了解边缘人格障碍触发器

Most people with边缘性人格障碍（BPD）具有触发器，即加剧或加剧症状的特定事件或情况。BPD触发器可能因人人而异，但有一些类型的触发器在BPD中很常见。

Defining a Trigger

你可能已经听过这个词“trigger" but are not sure what it means. Usually, a trigger refers to some event that brings on a major exacerbation of BPD symptoms. The event can be external (something that happens outside of yourself), or internal, (something that happens in your mind, like a thought or memory).

Relationship Triggers

The most common BPD triggers are related to interpersonal distress, especially relationships. People with BPD often experience intense fear,anger,impulsive behavior,自残, and even自由性当关系中的事件让他们感到遭到拒绝，批评或被遗弃（被称为遗弃或被遗弃的东西rejection sensitivity).

For example, you may feel triggered when you leave a message for a friend and do not receive a call back. Perhaps after placing the call, you wait a few hours but then begin to have thoughts such as, "She's not calling back, she must be mad at me."

These thoughts may spiral into thought patterns like, "She probably hates me," or "I'll never have a friend who sticks by my side." With these spiraling thoughts come spiraling symptoms, such as intense emotions, anger, and urges to self-harm.

Cognitive Triggers

Sometimes, you might be triggered by internal events, such as thoughts that seem to come out of the blue. This is particularly true for people who have BPD related to traumatic events likechild abuse.

For example, a memory or image of a past experience (like a traumatic event or a loss) can trigger intense emotions and other BPD symptoms. However, a memory does not need to be distressing to trigger symptoms. Some people are triggered by memories of happier times, which may remind them that things are not as good in the present.

How to Manage BPD Triggers

Triggers are highly individual. The first step in managing your triggers is to know the events, situations, thoughts, or memories that trigger BPD symptoms such as anger or impulsiveness. There are exercises you can use to弄清楚你的触发器是什么.

Once you've identified your triggers, you can figure out how to cope with them. You can start by determining whether a particular trigger can be avoided. For example, if you know that watching a specific movie is triggering, you can choose to not watch that movie.

然而，许多触发器都不能如此容易地避免。如果您发现无法避免触发器，您可以学习cope通过制定行动计划，看到治疗师，并逐渐接近你的触发器来与他们逐步接近。