The Hidden Truth About Toxic Shame in Borderline Personality Disorder | Dr. Daniel Fox

In this video, Dr. Daniel Fox, a licensed psychologist and personality disorder expert, explores the concept of shame in borderline personality disorder (BPD), focusing particularly on toxic shame. He contrasts generic shame — the temporary embarrassment after making a mistake — with toxic shame, which becomes internalized and shapes how individuals with BPD perceive themselves, others, and their environment. Dr. Fox explains how toxic shame fuels low self-esteem, distorted self-perception, and impaired communication, while also being linked to childhood trauma, family values, and unhealthy emotional environments. He offers visualization exercises, boundary-setting techniques, and self-affirmation practices to help reduce toxic shame, emphasizing that healing is possible with patience and practice.

00:00 - Introduction & Purpose
00:00:58 - What is Toxic Shame?
00:01:41 - DSM-5 & Shame in BPD
00:02:32 - Research on Shame & BPD
00:05:33 - Toxic Shame & Self-Worth
00:06:00 - Self-Blame, Shame Spirals & Anxiety
00:07:17 - Individual Focus vs. Diagnosis Focus
00:07:57 - Impact of Toxic Shame
00:09:08 - Toxic Shame Distortion & BPD Lens
00:11:08 - Roots of Toxic Shame
00:13:30 - Techniques to Heal & Reduce Toxic Shame
00:17:24 - Building Boundaries Against Shame
00:18:25 - Self-Care & Self-Compassion

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐉. 𝐅𝐨𝐱 📚
Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and a multi-award-winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 20 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. His specialty areas include personality disorders, ethics, burnout prevention, and emotional intelligence.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐨𝐱’𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 🎓
BPD Course: Learn more at www.bpdcourse.com

𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐨𝐱’𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 📘
Dr. Fox has published several articles and books in the areas of personality disorders, emotional intelligence, and treatment strategies. Below are some of his key works:

▶ BPD Guided Journal: Your Space to Release Intense Emotions, Nurture Self-Compassion, and Take Charge of Borderline Personality Disorder.
Available at:
https://shorturl.at/Ta5Dj

▶ The BPD Card Deck: 50 Ways to Balance Emotions and Live Well with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Available at:
www.shorturl.at/jBHJV

▶ Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance.
Available at:
https://rb.gy/hdyqyy

▶ Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders: A New Conceptualization of Development, Reinforcement, Expression, and Treatment.
Available at:
https://tinyurl.com/2anv8dww

▶ The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your BPD.
Available at:
https://goo.gl/LQEgy1

▶ Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner).
Available at:
https://goo.gl/BLRkFy

▶ Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox: 55 Practical Treatment Techniques for Clients, Their Parents & Their Children (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner).
Available at:
https://goo.gl/sZYhym

𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐨𝐱'𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 💼
Dr. Fox has given numerous workshops and seminars on ethics and personality disorders, personality disorders and crime, treatment solutions for treating clients along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum, emotional intelligence, managing mental health within the prison system, and others. Dr. Fox maintains a website of various treatment interventions focused on working with and attenuating the symptomatology related to individuals along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum (www.drdfox.com).

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐱 🌍
👉 YouTube:    / @drdanielfox  
👉 Website: http://www.drdfox.com/
👉 Blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/bl...
👉 Facebook:   / appliedpsychservices  
👉 Twitter:   / drdanieljfox1  
👉 LinkedIn:   / drdfox  
👉 Instagram:   / drdfox  
👉 Amazon Author’s Page: amazon.com/author/drfox

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