss what "beyond bpd" means and why labeling yourself can be so damaging. I'll also talk about self concept and what you can do to boost your self-esteem.

Diagnosis of mental illness has become increasingly confusing. People are being labeled, they are seen as being mentally ill instead of having a mental illness. Unfortunately, negative stereotypes are associated with mental illness. According to labeling theory, the stigma of being labeled mentally ill actually causes one to be mentally ill as a result of effects described as self-fulfilling prophecy. This impact is described in later research about stigma and self-stigma. Stigma can have negative consequences for self-concept by lowering self-efficacy, which fosters dysfunctional coping styles and ultimately reduces quality of self-concept. Also, stigma can be internalized and create self-stigma, in which the label predominates self-concept and reduces self-esteem. Thus, eventually, the reification of diagnosis leads to lowered self-concept through stigmatization effects. In spite of these negative effects, it is reasonable to believe that positive effects also exist. A label could foster self-acceptance, causing one to seek treatment, and can also foster interpersonal understanding. It is argued that these effects should be investigated. On the basis of outcomes, it should be decided whether diagnosis should or should not be reported to the patient.

From: Pasman, J. (2011). The consequences of labeling mental illnesses on the self-concept: A review of the literature and future directions.

Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and a multi-award 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:

Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance. Available at:
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Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders: A New Conceptualization of Development, Reinforcement, Expression, and Treatment. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/2anv8dww

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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