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Hi all.

Just browsing the forums and thought I'd introduce myself and, give a bit of backstory. Not sure what I'm looking for right now (other than some peace in mine and my kids' lives) but feel free to offer advice.

To cut a long story short, my wife suddenly announced she was done with the marriage about 8 weeks ago no talking, no discussion, no warning - literally the day after she was trying ...

I'm starting this thread because some recent threads have gone off-topic. When we're all finished answering the original question, we keep arguing amongst ourselves. Once the question has been answered, we risk doing a disservice to the person who originally asked the question. We answer the question and then confuse them all over again. Doesn't seem fair.


I'm hoping that this thread will provide an outlet. We all like to blow off some steam once ...

I want to apologise to Allaloneisallweare for any distress I may have caused you in your last thread. Please come back and talk to us.

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I like to think of myself as a 'nice' person but I have to admit to 'manipulating', but doesnt everybody, is it not just a way to 'survive'. For example I am an outrageous flirt and can work out pretty quickly what a person needs to hear that will get me what I want or I should say 'need' as thats how it feels...a want becomes a need and feels like a life or death ...

What is it with this horrible NEED to make everyone like me? I don't even like that many people as acquaintances, but I HAVE to be their best friend or I feel like I either don't exist or I'm worthless. It wasn't even that bad until about a month or two ago, and there's absolutely no real reason for it that I can see.

I can accept myself for who I am- so why do ...

Ok so. Basically i have taken absolutely everything into account its impossible for me to be accepted by everyone, I will never be in a REAL relationship( where the physical part is what's not the most important). Ive accepted I will die alone...... So what else is there to do. Ive decided the following criteria:

1. -12 gauge shotgun now...

2. Start an attempt at a music career and if fails- 12 gauge shotgun( at ...

I have just begun my career as a teacher this year (graduated May 09) and am having difficulty with it due to high/low swings, anxiety, and "other" (I don't really know how to put into words). On a positive note, none of the conflict is with colleagues or principal. So it is not interpersonal issues but I feel really... ugh... I am really intelligent academically (graduated with three degrees-- arts, science, education, all with honors ...

It was recently suggested to me that I have BPD. A therapist had first suggested it to me, saying that's exactly what it sounded like. But more recently a friend said it as well, and I don't understand it all that well. I was told medication doesn't really help, is that true? I've been struggling with these feelings that I've had since I was 12 and I'll be 20 in a few months. For years ...

Hello there;

My first time posting here I think (my memory died a long time ago...). I was diagnosed with BPD late last year and it's been getting worse recently. It's been hardest dealing with mood swings- too depressed to eat or get out of bed; too restless to sit still; frustrated to the point of wanting to claw my eyes out; screaming on the inside with absolutely no successful way of letting it out. ...

Like alot of others with Borderline Personality Disorder I have noticed, I was originally misdiagnosed. After being hospitalized for out of control mood swings and self harming incidents five times within a time period of 6 months, one would figure that the doctors would be intelligent enough to realize that there was something deeper than just being "bipolar". When my mood swings happened, they'd only last for an hour tops. My mother despised living with ...