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Biological and Psychological Factors The genetic makeup of a person, has also been argued as a contributing factor to the formation of BPD (Gunderson, 2009). For instance, heritability has been explored as a contributing factor mainly because of those who have a close relative who is affected, are more likely to be susceptible to developed BPD. The work of Linehan and Koerner looks at an inherited biological predisposition to emotional dysregulation as the catalyst and a core feature in the formation of BPD. As they look at the given dysregulation as the primer for sensitivity to emotional arousal causing extreme reactions while impairing the ability to return to an emotional baseline (Linehan, Koerner, 1993). However, a pre-biological disposition …show more content…

The unconscious as Fairbairn posits, is formed in childhood and is susceptible to parental neglect, insensitivity and abuse which later become dissociated memories. Fairbairn rationale asserts the role of the unconscious as a way to cope, base on the fact that these early experiences can be too extreme to tolerate consciously in childhood (Celani,1993) In his model, it is emphasized how these dissociated memories protect developing children from realizing how badly they are being treated and allow them to remain attached even to physically abusive caretakers (Celani,1993). As he looks at the bond formed by infants and their parents through early exchanges, along with the different forms of contact that happen in infancy, he points out how early relationships impact the emotional trajectory of a child’s life so deeply, that it also forms the basis of the emotional experiences that the child will have later on in life. This perspective looks at early libidinal objects as the prototypes for all later experience of connection with …show more content…

Clair, 2004). The splitting aspect of Fairbairn’s model holds how painful negative experiences of a bad object are kept in one part of the mind while splitting the exciting aspects of the bad object in another part, in order to survive and grasp a more suitable reality (Celani,1993; Greenberg & Mitchell, 1983; St. Clair, 2004). The ego split allows the child to view a bad object as both frustrating and exciting (Celani,1993; Greenberg & Mitchell, 1983; St. Clair,

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