With this understanding of what makes the woman with traits of BPD engage in these destructive behavior patterns, let’s now turn to the question of why so many men stay even when it’s clear that the woman they are with is not capable of sustaining a healthy relationship. In […]
The bond that you formed with her may have been the strongest you have ever felt for another human being, and you may have very quickly been convinced that this was the person you wanted to spend the rest of your life with. But what you might not have […]
Welcome to Part 3 of the Nicola Method Blog series on understanding high conflict women, those women who have some traits of borderline personality disorder, or BPD, but do not qualify for a diagnosis.
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we explored many of the differences between […]
Defense Mechanisms of theHigh Conflict Woman In Relationship
Part 2 of Traits of Borderline Personality Disorder in High Conflict Women
Emotional Sensitivity In Women
In Part 1 of Traits of Borderline Personality Disorder in High Conflict Women we used a spectrum of emotionality to understand the role emotionality plays in women with […]
In Part 1 we explored the process by which a woman transfers the responsibility for her problems with relationship insecurity to her husband. She does this by blaming him for not making her feel more secure. When she begins to use anger and blame, she finds she can cover […]
There seems to be a nearly epidemic proportion of women who, although perfectly functional in their everyday lives, engage in behaviors that are very similar to those diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Some of them act in a perfectly normal way in all areas other than their romantic relationships. […]