“…Patients with BPD have been found to more frequently report childhood abuse or other traumatic events than individuals with other personality disorders or healthy individuals (APA, , ; Ntshingila, Poggenpoel, Myburgh, & Temane, ; Perry, Herman, Vanderkolk, & Hoke, ; Zanarini et al ., ). These self‐reported negative and often traumatic childhood experiences have been linked to impairments in the abilities to ‘mentalize’ (e.g., Bateman & Fonagy, ; Brüne, Walden, Edel, & Dimaggio, ; Fonagy & Bateman, ; Petersen, Brakoulias, & Langdon, ).…”