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i'm 29 now. had nervous breakdown at 23 and then lots of mistakes, few psychiatric visits... eventually a year and a half of therapy and now i think the symptoms have reduced.
the b/w thinking is still there. but the identity issues dont bother me as such. or maybe i'm getting too optimistic.
what are your experience/views on bpd symptoms as years pass by...

I previously had a bpd diagnosis but had it switched for schizophrenia with psychopathic tendencies but my sister been diagnosed with bpd now and even though she hasn’t done anything wrong they talking about taking baby off her based solely on psychiatric evaluation I’m heart broken for her xx

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy Xmas (or happy holidays if you don't). I hope you're having a good day. For those that find it hard, and there are a lot of us, hold on, it's nearly over for another year ;)

So sweet, charismatic, alluring, addictive, calming, attractive, captivating, mesmerizing.... good at bed....


Sha’ll I say more?

I’m ill. Very ill. I can’t look inside... whenever I try to it’s just too icky and gross. My mind will look for things on the outside to make me feel better and to satiate the bottomless pit of emptiness. It’s physical. It’s palpable. I can literally feel the never ending swarm of melancholy and my inner child screaming in my chest. I’m trapped... someone save me.

The best way to describe BPD is like a road full of cars. They’re all going extremely fast. . . Your attention is on all the other cars on the road and how they’re inner world and mechanisms are working. But oh wait... what about your car? What about you? Wait what? What does THAT mean? What does it mean to focus on your OWN lane and OWN path in the whirlwind of this road? ...

Are people afraid of you? What would your reaction be to someone you care about being afraid of you?

hi, so if been diagnosed with bipolar and am far on the borderline spectrum. i am currently unmedicated but was on a mix of trileptal and seroquel. but whatever with all that.

i have a lot of trouble remembering the past, i can recall some events but not the emotions attached. its like nothing that happens matters of affects me today. if i think about the future it is only to avoid a anxiety stressor ...

I have 2 sides. The one who I always wanted too be. A masculine, secure man, who people like and who dates alot. And I have the insecure me, the person who thinks he is no good in nothing and an all time loser. I feel more the latter then the first.

I doesn't matter how much I succeed in my own eyes in life, the insecure part of me always knows how to take ...

Any of you abuse or use marijuana?

I've been diagnosed with bdp 1 year ago. I've been smokin pot since I was 12, and now I'm 25.
I've met a borderliner yesterday and she said I should really lay off that stuff. This made me wonder, do any of you use it? do you also have experiences when not using it for a while? What are the effects on you? Negative or positive?

Lately I've ...