Finally, A Decent Article on BPD For Non-BPDs

This is the most relevant article I've yet to read that isn't scholarly on Borderline Personality Disorder. I struggle to speak out on my own due to the misconceptions and untrue, negative myths that we are some manipulative, abusive monsters. So in an attempt to at least speak out in a positive way, the below … Continue reading Finally, A Decent Article on BPD For Non-BPDs

Are You Broken and/or Judged on Your Past, Too? Here’s My Plan. You’re not alone.

Nor are you necessarily "bad"- changing behaviors, appreciated or not, acknowledged or not, doing your best, but getting nothing but shit all still means you are trying and that is a hell of a lot more than most people can say. With that said, don't be so quick to blame yourself. Words are beautiful; especially … Continue reading Are You Broken and/or Judged on Your Past, Too? Here’s My Plan. You’re not alone.

Advice For Those Working With/Helping BPD

Borderlines are misunderstood and incorrectly judged by stereotypes made by false information, or the attention the dramatic, manipulative, abusive BPD's get. Once a doctor learns the subtype that is dominant in their patient, the most hurtful thing they can do with a patient trying their best is accuse them of being something they are not. … Continue reading Advice For Those Working With/Helping BPD

I’m Terrified, So I’ll Just Text You… So You Know -BPD Story Time

I'm going to call this an "impulse post" because I'm going to write this instead of being impulsive and doing things that I've noticed over the years a) most others don't do or understand and b) it tends to cause more problems than what it is worth. What am I talking about? So! Let's back … Continue reading I’m Terrified, So I’ll Just Text You… So You Know -BPD Story Time

Our Suffering, For Your Entertainment?

Dr Van Velsen has made a study of Hollywood's treatment of mental illness over the past six decades and has found that the movie-makers almost always get it wrong. "Mentally ill people are often wrongly portrayed as violent and that perpetuates the myths about all or the majority of patients being violent. In The Silence … Continue reading Our Suffering, For Your Entertainment?

-Borderline Personality Disorder- The 4 Differing Groups or Types. Not all people with BPD Are The Same- Please Try to Understand Us-

This doctor, Dr. Fox, is a mental health professional and specialist, especially regarding Borderline Personality Disorder. He speaks with RESPECT & KINDNESS towards those of us who suffer... He is VERY understanding, compassion and intelligence about borderline and those of us who suffer from the disorder. He also is great at trying to explain BPD … Continue reading -Borderline Personality Disorder- The 4 Differing Groups or Types. Not all people with BPD Are The Same- Please Try to Understand Us-

Sad, but Anger Protects Me: A Post on Relationships and the Myth of Mental Illness and Lack of Intelligence

I think it is amazing that people can "accept" (as much as they can) that I have issues controlling my anger when I am hurt; yet, when things are hard for them, my mental health is supposed to magically get better and my reactive behaviors of course are supposed to cease. I am very well … Continue reading Sad, but Anger Protects Me: A Post on Relationships and the Myth of Mental Illness and Lack of Intelligence

Always to be an Orphan… Unnoticed

A rant written on my iPhone in the emergency room a few days ago, while waiting to learn how the woman I view as a mother was going to fair. There are other "parental" emotions and such involved but I won't go into those details. I am simply posting this because I hope it will serve the purpose of … Continue reading Always to be an Orphan… Unnoticed