Aug 7, 2018
When a child grows up in an abusive environment that doesn’t meet his or her normal emotional and physical developmental needs, the child may learn to resort to “crafty” and indirect techniques to get what they need to survive. Unfortunately, for many people who have BPD, learned behaviors from childhood can persist and create problems in adulthood even after they’ve left an abusive and invalidating environment.
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