Does anyone else here have borderline personality disorder?
Any tips?
I can't cope with this anymore
Any tips?
I can't cope with this anymore
Yes I do.. I think a lot of people on here do. I don't have any tips as I don't handle having it very well. X
Done here
Motivation is Dead
- Feb 17, 2020
- 24
It sucks. I have it too. You just have to sorta roll with the punches. Have you tried DBT? I'm in it atm
I'm on the waiting list for it.. but I was put on the waiting list last Sept and they told me it might be a year to wait which is such a joke. I'm on active review and have an appointment with the mental health team in a couple of weeks. I don't believe there is any help for me though.. it's my personality and who I am, which sucks but I can't imagine being any different.
How are you finding the DBT? X
I've had CAT and tbh it made me worse, I ended up shutting down in the sessions. I just feel like I'm having to battle all the time it's horrendous. I have a stockpile of medication for my own comfort and control and this is the first time in a while I've seriously planned to take it. There's no end to this bpd torture
Nem
Drs suck mega ass!
- Sep 3, 2018
- 1,489
Sorry to hear that you are struggling with this, I've never been diagnosed with it but have met people that have had it and the dbt book sure seems like a lot of the population should read it. What are the main symptoms that bother people the most when this illness hits hard?
Peace/hugs
Peace/hugs
Done here
Motivation is Dead
- Feb 17, 2020
- 24
Yeah I was on the waiting list for a year too. I feel a bit like that also, I can't really see myself being a functional human..... it's a shame but killing myself is gonna be the only option when no one can stand me anymore. But DBT is good! It can be really social, you just gotta do homework which is hard to find motivation for.
I do feel like we are left on a pile as we are seen the be hard to treat, which maybe we are but that doesn't mean we shouldn't get the support we deserve and need. I've had a lot of experience with professionals who seems to palm you off as an attention seeker when really they don't understand any aspect of the disorder
Crushed_Innocence
Hungry Ghost
- Oct 16, 2019
- 423
brokerofsecrets
my best wasn’t good enough
- Feb 3, 2020
- 39
Makes me a pretty shitty human being, but that's kind of a given with most personality disorders. Just try to treat people the way "normal" people would and you're doing swimmingly. The self loathing, though? I can't help you, sorry.
I'm sorry about that.
I'm also borderline and the biggest reason I wanna CTB it's because I can't cope with it anymore, I've already tried everything I could and nothing seem to work. I feel shitty and worthless all the time and I simply can't be loved. I'm so tired
But the most common tips are therapy and meds.
I don't really have any other tips because nothing seem to help me.
I'm also borderline and the biggest reason I wanna CTB it's because I can't cope with it anymore, I've already tried everything I could and nothing seem to work. I feel shitty and worthless all the time and I simply can't be loved. I'm so tired
But the most common tips are therapy and meds.
I don't really have any other tips because nothing seem to help me.
cyper-gaiaworld
Member
- Feb 20, 2020
- 12
I have BPD.
Im on meds, tried therapy.
I have no advice, like the others here.
The most relevant reason I want to CTB is because of my disorder, I'm tired of being viewed by others as a horrible person, and have extreme dissociation and self loathing.
I am no longer able to live life comfortably. I'm suffering everyday, and it's too hard, I cant be helped anymore either by my therapist and it's too long of a wait where I am to get a new one
Im on meds, tried therapy.
I have no advice, like the others here.
The most relevant reason I want to CTB is because of my disorder, I'm tired of being viewed by others as a horrible person, and have extreme dissociation and self loathing.
I am no longer able to live life comfortably. I'm suffering everyday, and it's too hard, I cant be helped anymore either by my therapist and it's too long of a wait where I am to get a new one
Xena87
Queen of the night
- Dec 9, 2019
- 105
Lol. The psychologists considered me "Too Dangerous" for CTB. Heard its shit anyway
brokerofsecrets
my best wasn’t good enough
- Feb 3, 2020
- 39
OldGod
Student
- Feb 20, 2020
- 141
I'm also borderline. It's pretty awful, I wish I had some advice for you. I read the book "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me" and that did help me better understand it.
BPD Barbie
Visionary
- Dec 1, 2019
- 2,361
I have it as well as bipolar. I wish I had some solid advice. Get help, try meds. Some things will work, some things won't. Some things get easier, others don't. It's trial and error, sorry I haven't got more for you.
CrazyMary
Student
- Sep 20, 2020
- 135
I was just recently diagnosed too. hOwever I did get a second opinion and told I just had specific disorders not bipolars. Was also told that disorders and bpd can be "controled" eventually. I could say that I had a "normal" life for 25 years and then it started affecting me. I was not diagnosed until age 38. What I could tell you is stay away from ayahuasca, shrooms, peyote and that kind of "alternative remedies". I tried them before I was diagnosed to reduce my anxiety and it seems they might have done more harm than good.
FewerMoats
Member
- Sep 1, 2020
- 43
I have borderline personality disorder and it makes everything impossibly difficult. It's a big reason that my life is all fucked up, and it's not like it's going away any time soon. I'm hopeless, and 100% over this existence.
Insertname1
Student
- Sep 21, 2020
- 188
I was diagnosed with bipolar at 18, and then borderline personality disorder at 22, im supposed to take lamotrigine(mood stabilisers) for it, they work to an extent, but if something hits you hard then they're practically useless unless you're on a really high dose, my dose is 350mg a day,
CrazyMary
Student
- Sep 20, 2020
- 135
I hear you, I am taking 1000 mg a day of a lithium substitute which supposedly is a mood stabilizer. Has help a bit but as you say, when somehting happens, all hell breaks loose.
I cut down 6 meds to 3 recently for bpd, and I'm going to try TMS therapy to see if it takes the pain away. The suffering is too much. Why do we have to feel this much than the average person
