# #borderline-personality-disorder-lexicon

> 15 public memos tagged #borderline-personality-disorder-lexicon on MythOS.

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## Memos

- [Reverse Discard](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/2fc0de): Reverse Discard refers to a relationship dissolution pattern in which one partner deliberately withdraws, escalates conflict, or sustains ambiguity so the other person initiates the breakup. In a...
- [Identified Patient](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/3ca009): Identified patient is a term from family therapy and systems psychology describing the person within a dysfunctional group—often a family, but also any close-knit system—who becomes the focal point...
- [Discard](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/7b6908): Contexts cluster-b-lexicon borderline-personality-disorder-lexicon narcissistic-personality-disorder-lexicon
- [False Emergency](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/77a2fb): A false emergency refers to a situation where an individual exaggerates, fabricates, or dramatizes a crisis that does not reflect genuine necessity or objective danger. In clinical contexts, false...
- [Splitting](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ff11e1): Splitting is a psychological defense mechanism frequently associated with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), though it may also occur in other contexts. It involves perceiving people, situations,...
- [Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Glossary](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/8d7ec5): This memo is a glossary of terms for things related to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Glossary Abandonment Sensitivity - An extreme fear of being left, ignored, or rejected—real or imagined....
- [Cohersive Control](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/f523af): Contexts cluster-b-lexicon (See: Cluster B Glossary) borderline-personality-disorder-lexicon (See: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Glossary) narcissistic-personality-disorder-lexicon (See:...
- [Double Bind](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/6587e9): A Double bind is a psychological and relational dynamic in which a person receives contradictory messages that make any consistent response impossible. The concept has been studied in contexts such...
- [DARVO](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/60ae0f): DARVO, an acronym for "deny, attack, reverse victim and offender", is a reaction that perpetrators of wrongdoing, such as sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their...
- [Distortion Campaign](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/6e614f): Distortion campaign refers to a systematic effort to discredit or undermine a person who has attempted to establish boundaries or exit a relationship. A distortion campaign typically involves the...
- [Breadcrumbing](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/c00ae8): Breadcrumbing, also called Hansel and Grettelling, is a pattern of intermittent, minimal attention in relationships, characterized by sporadically giving signals of interest or affection without...
- [Triangulation](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/e6d201): Triangulation involves bringing a third party into a conflict or relationship dynamic to create tension, manipulate perceptions, or gain an advantage. In relationships with Borderline Personality...
- [Idealization and Devaluation](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/7fd8db): Idealization and Devaluation are two phases in a common relational cycle in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) relationships. During idealization, the individual with BPD places their loved one on...
- [Black and White Thinking](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/1f5999): Black and White Thinking is a cognitive distortion in which people, situations, or self-concepts are perceived in rigid extremes, such as entirely good or entirely bad. Also called Splitting or...
- [Reactive Abuse](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/ff4239): Reactive abuse is a behavioral pattern in which a person who is being subjected to prolonged mistreatment responds with outbursts of anger, aggression, or other reactive behaviors that can then be...