Can bpd affect speech?

BPD participants evidenced significantly greater levels of overall expressive language impairment and reduced syntactic and lexical complexity, but not semantic complexity scores. Detailed linguistic profiles demonstrated specific deficits linked to BPD.

Does BPD affect empathy?

Previous research has demonstrated that patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are more sensitive to negative emotions and often show poor cognitive empathy, yet preserved or even superior emotional empathy.

What do you need to know about borderline personality disorder?

What you need to know about BPD. People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) tend to have major difficulties with relationships, especially with those closest to them. Their wild mood swings, angry outbursts, chronic abandonment fears, and impulsive and irrational behaviors can leave loved ones feeling helpless, abused, and off balance.

Are people with borderline personality disorder sensitive to acceptance?

New research by Heidelberg University’s Lisa Liebke and colleagues (2018) tested the theory that, rather than being only sensitive to social rejection, people with borderline personality disorder are sensitive even to acceptance.

Do borderline personality disorder patients need a co-play partner?

Those borderline personality disorder patients might need their partners to offer up a larger share in order to feel that they are truly being treated in an equitable fashion. Even more odd, the break of cooperation and subsequent efforts by the co-player to make up did not produce any differences between the borderline and healthy participants.

How can I help someone with borderline personality disorder at home?

Anything that draws your loved one’s attention can work, but distraction is most effective when the activity is also soothing. Try exercising, sipping hot tea, listening to music, grooming a pet, painting, gardening, or completing household chores. Talk about things other than the disorder.