have to come to this. There are strategies that can help people with BPD get the emotional attachments they deserve. These lessons can also be helpful to daters without the disorder should they enter a relationship with someone who has BPD. It can also help others more generally not to ...
On the other hand, people with borderline personality disorder are hyper-sensitive when it comes to the mood and feelings of their loved ones. They can sense the subtle change of mood before the person having them would be able to recognize it.It is all good, but sometimes people like t...
“When we get off the phone, I feel worn out and unhappy. I can’t listen to your long list of life problems anymore. I know we have known each other since we were 12, but this is too much.” “You’re a bit boring, and I am not really interested in being friends.” “Thema...
If you’re a BPD sufferer’s “BFF 4-EVA!” don’t be surprised when they start trying to be more like you, down to the way you dress, your hobbies and activities, and your friends. BPD sufferers will often recount the many pursuits and activities they were involved in prior to trea...
Be a good listener and respect your child’s feelings. For a child who might be feeling isolated by their disorder, the feeling of being listened to can have a powerful healing effect. Talk about their issues. It’s healthy for children to talk about their feelings. By talking you can un...
Write down all the ways you’ve been good to yourself and others, as well as all the things you appreciate. Then read it when you’re feeling stressed! As a person with BPD, you probably have lots of other coping skills and strategies you’ve developed over the years. Music, artwork,...
to share this new ambition with a trusted professor and was so disappointed when she let me know I’d have trouble getting in with my low overall GPA. Negative emotional states can be a really powerful motivator – the innate purpose ofguiltis to prompt behavior change so you don’t make...
down a funnel where all you see is information about trauma (or ADHD/BPD/autism) until you determine you have this diagnosis. When working with clients, I always suggest that they use social media for psycho-educational purposes only (i.e., not for specific information about their ...
wanting something and doing it are two different things. Not only have we got our wobbly bits to think about, there are intense emotions to be confronted too. In our culture it is rare that we really let ourselves go. Which is why a lot of people have sex when they’re drunk – they...
“He [the therapist] taught me to try and look for a moment of joy. There’s not many moments of joy when you have paranoid schizophrenia. But if you can look for a moment of joy it can be worth so much… A different thought,just for a second. That’s all it takes. Suicide tak...