One of the specific emotions that has been strongly linked to borderline personality disorder (BPD) is shame. The purpose of this study was to examine whether BPD patients have a stronger reaction to shame after a shame-inducing exercise. The study also included women with major depressive disorder (MDD) and women for the healthy control group (HC). The study asked participants to rate the intensity of various emotions after being read potentially shameful situations. These emotions included shame, anger, anxiety, sadness, joy, annoyance, and boredom. The participants were tested before, immediately after, and three, six, and eight minutes after the story was finished. The paper examines the results of the study and how those results can help
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The story ends with the subject standing up and ripping his/her pants and the interviewers laughing. The story was presented to the participants by an actress through earphones. A neutral story was also presented to the participants as a control. The story was similar in length and consisted of a person’s morning routine. The participants had no emotional reaction to the control story. The stories were presented in a random order to the participants. The participants were required to rate the intensity of various emotions including: shame, anger, anxiety, sadness, joy, annoyance, and boredom on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 9 (very strong). . The participants were tested before, immediately after, and three, six, and eight minutes after the story was finished. The emotions were tested in a random …show more content…
The emotional dysregulation involves higher baseline emotions, more intense emotional reactions, and a delayed return to baseline. Over the last decade, experimental studies have shown that these situations are all true. However, recent studies have suggested that the increased emotional reactivity may not occur with all negative emotions. Shame is one of the emotions that has been shown to prompt these responses. Studies have shown that shame is responsible for a lot of BPD behavior including suicide attempts and self harm. If we are able to better understand how shame affects BPD, we may be able to research better treatments options for those suffering from
The story ends with the subject standing up and ripping his/her pants and the interviewers laughing. The story was presented to the participants by an actress through earphones. A neutral story was also presented to the participants as a control. The story was similar in length and consisted of a person’s morning routine. The participants had no emotional reaction to the control story. The stories were presented in a random order to the participants. The participants were required to rate the intensity of various emotions including: shame, anger, anxiety, sadness, joy, annoyance, and boredom on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 9 (very strong). . The participants were tested before, immediately after, and three, six, and eight minutes after the story was finished. The emotions were tested in a random …show more content…
The emotional dysregulation involves higher baseline emotions, more intense emotional reactions, and a delayed return to baseline. Over the last decade, experimental studies have shown that these situations are all true. However, recent studies have suggested that the increased emotional reactivity may not occur with all negative emotions. Shame is one of the emotions that has been shown to prompt these responses. Studies have shown that shame is responsible for a lot of BPD behavior including suicide attempts and self harm. If we are able to better understand how shame affects BPD, we may be able to research better treatments options for those suffering from