by Selfless74 » Sun Jan 07, 2018 1:57 am
Admitting this one is the hardest thing you will ever do. To be able to come out and say this is what you need help with and to have some guy argue with you? Makes them a fool.
When I finally began to work a program, that was when my life really began to change.
Borderline Personality? So? Guess what? I have a borderline personality. In the Emotions Anonymous videos on YouTube, there is a gentlemen who has BPD, and that is how he prefers to treat his mental health issues. And more power to him!!! Your recovery is free.
Everyone has always been like, "You need a shrink." My father did even. Problem is when you've always had one on retainer, you and the friends and family are reluctant to believe you can live better without one when this is also supposed to be something (therapy) that you learn to live without for periods of time.
When my father brought it up last time, I nipped it in the bud. As a recovering alcoholic, I put it to him in terms he gets. "Bunch of pills. Too much money in the doctor's pocket."' When that stuff will stunt your emotional growth?
Subject as far as he sees it? Subject is now closed.
Your recovery program is what saves you from this. To me, the antidepressants and Xanax you can get from a shrink, don't help-they do not treat honesty. Only this does.
BPD is an emotional dysregulation issue. Anything you do with a 12 step program is going to help that too.
Because it takes a bigger person to rise above it, and find a way to help yourself. Turned me into a productive member of society. I'll take that.
Selfless74
Diagnosis: Factitious Disorder, recovered (1 year on 1/17/2018)
PTSD
Medication: Lamotrigine (100mg twice daily)-indication, nerve pain, helps mood too.