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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric disorder in which there are fluctuations in affect, instability in interpersonal relationships, and impulsive behaviors with self-complexity. The presence of inconsistent behaviors of people who are borderline personality disorder causes loss of function and difficulties in interpersonal relations. Empathy is defined as the individual's putting himself in the place of the other individual, looking at the relevant situation and experience from the window of the individual opposite, and feeling the feelings and thoughts of the other individual. When the studies on BPD are examined, it is seen that empathy, which has an important role in interpersonal relations, can differ when it comes to BPD. In this study, the findings of research on the phenomenon of empathy in borderline personality disorder were included in order to evaluate empathy in BPD, and the research was carried out as a retrospective review of publications on the subject. The individuals who are being BPD have superficial and weak interpersonal relationships, which associated with poor empathy skills. In the light of the studies, it is seen that the differentiation in empathy skills may play a role in the interpersonal relations of individuals diagnosed with BPD. It is stated that the parental relations, family attitudes, and traumatic or adverse childhood experiences of individuals diagnosed with BPD are associated with a decrease in empathy skills, especially cognitive empathy skills.

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