The BPD and Imposter Syndrome - A Troublesome Relationship

The BPD and Imposter Syndrome - A Troublesome Relationship

Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance. Available at:
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You know when you feel false, like a fake and everyone knows it? Like you’re just incompetent and don’t deserve to be at your job, in your relationship, or with those other successful people? This is a common feeling called the imposter syndrome, and everyone gets it. It’s a little different from those with BPD, and tends to be more intense. BPD uses these moments to eat away at your sense of self, your power to resist it, and at the authenticity of your true ability to impact your life and the situations you’re in. In this video we're going to discuss the imposter syndrome, BPD, and what you can do about it.

The imposter syndrome causes you to feels that your identity you’ve created for yourself and present to others is false and unattainable, and everyone knows it (show face of fear). Everyone feels it, from billionaires to you and me. The feeling and intensity can be quite intense for those with BPD, however.

We know that individuals with BPD have identity problems related to fuzzy self-concept and feelings of imposterism that are related to facets of perfectionistic self-presentation (not making any mistake, ever!) along with the tendency to engage in splitting with self-images, like “I must be perfect or I’m fake and false and everyone knows it”.

Identity, self-worth, and connection are among the core struggles for many perfectionistic and individuals with BPD. You’re not alone in this struggle. Know that others deal with imposter syndrome, perfectionistic expectations, and splitting but with hard work and the tools to get there, you can beat this.

Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and a multi-award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 15 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. His specialty areas include personality disorders, ethics, burnout prevention, and emotional intelligence.

He has published several articles in these areas and is the author of:

Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance. Available at:
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Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders: A New Conceptualization of Development, Reinforcement, Expression, and Treatment. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/2anv8dww

The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your BPD. Available at: https://goo.gl/LQEgy1

Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner): https://goo.gl/BLRkFy

Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox: 55 Practical Treatment Techniques for Clients, Their Parents & Their Children (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner):: https://goo.gl/sZYhym

The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders: https://goo.gl/ZAVe9v

Dr. Fox has given numerous workshops and seminars on ethics and personality disorders, personality disorders and crime, treatment solutions for treating clients along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum, emotional intelligence, managing mental health within the prison system, and others. Dr. Fox maintains a website of various treatment interventions focused on working with and attenuating the symptomatology related to individuals along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum (www.drdfox.com).

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