It's worth reading the paragraph on BPD in that page.
Being conditioned by your BPD partner to excessively validate and center them is not the same as empathy.
Being conditioned by your BPD partner to excessively validate and center them is not the same as empathy.
edit: it appears we're talking past each other. i like this piece of writing and you don't. that's fine. do you have any suggestions for me to read about how to listen, written by one of your favorite writers or poets? this will help me better understand how to listen to you.