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One of the behavioural symptoms of BPD is "frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment"

In my world this always begins with a feeling that something is wrong or that I am alone. Paradoxically this results in my feeling like running away, distancing, disappearing, or pushing away people that I care about. I engage in the behaviour that will actually bring about the feelings or result I most fear. Unreal/Real.

How does the "avoiding ...

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I was wondering how many of you diagnosed with BPD were on med's for depression and/or anxiety and have been able to come off them? If so what was the course of your treatment, how long on meds, how long in talk therapy before doctor decided to allow you to wean off meds?

I have been struggling with mental illness for a long time, but only recently acknowledged that it actually is mental illness. My family has a strong denialist tendency - my mother categorically refused any mental health screening, even when she attacked and screamed at my dad for minimal discernible reason. Over the last two years, I have gradually grown to accept that I have genuinely serious emotional problems, in large part due to my now-ex-fiancee's ...

I made a friend a week ago, the day I met her she asked me to go town with her. I felt accepted straight away, then I realized why. She's the type of person I'd hang with and get in to trouble with. I don't like it, it's umcomfortable for me. I don't know how to cut her off.
She wants to be best friends, she's always asking me for food, drinks, etc.. or just ...

Hey, first post here.

I've been seeing a psychiatrist for about 6-8 months and in the last three months we've come to a realization that I'm pretty consistent with a BPD diagnosis, though admittedly not as intense as a lot I've read/heard about. I've been re-evaluating some of my failed friendships in the past (read: almost all of them) and I'm wondering if other people do the same, or feel the same way about them. ...

I have suicidal thoughts every single day. On good days they are not very detailed and not too intrusive. More often than not though they are very detailed and I plan things out and mentally write notes, and get mental images of the act. On these days I cannot seem to think about anything else. I just don't know what to do anymore. I refuse to be inpatient again. I have been hospitalized 5 times ...

Hi, i have been diagnosed as bp type2 for about 3 years but i think my situation is worse than being just a bipolar. And at the moment i have no pdoc available. is it possible that i also have BPD?
I feel like i am 2 different persons who are always in contradiction. Except having manic and depression episodes i love things that disgust me in another time. Like sometimes i love romantic sex ...

So, I'm jealous of basically everyone and everything including : random guys looking at or commenting random girls, my father saying a woman is attractive, people getting complimented , people being talked about behind their back ,small children getting praised for doing nothing , my mother's pets, etc.The list goes on and on.

Anyone else like this?

I lived alone, could afford the rent but hated my job. I left the job, got one I enjoy more but for less money so I could no longer afford my flat. I had to move to a new flat with a friend and I can't settle in. Circumstances forced my hand and had to take somewhere I'd rather not have taken. It's a 6 month lease and I think I might just go back ...

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