Idealization and devaluation often occur in people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Splitting is when someone with BPD sees people in black-and-white terms, either all good or all bad.

A mental mechanism in which the self or others are viewed as all good or all bad, with failure to integrate the positive and negative qualities of the self and others into cohesive images. Often, the ...

There is a false belief that "splitting" is only done by those with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Here, I will discuss what splitting is, other disorders that also utilize this type of ...

The other night, I found myself immersed in Hulu's 2022 movie Deep Water, starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. What unfolded on screen wasn’t just a toxic love story—it was a masterclass in the ...