Autism and Borderline Personality Disorder in Girls: Can Growing Up Misunderstood Contribute to BPD?
Autism and borderline personality disorder in girls can involve overlapping experiences, including emotional dysregulation, relationship difficulties and feeling misunderstood. This article explores masking, childhood invalidation and diagnostic overlap while recognizing that autism and BPD are distinct and can also co-occur. However, growing research suggests that these conditions share important characteristics, particularly in girls and women. […]
DBT for Autistic Teens: How It Can Help With Emotional Dysregulation
DBT for autistic teens focuses on practical ways to understand and respond to intense emotions. Some teens can explain coping skills when calm but find them harder to access during overwhelm, conflict or unexpected change. This article explores how DBT skills can be adapted to an autistic adolescent’s needs and goals. This is one reason […]