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“Because she lives in a state of alarm, she notices things that others miss.”

Fear Trauma Child Abuse Bpd Abusive Mother Alarm Borderline Mother Bad Mothering

Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother

Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother

“Unbearable pain that is expressed and acknowledged becomes bearable. But borderlines received no such responses in their childhood. Therefore, they are stuck in the past, trying to elicit what they needed as a child—validation of their unbearable pain.”

Child Abuse Emotional Abuse Borderline Personality Disorder Bpd Borderline Mother

Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother

Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother

“Therapists sometimes warn family members not to depend on the person with BPD to validate their self-worth, yet young children have no choice. They can and will do anything to hold onto the good mother (the loving, caring person) who unpredictably turns into the Witch mother (the terrifying, raging beast).”

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Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother

Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother

“Ernest Wolf (1988) explains that “merger-hungry” personalities need to control others completely. The borderline Witch’s merger-hungry personality leaves her children feeling devoured, suffocated, oppressed, and imprisoned. Even as adults, her children may dream about prison camps, holocausts, invasions, wars, and natural disasters. They fear for their survival.”

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Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother

Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother

“Borderline mothers who threaten or attempt suicide keep their children emotionally trapped, and their children may suffer from extreme anxiety even as adults.”

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Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother

Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother

“When enraged, some divorced borderlines may deprive their children of contact with their father either to punish him or the children.”

Manipulation Child Abuse Domestic Abuse Psychological Abuse Bpd Abusive Mother Borderline Mother Manipulative Mother

Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother

Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother

“It is rare for even adult children to abandon their mother, regardless of how many times their mother has abandoned them.”

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Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother

Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother

“Children with borderline mothers adjust to the chaos of their lives by learning to expect the unexpected. They associate love with fear and kindness with danger.”

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Book:Understanding the Borderline Mother

Source: Understanding the Borderline Mother

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