BPD Boredom and Emptiness

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Many of my clients often report the experience of boredom that is intertwined with sadness, depression, and most of all emptiness. In this video we are going to sort this out and I’m going to give you some tips on how to lessen and control that boredom.

What is boredom - a fleeting state that results from monotonous tasks or limited external stimulation. There’s nothing going on, no one is calling, texting, or Skyping you.

What is emptiness - feeling of without meaning, purpose or substance, or feeling hollow. You feel like no matter what you do or how much you do it, you’ll never fill up.

Boredom was initially part of the early criteria to identify BPD, it was emptiness or boredom, but that was removed, leaving emptiness only. This was done because it wasn’t discriminating enough from other disorders, as many disorders have components of boredom, such as depression, ADHD, impulse control disorders, to name a few.

Emptiness is similar to boredom, it is closely related to feeling hopeless, lonely, useless, worthless, and isolated, and is a robust predictor of depression and suicidal ideation.

Emptiness does not equal boredom and boredom can be its own construct. Many clients report boredom with life, others, and themselves. I think it can be a part of emptiness that drives impulsivity, depression, unstable self-concept, and a component of anxiety. Recognizing your tendency for emptiness and boredom can help you determine if this is a part of your core content, as it is in many of my clients.

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:

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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