Channel: Prof. Sam Vaknin

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Description: BPD is an extreme form of complex trauma (CPTSD) which involves self-soothing behaviors, repetition compulsions, dysfunctional attachment, dissociative self-states, arrested development and infantile defenses (regressive infantilism and splitting), cognitive distortions, emotional-affective dysregulation, decompensation and acting out. The BPD's secondary psychopathy vs. covert narcissism. The erroneous foundations of contemporary psychology: self, personality, individual should be replaced with seamlessly fluid self-states. Man is a river, not a lake. Emotional dysregulation (and inappropriate or reduced affect) result in impaired internal reality testing and empathy deficits. In reappraisal and exposure therapies we use cognition to modify emotions. Original posted here: youtube.com/watch?v=P9Zz0o9Cx8E Find and Buy MOST of my BOOKS and eBOOKS in my Amazon Store: amazon.com/stores/page/60F8EC8A-5812-4007-9F2C-DFA02EA713B3