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Hi there, I'm new to this board. I joined for information for myself and stumbled apon this RAD forum...to introduce myself I'm 26 and married. Currently on Maternity Leave with my 2nd child. My 15 year old Niece has recently moved in and she has Reative Attachment Disorder. She will be living with us permanently as my sister has two sons aged 5 and 3 and my niece has had a very damaging impact on ...

Ok. The last few days have sucked to some degree. Last night was the worst. Ever since I got my test results, my brain has been paying attention to how it deals with emotions. One of the things I have noticed is that every time I "put away" (i.e. invalidate) an emotion, I feel a mental "twinge" of sorts. It's actually mentally painful. I never noticed this before, but now I do. Frankly, it sucks. ...

Are there things that are important to you? Are there things that you couldn’t simply turn your back on and walk away from?

I’m trying to figure out what’s important to me, and I’m having a hard time finding something, anything, that is so important to me that I couldn’t give it up. I’ve been struggling with this for some time now and it’s beginning to bother me.

There are things that I enjoy doing ...

Wondering what kind of music everyone listens to.

Hi,

I know it's been established that many people with BPD have had traumatic childhoods. but what age range does childhood refer to - very early childhood, children under 13, or children under 18?

Thanks

Hi There;
I posted this about a week ago and it seems to have disappeared in a glitch, so I'm trying again.

My husband and I have been married almost seven years. I have a stepson, who lives with us about %80 of the time. He's a wonderful kid and we have a good relationship.

My husband's ex-wife is a text book HPD. Their marriage was hell. She cheated, she lied, she takes no responsibility ...

ok well this is quite awkward...i'm in a drama class and the person who abused me is in it with me. we're doing a drama prac and now she's in my group too. in this prac i'm her servant and she's the master. i do something that upsets her and she puts me over her lap and spanks me. to punish me. we were just script-writing it today so i haven't actually had to do ...

I haven't held a job for more than 3 years in my life. Two different ones I quit that day. I have worked over 10 jobs in my 7 years of my working life. I feel like such a failure. Other people my age are starting to be successful and I am just stuck at different dead end jobs. I am trying to do the college thing but I can't seem to balance working and ...

For a few weeks now, my best friend has been having a nervous breakdown. :( A few weeks ago he was fine. WE were fine. But then I started noticing changes. He was becoming very angry and couldn't cease discussing negative things. This sometimes happens when his medicine isn't taken, but he was acting this way for a few days. I knew something wasn't right.

We were ...

My mom has depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. When she is on her meds, she is fine. But she recently stopped taking her meds again for a month before we found out. She is back on now for a week, but it will take some time before they start to take effect again.

I just talked to her on the phone for about 2 hours. I am so worried about her and her schizophrenic thoughts. She ...