The Sense of Self and Interpersonal Functioning in Borderline Personality Disorder: Toward Qualitative Evidence-Based Phenomenological Conceptualization

Anna Sterna, Thomas Fuchs, Marcin Moskalewicz, Philosophy of Mental Health Unit, Department of Social Sciences and the Humanities, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, The Doctoral School, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Phenomenological Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric Clinic, University of Heidelberg, Institute of Philosophy, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, IDEAS Research Institute

Qualitative Health Research

Published online on September 18, 2025

Abstract

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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is typically conceptualized as a disturbance of self-experience. Recent dimensional shift in diagnosis validates the need for conceptual clarity and nuanced understanding of self-impairments. However, these ...