Life on the Edge: How Borderline Personality Disorder Works

Auditoria Belgrade

🦔 Life on the Edge: How Borderline Personality Disorder Works

Why can an ordinary delayed reply to a message sometimes feel like a catastrophe? Where does the fear of abandonment come from? And why do relationships become a source of constant emotional ups and downs for some people?

BPD is not "a difficult character" or a trendy diagnosis from social media. It is a particular way of experiencing emotions, relationships and oneself, which can cause a person considerable suffering.

In the lecture we will discuss:

• 🧡 Why the brain of a person with BPD may perceive neutral situations as threatening.
• 🧡 How the fear of rejection affects behavior and relationships — and why Anakin Skywalker’s story can serve as an unexpected illustration of some psychological mechanisms.
• 🧡 What borderline relationships have in common with the famous parable of the porcupines.
• 🧡 How modern evidence-based psychotherapeutic methods help people with BPD cope with emotional storms and build a more stable life.

The lecture will be useful for those who want to better understand themselves, their loved ones, or simply get to grips with one of the most interesting topics in contemporary psychology.

🗣 Arseniy Gusev — psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, psychotherapist working with an integrative approach. Author of the book "Not Everyone Is Like That".

🗓 21 June (Sunday) 19:00
🎫 Price: 1500 RSD with pre-registration

📍 https://maps.app.goo.gl/e9z8stFHUZdGM7u88, Vojvode Dobrnjca 48, Belgrade