PSYCH 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Libido, Promiscuity, Impulsivity
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Have difficulty inhibiting impulse to eat, but seek approval from others via body image. Satisfy attachment needs through sex (partially) and have difficulty inhibiting sex drive (even when it"s unsafe or unwise) The term borderline originates from a psychodynamic term for being in between psychologically immature and psychologically mature: For those in the borderline part of this continuum, their grasp of reality is mostly correct (except under high stress) -- not psychotic. Yet their identity is chaotic and their defenses are less mature/healthy. Bpd as a diagnosis evolved from general features of those in the middle of this continuum of psychological health: Those with bpd are unable to tolerate unconscious conflicts. Particularly conflicts between love and hate (affection and aggression, liking and disliking) for the same person. This includes love and hate towards themselves. To cope, they use defenses that focus solely on one side of a conflict, as though the other does not exist.
