Understand Splitting in Borderline Personality Disorder (Splitting Defense Mechanism Explained)

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In this video, we'll delve into understanding splitting in borderline personality disorder, offering an explanation of the splitting defense mechanism explained.

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The video explains the psychological defense mechanism of splitting in borderline personality disorder (BPD). The defense mechanism explained: Splitting occurs when an individual fails to integrate their representations of "good" and "bad" aspects of themselves and others, keeping them separate instead.

Normally, during development, children build separate internalizations of caregivers under the influence of aggressive and libidinal drives. A key developmental task is integrating these opposing representations into a cohesive self-identity and view of others. However, in BPD, the "bad" representations are perceived as so overwhelming that integrating them would "infect" the "good" representations.

To protect the "good" representations, individuals with BPD use the splitting defense mechanism off from the "bad," viewing themselves and others as entirely good or bad at different times. This underlies several BPD features, like dichotomous thinking, lack of guilt, and mood swings. Splitting allows momentary relief from frustration but prevents realistic self/other views and perpetuates a threatening world defended against by an inflated "good self."

The inability to tolerate the frustration required for integration, influenced by both child and caregiver factors, leads to splitting as a defensive coping mechanism in BPD.

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#borderline #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #psychoanalysis

00:00 Intro
00:10 Spooky Definitions
01:27 Normal Development
03:11 Splitting
04:44 Activation Energy of Splitting
06:10 Borderline Features
07:51 Outro
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This makes so much more sense and is easier To grasp once you're actually working clinically. The only aspect I never quite buy is the idea that there's a lack of guilt. Maybe in more callous or comorbid NPD presentations, but I find borderlines often grapple with overwhelming shame and guilt, just not in the situations we might think call for it...

CheeseLoversUnited
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A very good example my therapist gave me was that with borderline, we tend to be wall sitters. Constantly, we're trying to figure out which side of the wall we want to land on.

laylaasalie
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Best explanation of the topic I've seen by far. Thank you so much for your hard work to make this video so informative and illustrative. Much appreciated.

in-serenesanity
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Great videos! Really learning a lot. Just to provide some constructive feedback: I think the audio needs some work. Your voice is way lower than the music so it’s hard to hear you without turning speakers up super high but then the music is deafening. Looking forward to the growth of your channel!

veritas
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This is the best explanation i've seen about splitting. Thank you so much for the quality content

annepestana
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What I've heard every time from borderline patients is that feel an emptiness in them.

plockacherrys
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Wonderful explanation! Best I’ve seen regarding why borderlines split yet 👍🏻

sarahcouture
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I also think of Madonna's Borderline everytime I talk about BDD

theusersam
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Hey this was a great video and I am extremely impressed with the content, editing and animation. I definitely will be sharing this with others.

One piece of feedback that I would like to offer is that around 5:50, there was a great opportunity to acknowledge that bad parenting (early trauma) makes it more difficult for children to get over that hump.

When it’s framed as solely the infant’s innate inability, it is harder to find sympathy for patients, and we really do need more clinicians with more compassion for borderline patients.

caleb
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Great video, you're very intelligent and skilled at explaining things. Subscribed 👍

joelwilliams
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Wow this is so well explained and easy to follow.. also I love the Psychofarm head in the video!!

polarbear
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This vid is excellent. Please do more vids on borderline and narcissistic characteristics. There is very little good info on YouTube. Sam Vaknins vids are great.
Thanks!

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