Borderline Personality Disorder | POSITIVE Traits

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🔓 Unlock access to MedCircle’s personality disorder workshops & series, plus connect with others who are taking charge of their mental wellness journeys through your MedCircle Community. Join now: https://my.medcircle.com/community-yt We often talk about the signs and symptoms of borderline personality disorder aka BPD that impede a person's life. However, there are positive traits of borderline personality disorder that many people don't talk about. While BPD symptoms should not be diminished and it's important to consider therapy and treatment-the positives that can come from having behaviors of borderline personality disorder should not get ignored-especially because it is so stigmatized. There really are positive traits of borderline personality disorder: here they are, according to triple board-certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Judy Ho. Here's MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson and Dr. Judy's conversation: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Why Dr Judy focuses on the positive traits of BPD 01:15 Why does BPD have a stigma? 02:16 "Personality traits are on a spectrum" 03:16 Positive trait 1: Increased empathy 06:23 Positive trait 2: Flexibility 08:15 Positive trait 3: Bolder in decision-making 09:58 "Positive traits can help treatment" #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #medcircle #psychology #bpd #borderlinepersonalitydisorder