Cognitive Impairment in Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Formation

Jing Li

2025

Abstract

This paper examines the role of cognitive schemas in the development and manifestation of symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a complex mental health condition marked by emotional instability, intense interpersonal relationships, fear of abandonment, and impulsive, self-destructive behaviours. Cognitive schemas are internal frameworks that influence how people perceive and interpret external information, and in individuals with BPD, these schemas are often distorted, particularly in relation to self-other perceptions, leading to maladaptive emotional and behavioural responses. Early life experiences, such as childhood trauma, contribute to the formation of these distorted schemas, which in turn reinforce feelings of worthlessness, abandonment, and unstable self-identity. The study examines how these thought patterns, which include cognitive biases like catastrophising and all-or-nothing thinking, contribute to the persistence of BPD symptoms. Additionally, it highlights treatment modalities that can assist people with BPD in identifying and reshaping their maladaptive cognitive schemas, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Schema Therapy (ST). Despite the effectiveness of these therapies, resolving the profoundly embedded cognitive processes that define BPD still presents difficulties.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Li J. (2025). Cognitive Impairment in Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Formation. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM; ISBN 978-989-758-791-7, SciTePress, pages 159-165. DOI: 10.5220/0014109800004942

in Bibtex Style

@conference{apmm25,
author={Jing Li},
title={Cognitive Impairment in Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Formation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM},
year={2025},
pages={159-165},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0014109800004942},
isbn={978-989-758-791-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Applied Psychology and Marketing Management - Volume 1: APMM
TI - Cognitive Impairment in Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Formation
SN - 978-989-758-791-7
AU - Li J.
PY - 2025
SP - 159
EP - 165
DO - 10.5220/0014109800004942
PB - SciTePress