With its symptoms involving longstanding and deep-seated difficulties in identity, relationships, and coping with emotions, it might seem that borderline personality disorder (BPD) might be baked into an individual’s ability to manage in everyday life.
Splitting behavior is a tendency to think of the world strictly in black and white. In other words, you see things in extremes and absolute terms, without acknowledging that there are grey areas and that most relationships and situations in life are entirely nuanced.
“This is more than just a busy season of holiday cheer. This is a bomb waiting to go off…”
