When Dad Has BPD: Children's Hidden Struggles

24 min

14 de fev. de 2026

Lena and Eli explore the overlooked impact of fathers with borderline personality disorder on their children, revealing unique attachment disruptions, emotional chaos, and long-term effects-plus pathways to healing and breaking generational cycles.

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Imagine lacking emotional blood-clotting factors, where the slightest psychological wound causes you to bleed out emotionally. Now imagine being a child trying to navigate a relationship with a parent who experiences the world this way.

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Effects on children of fathers with borderline personality disorder

Vozes dos apresentadores

Lena

Eli

Fontes de conhecimento

The Parenting Experience of Those With Borderline Personality ...

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01913/full

https://www.jccpractice.com/article/systematic-review-of-parenting-and-outcome-experienced-by-children-of-parents-of-borderline-disorder-758/

[PDF] Perceptions of Family Resiliency Among Adult Children of Parents ...

https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=18265&context=dissertations

Intergenerational transmission of borderline personality disorder ...

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12269274/

Effects of Being Raised by Borderline Parents & How to Heal

https://www.choosingtherapy.com/raised-by-borderlines/

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When Dad Has BPD: Children's Hidden Struggles

24 min

14 de fev. de 2026

Melhor citação de When Dad Has BPD: Children's Hidden Struggles

Imagine lacking emotional blood-clotting factors, where the slightest psychological wound causes you to bleed out emotionally. Now imagine being a child trying to navigate a relationship with a parent who experiences the world this way.

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Opening & Welcome

0:00

0:15

0:33

Topic Introduction & Source Material Setup

0:53

1:05

1:30

1:55

2:15

2:35

The Unique Challenges of Fathers with BPD

2:53

3:11

3:31

3:51

4:09

4:29

4:51

5:06

Emotional Dysregulation and Its Impact on Children

5:23

5:38

5:58

6:21

6:35

6:53

7:11

7:27

7:41

The Father-Child Attachment Disruption

7:52

0:15

8:24

8:44

8:58

9:15

9:32

9:51

3:51

10:19

Impact on Children's Emotional Development

10:33

10:44

3:31

11:17

5:58

7:27

12:12

12:30

12:46

13:03

Family Dynamics and Systemic Effects

13:19

0:15

13:49

14:07

14:24

14:41

9:32

15:14

15:30

15:48

Long-term Effects on Adult Children

16:03

16:13

3:31

7:27

17:04

17:20

17:34

17:51

18:10

18:24

18:36

Practical Applications & Listener Takeaways

18:53

0:15

19:21

19:43

7:27

20:19

20:33

20:46

21:02

21:18

21:36

Wrap-up & Closing Reflection

21:54

22:08

22:20

22:39

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23:27

2:15

23:59

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Effects on children of fathers with borderline personality disorder

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Eli

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