What Might "Trigger" Someone with BPD, Borderline Personality Disorder

dr romney what typical behaviors and

communication styles tend to i'll say

trigger uh negative reactions in someone

with bpd um

things that are

critical

things that i mean obviously none of us

like that uh anything that might um

speak to abandonment the sense of um

uh

becoming more silent withdrawing from

the conversation storming out in or even

walking out during a um a conversation

that's very that's not going to work

that's going to be very unsettling for a

person with borderline personality um

talking about certain topics you know

like the actual an actual topic could be

triggering if it relates to trauma or

abuse or something that that person is

feeling incredibly sensitive about and

then the other thing is it's less about

content but it's more about tone tone

that feels dismissive that feels

demeaning that feels condescending that

feels contemptuous all of those may be

unsettling now