Managing A Relationship With A Sibling With Borderline Personality Disorder
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Julia Austin
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Dealing with perceived punishment
If you have set a boundary with a sibling with BPD, you’ve likely experienced some backlash that felt like punishment. Your sibling may have said things that were insulting or painful to you while reacting to that boundary. In those moments, you might want to take it back – the boundary – just to avoid the emotional punishment. But when you do that, Watson says, “You’re training yourself to listen to their emotional punishment, versus managing the disappointment they feel when things don’t go their way.”
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