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Hannah Spier, MD
#64. Is Borderline Personality Caused by Trauma?
14 minutes Posted Apr 15, 2026 at 6:04 am.
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Borderline Personality Disorder is routinely explained as trauma response. In this episode, I look at the evidence behind that assumption. It matters because bad causal stories produce bad therapy.

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