It’s All Your Fault: High Conflict People
Family Feuds: Navigating High Conflict Personality Clashes
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Quick takeaways
- Early signs of emotional dysregulation in children can be a precursor to developing borderline personality disorder (BPD) in the future, and teaching healthy self-soothing techniques and impulse control can help steer their personality development in a positive direction.
- Marriages do not cause personality disorders like BPD; they originate from genetics and early experiences, so it's important to avoid engaging with false allegations and projections to prevent escalating conflicts.
Deep dives
Understanding Childhood Behavior and Borderline Personality Disorder
The podcast episode begins with a listener sharing their concerns about their difficult six-and-a-half-year-old daughter who struggles with emotion regulation. They have noticed strong similarities between their daughter's behavior and borderline personality disorder (BPD) and high conflict personality (HCP). The hosts caution that BPD is typically diagnosed in adults, but the emotion dysregulation seen in children can be related to BPD and may serve as a precursor. They emphasize that early intervention and teaching emotional management skills can help steer children away from developing BPD in the future. The hosts discuss a program called Deeply Feeling Kid (DFK) that focuses on similar techniques to what they teach. They advise the listener to continue seeking help, be aware of potential genetic tendencies, and not to blame themselves as parenting may only influence the development of personality traits.
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