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Exlpore what, if any, secret movitations mothers have for creating children who are diagnosed with Borderline and Histrionic PD as adults. To be able to identify specific findings and ideas as to how this occurs and why. Is it on purpose, or just generational overflow.
It is difficult to definitively answer this question as it varies from individual mother to individual child. However, there are some theories that suggest that mothers may have unconscious motivations for creating children who are later diagnosed with Borderline and Histrionic Personality Disorders (BPD/HPD) as adults.
One theory suggests that some mothers may unconsciously seek out a “rescue mission” in their relationship with their children. By creating an expectation of chaos or crisis within the family system, these mothers give themselves the opportunity to be needed and appear heroic for saving the day when solving problems or handling crises. In other words, they gain emotional gratification from being seen as saviors of their families by others, including their own children. This behavior can ultimately lead to feelings of insecurity and instability in the child’s relationships with other people, which could contribute towards developing BPD/HPD in adulthood.
Another theory proposes that mothers may foster extreme codependency between themselves and their children while expecting too much responsibility from them at an early age. By taking on more caretaking roles than appropriate for a child’s age level, mothers can create intense attachment issues that could eventually become problematic enough to be diagnosed as BPD/HPD later on in life.
Finally, generational overflow can also play a role in causing one’s offspring to develop BPD or HPD later in life if those same personality traits were present within previous generations of the family tree. Since many psychological disorders tend to run genetically through families, this transmission is always possible even if no explicit behaviors are modeled or taught by parents or other relatives directly responsible for raising them during childhood years.