Q&A Can Borderline Personality Disorder Be Brought on by Infidelity?

Submitted by Rick_Reynolds Wed, 06/19/2019 - 09:15

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I've been reading about borderline personality disorder. I don't know why. It popped up somewhere. Can borderline personality disorder be brought on by infidelity or bring out what was existing dormant because of upbringing? It seems to me that I suffer from a fear of being abandoned AGAIN by my unfaithful spouse and that seems to be a major symptom of borderline personality disorder from what I've read.

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