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Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating). Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in (5).

I have done this in a few forms. My absolute favorite form is reckless driving. I feel most alive when I find the top speed on a vehicle. Especially when pushing vehicles to the limit of tgeir handling capibility. I love the adrenaline of white ...

Hi everyone. havent been on here in an age. hope everyones well and happy...

I was diagnosed with BPD about 2 years ago, and its because I understand the vulnerability and sensitivity involved in this disorder that I'm asking for some help.

I recently got in touch with an old school friend who i hadn't seen in about 12 years. She has experience a huge amount of trauma in her life and, perhaps unsurprisingly, she ...

My boyfriend told me yesterday he needed guy time because we've been spending so much time together. So he's not here tonight. I feel so alone. Like nobody could ever understand, and nobody ever would. How could he not want to be with me right now? I half think about my loneliness, half about how it would end if I just died, if you know what I mean. No one listens. No one cares. They ...

These two people... they know it ALL. So they don't text me, they have people round tonight and dont tell me, ignore my texts. I've realised it, finally! We, as BPDs are only there for THEIR purposes. First their amusement, they like to watch our lives like a drama. Secondly they like to whine about their problems because we've usually seen it all right? We give good advice? Once we're "used up" they just toss ...

Hi guys,
First off, I'm happy to have found this forum. It seems like such an invaluable resource and the people on here seem nice and supportive! How rare for an internet forum.

As someone who is going through the process of getting diagnosed and not sure if I'll come out of it as borderline, bipolar or BOTH or something else, I've fallen into desperation. I really have an annoying constant need to understand my ...

about two weeks ago i was driving to work on a bright sunny day, listening to an audio book on a career topic, and i found myself thinking about an event and a conversation that happened nearly 30 years ago - 27 years actually - and suddenly, as if i had been struck by lightning, i saw clearly for the first time, the connection between the two, and i KNEW the truth about what happened ...

Hey all, I was just curious about your relationships with your therapists. If anyone would like to share, feel free to.

I am a Bipolar NOS with Borderline "tendencies". I really, really like my therapist. He's the only therapist I could see myself seeing. This past month though, I feel that I tried his patience with emails every other day, and one particularly raging email I sent basically telling him that if he did not ...

Hi all,

I haven't posted in a while because things have been going great with my boyfriend of fourish months.
He just left yesterday to go backpacking through europe for 2 weeks with his best friend and I am really sad about this.

He's travelled in the past but never more than 5 or so days which I could handle.

I've tried coming up with strategies to help me through- my therapist didn't help me ...

Why is the world so far away??? I'm currently at a friend wedding, supposed to be celebrating and I am watching people on the dance floor having a ball, I want to join but it seem so far away!! I'm there, but I'm not. I have a permanent smile on my face and I look like I'm having fun, but I am trying so hard not to cry. Why the hell can't I be a ...

This is a pretty delicate subject so I've put a 'trigger warning' in the title.
Basically I started DBT three weeks ago & was pretty surprised when my therapist told me it had been 'quite a long time' since she'd worked with a self harmer. Now, I completely understand there are about a billion ways for people to self harm. I'm not talking about drink, drugs, sexually promiscuous behaviour (not to detract from how serious ...