by Lily82 » Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:16 am
Rebba, please hold on!
Ok, so a few years back I was a total trainwreck of a person. I was borderline alcoholic, self-harming, arguing with everyone, dissociated, couldn't hold down a job, and wound up having a psychotic breakdown because my mind just broke. But I am a lot better now.
There are things you can do to heal. Doing Mindfulness and Trauma Release Exercises have changed my life. Using Mindfulness to calm my moods and helping me to think before I act. I do breathing exercises when I feel I am going to get angry. And the TRE to expell the trauma and pain I was carrying, that was making be behave the way I did.
I know, when you have no identity, that BPD becomes your identity. It is all you are. Every part of you is a 'sickness', it's a horrible feeling.
But, just know that BPD is closely linked to PTSD. You are traumatised and reliving your pain in the only way you know how. But if you start to lose the trauma from yourself, you will start to think differently.
I feel soooo much better these days. I am being more responsibly for myself, and taking genuine care of myself. Not the BPD 'care' of drinking, cutting, eating disorders etc.
BPD is not all you are. You were not born this way. We are all a product of abusive families, but that doesn't mean that we have to stay this way.
I wound up having a psychotic breakdown that lasted years, because I wasn't taking care of myself. It was horiffic. You don't want to end up in this state, trust me. I lost my job, flat, friends, sanity.
Give yourself a break. Nobody deserves to be self-abused like this.