Was your child very sensitive?
Your Observations of the Sensory Sensitivity of your  child
who later met criteria for BPD

        For over 25 years, TARA4BPD has listened to families describing a pattern of heightened sensory sensitivity and hypervigilance in their child who was later diagnosed with BPD. The child was very reactive to certain sounds and voices, had a heightened sense of smell, taste,  textures of foods, seemed unable to tolerate various fabrics textures (seams in socks) and were sensitive to light. Parents also talked of sleep problems, sometimes beginning in infancy. These children were either hypo- or hypersensitive to pain. Many parents reported that sensory processing disorder was considered as was dyslexia, learning disorders, and ADHD. At present, the research community seems unaware of the potential role heightened sensory sensitivity might play as an early indicator of BPD.

          In response to the overwhelming anecdotal data from thousands of parents, TARA4BPD developed this sensitivity survey. We hope to provide the research community with data demonstrating the existence of early sensory perception problems as a BPD biomarker. Hopefully, this data might initiate new directions in BPD research.

       To date, little or no data is available defining what comprises a normative range of sensitivity in infants and children. Early identification of super-sensitivity and hypervigilance in a child, while their brain circuits are developing, could result in trainings to help them cope more effectively. This could reduce the maladaptive methods of coping with social interaction deficits (rejection sensitivity, self-referential processing, and negative bias) that are hallmarks of BPD. This type of training has been successful with autistic children
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TARA4BPD