EPISODE · Mar 17, 2025 · 27 MIN
BPD Idealization Phase Causes Fantasy Bonding
from Surviving BPD Relationship Breakups · host A.J. Mahari
BPD Idealization Phase Causes Fantasy BondingBPD idealization in the beginning of a significant other relationshipcreates a fantasy bond. People with BPD, not having any stable senseof self, are intense and want (often) immediate "relationship on". Afterthe person with BPD splits you to a major devaluation, you will not everbe able to be re-idealized.People with Codependency (often unaware of this) are very emotionally hungry - needing validation and reassurance (from childhood woundedness)feel fantastic, your feelings in the BPD idealization phase increase your senseof self-worth and self-esteem until the ruptured splits of BPD devaluation starthappening.If you are ghosted and/or discarded you've lost yourself so much to focusingintensely on the person with BPD, trying, in vain, to get back to that beginningand how great everything felt. Codependents after a BPD Breakup find it feelsnext to impossible to not get that idealizing person with BPD back to re-capturethe elusive - not ever going to happen again - idealization phase and who youthought the person with BPD was.https://ajmahari.ca - Sessions - Contact - Bloghttps://survivingbpdrelationshipbreakup.com - Podcasts & Bloghttps://ajmahari.com - Online Store - Ebooks & moreThis podcast is ranked in the Top 100 Relationships Podcasts on feedspot.com at:100 Best Relationship Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025
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BPD Idealization Phase Causes Fantasy BondingBPD idealization in the beginning of a significant other relationshipcreates a fantasy bond. People with BPD, not having any stable senseof self, are intense and want (often) immediate "relationship on". Afterthe person with BPD splits you to a major devaluation, you will not everbe able to be re-idealized.People with Codependency (often unaware of this) are very emotionally hungry - needing validation and reassurance (from childhood woundedness)feel fantastic, your feelings in the BPD idealization phase increase your senseof self-worth and self-esteem until the ruptured splits of BPD devaluation starthappening.If you are ghosted and/or discarded you've lost yourself so much to focusingintensely on the person with BPD, trying, in vain, to get back to that beginningand how great everything felt. Codependents after a BPD Breakup find it feelsnext to impossible to not get that idealizing person with BPD back to re-capturethe elusive - not ever going to happen again - idealization phase and who youthought the person with BPD was.https://ajmahari.ca - Sessions - Contact - Bloghttps://survivingbpdrelationshipbreakup.com - Podcasts & Bloghttps://ajmahari.com - Online Store - Ebooks & moreThis podcast is ranked in the Top 100 Relationships Podcasts on feedspot.com at:100 Best Relationship Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025
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