9 signs of BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) #bpd #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #mentalhealth

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[LoveYou]

My good friend has quiet BPD. And I often tell her that I love her and reassure her that I will not abandon her. I often pursue her and remind her she's worth my time. I really do love her. She's such a beautiful person.

[waynes.wilson]

Never have I felt so called out in my life.

[israelsgyrl]

Obsessive thoughts and attachments should be in there somewhere.

[itsalorikatpnw]

I found that adventurous physical activity in nature (hiking, snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, rock climbing) can be a healthy way to off-load the toll this disorder takes on us

[alarahillton]

It’s etiology is from emotional abuse, abandonment by parents, and many had narcissistic parents. It sucks.

[smallhouseinthemeadow]

My husband has BPD and a relationship with him has almost killed me because of his innapropriate rages, and verbal and emotional abuse.. I have had two heart attacks that I don't think I would have had if I wasn't with him. The constant stress is exhausting.. While I feel for him, I have to save myself and after 22 years I am pretty much done.

[kynlieb]

I am diagnosed with BPD and I just have to say, it really sucks. I relate to all of these symptoms. The fear of imagined abandonment is real for me.

[ResortDog]

I'd like to know how we cancel narcissists that prey on BPD people. (EDIT: Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate your conditions too. I dont need to change everybody, just limit their damage to me. Its a psycho path who has been kicking my ADHD/BPD/Nothing? for 25 years.)

[thebatnextdoor]

Spirituality, working on my self-image and perspectives, therapy, and a whole ton of patience really helped me manage my BPD. It took a lot of pain, suffering, terrible decisions and losing countless friends from my shitty behaviour to make me finally realize I had a disorder. It is incredibly painful to live with, but I’ve also been blessed with this experience. People with BPD can act out and do truly horrific things, but at our cores, we are desperate to be loved, and to love. Which makes it all the more painful when we split and do stupid shit. Sending love to all my fellow BPD fam.

Edit: typo

[warriorsoflight]

Its also often misdiagnosed in people who have CPTSD and those misdiagnosis can cause long term damage and the wrong treatment.

[kiahquirey]

I was diagnosed with bpd, severe mixed anxity including social and clinical depression. Weirdly one trick that helps me calm down is to go for a walk in the park counting up and down from 10, it slows my mind and my heart rate usually ill have a cry after as my mood switches from anger to sadness but sometimes a good cry is needed. Was taught this by a boy i met in the mental health hospital i went to. After therapy and medication and alot of support from my partner i am better at knowing when its about to hit the fan, im better at calming myself in situations and i even communicate better than i did. Dont get me wrong i have my bad rimes and my even worse times but Im so happy for all the understanding and support i get. I am now happily engaged and i took myself off certain medications 2 years ago now. I keep my anti depressants and calmers handy just incase but rarely need them.

Its possible to see the good despite ur bpd. Things will change and u will grow. Im proud off all those like me out there who are going through and beating bpd in the ❤

[BrillPappin]

Having been in a relationship with someone with strong borderline traits, i can say that although i loved her, and the need for reassurance didn't bother me, the paranoia and abuse meant that it got too dangerous for me to engage, and I had to walk away.
I did not want to walk away, with all my heart, and I often wonder if treatment would have helped. In the end, I couldn't do it for her.

[BeaIEngio]

I cut off my best friend of 10 years after a ridiculous bout of rage. Despite numerous attempts she made to reconnect, she wouldn't acknowledge what she did, or apologise "it's just who I am". Not good enough. I miss her, she was wonderful in so many ways but I can't feel bad. Sometimes you have to protect yourself.

[justinedc]

I feel like i've learned to fear the uncontrollable emotions to the point where i restrict myself from feeling, and that's what makes me empty

[eeee]

Having a safe environment, positive supports and some training like dbt and meditation can help curb these. I live by my interpretation of the quote "No one will know the violence it took to become so gentle". It was a lot to heal from, but i no longer fit this diagnosis as well as i used to. There is hope for us. A few years back, I was very over everything. Finding out about bpd also brought up how most people don't make it past 27. I'm 28 now, and planning to grow old. It can and should happen. I didn't think it could. It's been a lot of work, but worth it.

[pamelajensen]

It’s like hearing my dirty little secret isn’t so secret anymore. Why do I feel shame? Still working on that one.

[barbaracollins]

A lot of these were mine until I realized all the lies I was believing about myself and others. Once you go back and realize how things happened to cause you to think a certain way or cause certain feelings, you help yourself out of that way of thinking, but it takes a lot of commitment to training your brain to challenge the idiopathic thoughts you think when in those situations.
STEPPS & STAIRWAYS helped me considerably, but I went to group & individual therapy for 2.5 YEARS. It takes work in mental health to get yourself better.

[Darren-sugm]

A person with NPD needs to come to the self realization that all the bad stuff they are doing is wrong, hurting others, getting them arrested and they need therapy and to change their behaviors.🤔

[madfisher]

I come from big family. We had a narc mother - each of us reacted differently with our pathologies- one is an overachiever/perfectionist, one is a drunk who is now sober, we have bi-polar . One is a borderline, because she was always so sensitive, always. I think that's how the borderline comes about. There's other pathologies that come from the narc mother, but I believe the borderline is the very sensitive child. I was diagnosed in my late twenties. I was very relieved because I realized I wasn't alone, & it explained me - to me. I had years of therapy helped me greatly, and I can tell you that the symptoms really do lessen in your forties and in your '50s. A lot of them are just gone. For some reason the symptomology seems to wane, the older you get. But you CAN BE HAPPY, YOU DESERVE YO BE HAPPY. *YOU ARE NOT BROKEN - SHE WAS*

[smustipher]

I have a relative who is likely BPD. She assumes that every interaction is coming from a critical or ill intentioned place. She assumes I will cancel plans on her and will abandon me to avoid being abandoned. I can't ask questions to get clarity, but I must read her mind, and if I don't, then I am the stupid one. It is exhausting.