Is there a way for a pwBPD to prevent memory loss?
I may be way off here, but memory loss would not be my first take on
what people with BPD are inclined to experience without considering two things.
These would be the co-occurrence of depression and dissociative symptoms
(ruling out cognitive decline due to aging, drug use, brain damage, and other
neurological disorders).
Depression and dissociative symptoms are quite common in BPD. Memory has
proven to be impaired with depression (size of hippocampus is affected). And
while loss of material through dissociation is not technically called
“forgetting,” it is still material that has been pushed away and lost to recall
(giving the experience of forgetting).
So improving the symptoms of depression and dissociation would certainly
have a positive impact on memory if they accompany BPD, which they almost
always do.
Reference: Victor Salkowitz
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