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What can I do to battle the problem of an unstable sense of self & role diffusion & such?

I'm trying so hard to find where I belong that I'm finding that I don't belong anywhere. In my past I've tried out so many "niches". I've tried different religions. I was into Buddhism & Yoga & dressing all "peaceful". Then I was into Paganism & I was dressing exotic. I was goth before. I was ...

hi peops, just wondered if you had any expirience or knolage on taking these two together, im going to speek to my p doc in a couple of weeks at our next apointmeant but was curious if there ok to take together or anything i might need to watch out for, like extra sedation ect(i proberly wont take them till i see the doc but would be nice to know).

manny thanks

hi guys and gals, just wondered how you have learnt to deal with hypervigilance that ocurs, mabe its just me, i cant speculate but i know that taking lorazapam helps it, but is there a way to learn how to relax out of it without medication that you have found? i guess they might teach this in dbt im unshure though so would be great to hear your thoughts on the matter.
mabe this would ...

I don't have my next psych appointment for another week so if someone could seriously help me with this because I still haven't fully wrapped my head around it.

So friends are meant to help you, support you during hard times. They should be able to do what is right by you when you don't know what's best. Same with family. I have heard many stories where their friends/families helped them get help at rehab ...

Warning: may or may not trigger (anything and everything pretty much triggers BPD).

So here I am watching the movie "Gia" about her life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Carangi), she is obviously BPD. There is a scene where she calls her mother and wants to come back home because she's physically and mentally ill. Her mother denies her request because she sees Gia as a loose cannon and extremely volatile. Then the mother ...

I have jut been diagnosed with BPD and told to have DBT. I have been seen a psychologist and having CBT. I know the psychiatrist is going to suggest I join a DBT outpatient group for a number of weeks. I also know my psychologist does DBT.
Is there any advantages of group over individual or vica-versa?

I want to hear some of you're guys' first.

I'm sick of all the bullsht bpd has put me through. It won't go away, but I won't let it have any more of my life.

WHO'S WITH ME!!

Found a video on youtube and I don't know what to think. It's about BPD.

I have felt almost everything shown in the video. I have never resorted to cutting myself, but I have felt so many of the feelings displayed that I think it is a valid representation of BPD. The trouble is, it's very dark and I worry it may scare people.
I think many of us already have issues with how we're ...

I thought I had this under control. I guess I don't.

Nothing is working. We have tried everything we can do make it work but it can't and it won't. We can not stop fighting every day. But I can not leave. He'll say this isn't working this isn't working!! But I will beg him and manipulate the hell out of him and he'll stay and say okay we'll try this again. BUT IT NEVER ...

I experience it mainly as the world not being real. On days when it's bad, the world feels not just unreal, but like everything has been replaced with a more menacing copy of itself. I wondered how other people with BPD experience dissociation.