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That last post may have come off as defensive. I really didn't mean it that way.

The truth is that it's all very complicated. All babies are born emotionally unregulated. It is through growth, experience and nurturing and environment that they learn how to modulate their emotions. No one is diagnosed with BPD as a child for this reason. The Bio-social theory (the popluar one today anyway) is that people who grow up to be bpd are often more sensitive, artistic, emotional etc to begin with. If they are then paired up in a family that is rigid, non-expressive, punishes strong displays of emotion etc They are taught young that they are unacceptable and then the person learns to try to modulate their emotions on their own turning to such things as suicide, self harm, drugs, dissociating etc etc and this is how the disorder starts to develop. That is one very strong theory that is popular right now.

Of course there are many different kinds of invalidating environments and families. So the possibilities for producing this disorder is endless unfortunately.
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