Re: Re: Question of BPD behavior?

[Guest guest]

Hi, ,

The way I learned it in school, most borderlines have histrionic features, but

not all histrionic folks are borderline.

Another way to think about it: borderlines are generally " histrionic plus "

(with the lovely additions of the adandonment fears and the often suicidal

and/or self-harm stuff).

SOME clinicians think of histrionic folks as " healthier " versions of

borderlines, because they are " only " attention seeking, dramatic, and

flirtatious.

You usually won't hear of a borderline personality being diagnosed as " also "

a histrionic personality, since the histrionic part is usually " understood " to

be there as part of the package. But, if you read the histrionic stuff out

there, it probably will sound really familiar to people with borderline

parents...so it might be helpful!

Flea

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