21 Feb 2025 04:37 PM
21 Feb 2025 04:37 PM
Awww poor fellow @PeppyPatti .
Life can be sooo sooo cruel - why????
I think for many years, my BPD brain created a pattern of thinking that was very very harmful. It took a lot of therapy to be able to change those well-ingrained thinking patterns. So I don't intend on going back.
It really is a brain game.
21 Feb 2025 05:46 PM
21 Feb 2025 05:46 PM
21 Feb 2025 07:40 PM
21 Feb 2025 07:40 PM
That is really really helpful to read @PeppyPatti . Thanks for sharing. The part about treating yourselves like a friend who is very unwell makes a lot of sense.
There's truly so much to learn.
Hope you are okay. I'm mindful you have been through the mill a bit. Don't know where to post about it 🙂
21 Feb 2025 07:44 PM
21 Feb 2025 07:44 PM
We are vulnerable here. Unlike you I have a bit more age on my side.
My past is forgotten. My step mother has validated me.
I have a new life.
07 Mar 2025 01:44 PM
07 Mar 2025 01:44 PM
Hi @BPDSurvivor and others,
I was recently diagnosed with emerging BPD, a few years ago, I was diagnosed with ADHD, but in the last 2 or so years, I felt that my diagnosis of ADHD wasn't the full picture. I went to a psychologist last year and we had a few sessions and at the end he said I could have early onset psychosis or schizophrenia which was really scary for a 17 year old.
This year I went to a psychiatrist and he did a few tests and said I had emerging BPD, which just felt almost like a relief because I wasn't in the dark of not knowing what was going on with myself. That was last week, this week I had my first DBT session and it was a lot to think about, it was good and I am signed up to do the group sessions in May which I am excited for.
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