Tiffany Interview #1: What's Underneath "High-Functioning" BPD
All the Tiffany (dx'd w/ BPD) // Combo Pack
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27m
0:00 Isolation Hides BPD Symptoms / Not Having Friends
2:35 “Seven-year relationship” ≠ Wellness; Leapfrog to New Relationship
4:02 Always Having to Prove She Has BPD / The Cutting Incident / The Criteria
7:30 Not Getting Help / The Belt Attempt / People Don't Want to Believe Her
10:04 Suicidality / What Prevents Her From Doing It
13:56 What Triggers Suicidality / Invalidating Environments / Feeling Unliked
17:20 Losing Relationships / Toxic friendship patterns, passivity, and resentment
22:50 Choosing bad relationships to avoid being alone; Self-Respect
25:41 Still Having Hope
Up Next in All the Tiffany (dx'd w/ BPD) // Combo Pack
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Tiffany's BPD Therapy Consult w/ Dr. ...
0:00 Intro / Setup / How This Can Be Most Helpful
2:49 Background Story: Not Fitting In / Toxic Relationships / Not Having Friends / No Sense of Self / Other-Focus / Getting BPD Diagnosis
10:28 Being Seen as "High-functioning" vs Feeling Persistent Distress
15:48 Feeling Judged / Fighting for Sel... -
Debrief w/ Dr. Karen Jacob After Her ...
0:00 What Dr. Jacob Listens for in a Session / Narratives
2:52 Tiffany's People-pleasing and then "Losing Herself"
4:05 Tiffany's Lack of Affect vs. Cognitive Understanding
6:51 Therapeutic Tactics to Connect to Feelings Under the Cognitions -
Debrief w/ Tiffany After Her Consult ...
0:00 Fear of Not Being Believed as Having BPD
4:21 Identifying as Having BPD / It's Not a Fashion Statement
8:02 Against "Armchair Psychiatry" / Having Her Diagnosis Questioned / Anger & Isolation
