From Borderline to Beautiful: Hope and Help for BPD with Rose Skeeters, MA, LPC, PN231 Juli

Gaslighting + BPD: Why It Feels Like Your Reality Is Under Attack

In this episode Rose Skeeters breaks down the intersection of gaslighting and borderline personality disorder with clear definitions, research-backed explanations, and practical tools. She covers how to tell the difference between true gaslighting and BPD-related dissociation or emotional reasoning, whether people with BPD gaslight others, the problem of self-gaslighting, and concrete steps for protection, boundaries, and repair.

From Borderline to Beautiful — Real hope, real tools, real recovery.

00:00 Introduction to Gaslighting and Its Relevance in BPD
02:55 Understanding Gaslighting: Patterns and Signs
04:34 Why Gaslighting Hits Harder in BPD
05:53 Recognizing Patterns of Gaslighting
09:55 Gaslighting vs Dissociation: Key Differences
13:00 Unintentional Gaslighting in BPD
16:30 Self-Gaslighting and Internal Invalidations
18:29 Practical Strategies to Respond to Gaslighting
22:10 Therapeutic Approaches for Reality Testing and Emotional Regulation
23:48 Resources and Support for Gaslighting Recovery

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You are loved. You are worthy. You are created with purpose .

See you next week on From Borderline to Beautiful.

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