PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 79: Dsm-5, Mentalization, Ambivalence
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This lack of integration makes them unstable. Poor bonds with caregivers bad attachment. Attachment representation: one"s internal, unconscious concept of being intimately connected to and sufficiently cared for by others. Coexistence of anger and need for bad parent . Regular use of splitting defenses leads one to lack integration. Early trauma, such as physical/sexual abuse, may also lead to bad attachment and splitting. Parents with poor ability to reflect on the mselves or absent parents children with poor ability to reflect on their behavior (and others") A person"s capacity to reflect on one"s own experience and make inference about behavior in oneself or others. Those with bpd have poor mentalization as a result. They don"t know themselves very well and easily distort others" words, actions, and intentions. Correct splitting defenses by helping client hold mixed feelings, opinions, and information together at the same time.
