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So, I'm new to this forum…

Immediately following a bad breakup last fall I discovered that I have dysthymic depression. I did my research and signed up for guided Mindfulness meditation and started seeing a therapist who specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I've been working on my depression through a treatment plan for the past several months. Very recently I've discovered the larger issue at hand, that I also have a "Quiet" type of BPD. In reading about it online, in books, as well as others' experiences in their forum posts, there is so much that resonates in my own life, how my history of friendships and relationships have played out.

On the one hand, I'm relieved that finally, after all this time, I know exactly what I've been dealing with, and now I have the ability to figure out how I want to go about dealing with it. On the other hand, I'm overwhelmed with the knowledge of how much this has robbed from my life, how much I've lost.

At the moment, I can't commit to a therapy plan, so I've been reading all I can about it. I've heard that DBT is the primary therapy for BPD…but I've also heard a little less about Schema Therapy. Anyone have experience with one or the other? Any idea which one is better, more effective?

This is all new to me, so I plan on asking a great deal of questions, trying to learn from other people's experiences.

Thanks.

This guy talks about schema constructs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUorXAeEo4A

Here's the youtube page, he's also got a webpage which is super informative even more than the videos,and you can download a bunch of documents as well, anyway here's the youtube page:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx7_QG ... ownYad0irw

Great, thanks. I've been meditating for several months now as a way to quiet the constant racing of thoughts and emotions that seem to always be going on, but I haven't yet ben able to change my perspective as such. I'll check this out.