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Healing from Within: Integrating Mind and Body for BPD Recovery
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The lives of persons who suffer from borderline personality disorder (BPD) and their loved ones can be upended by what can seem like an unrelenting storm. BPD is characterised by emotional instability, erratic relationships, and a crippling fear of being abandoned. But there is hope for BPD recovery, and it begins on the inside. Balance, […]
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BPD Symptoms: Is There a Place for Psychosis?
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Psychosis is a broad concept which refers to the experience of losing touch with reality, through symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions. Historically, the existence of psychosis within BPD symptoms has been debated, with only the most recent version of the ICD (America’s official diagnostic manual) including psychoses as part of the listed criteria [1].
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Balancing Projects and Mental Health: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managing BPD and Productivity
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“If you are managing BPD, feeling overwhelmed and unable to read this article then. Just take a little break, do a box breathing exercise” Juggling Projects whilst managing BPD? Let’s Make It Fun (Yes, Really!) Managing multiple projects while navigating the emotional rollercoaster of BPD, boredom, and constant project-hopping can feel like a wild ride, […]
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Working a 9-5 Through the Eyes of Someone With Mental Health Struggles
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Living with BPD certainly has its challenges. Back in December, I was let go from my job for taking too much time off due to poor mental health. I wish I could say those days off were restorative and peaceful. They were actually quite difficult, debilitating, and depressing. I was constantly anxious because I knew […]
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Navigating Emotional Intensity: Practical Tips for Managing Anxiety and BPD
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In this post, we’ll explore three key psychological concepts that help us better balance our emotions.
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Borderline Personality Disorder and God: A Christian Perspective (In Their Words)
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Trigger Warning: Christianity in a favorable light. Read at your own discretion. It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post—a little over a year, actually. Yikes. I wanted to start this by thanking everyone who has reached out about my blog post, Borderline Personality Disorder and the Church. The stories I’ve read have touched […]
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Working with Borderline Personality Disorder: An Inside Look (In Their Words)
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Struggles with BPD and Work I am confident that my struggles in working with borderline personality disorder are not personal to me, at least in regards to keeping a job. I’ve never struggled with getting a job. In fact, ironically enough, I’m a talented interviewer (most likely because I’ve had so much practice at it), […]
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Living with BPD: How BPD Contributes to My Sensitive Writing Skills (In Their Words)
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The following post was originally posted on Psychreg Writers with BPD “For people with Borderline Personality Disorder, expressing themselves artistically can be an outlet for dealing with emotional instability, managing emotions, learning to see the world in a palette of colors (rather than in black and white), finding creative solutions to problems, and thinking outside […]
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BPD Episode: What It’s Like + Reaction 4 Years Later (Video)
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What Does a BPD Episode Feel Like? In the video below, I read my first ever blog post on BPD Beautiful. The post is from 2019 and it detailed what a BPD episode looked like for me at the time, which was the start of my BPD recovery journey. I also provide a present day […]
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Living with BPD: 1 Year vs. 3 Years of DBT for BPD Recovery
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Living with BPD: From Hopeless to Recovery My name is Sarah and I spent 20 years living with undetected BPD before getting diagnosed and going into remission. I created BPD Beautiful because I want to help spread BPD awareness and help others in understanding BPD—a debilitating, life threatening and highly stigmatized condition that causes frequent […]
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Borderline Personality Disorder and the Church: Christians with BPD (In Their Words)
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Trigger Warning: Christianity in a favorable light, struggles with belief in God, fitting in at church, splitting, BPD symptoms. Read at your own discretion. You can’t understand me without understanding borderline personality disorder. I’m still wrestling with feeling like I don’t fit in and that I’m misunderstood. I don’t know anyone who can relate to […]
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An Overview of Avoidant Personality Disorder
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If you’re a reader of BPD Beautiful, you most probably either have borderline personality disorder (BPD) or know somebody close to you who has it. Or perhaps you’re just interested in the topic of personality disorders and want to know more. BPD is one of the best-known of these conditions. Much research in the personality […]
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I Think I Have BPD, Now What?
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“Do I Have Borderline Personality Disorder?” You’ve stumbled upon a post about borderline personality disorder, or you heard about BPD in a movie. Maybe someone you know has it, someone very similar to you. Whatever the case may be, you’ve searched ‘do I have BPD?’ or ‘I think I have borderline personality disorder’ and now […]
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BPD Splitting: What A Devaluing Split Looks Like for Borderline Personality Disorder
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Trigger Warning: Self destructive thoughts, splitting black, invalidation, relationship argument In this post, I go over what BPD splitting is and show real life examples of splitting. I also touch on distorted thoughts a person with BPD might have during an episode. As always, please note that my experience with BPD does not reflect all people […]
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How I Overcome Regressions in BPD Recovery
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Back in the fall—my therapist told me that after two years of working with her on my borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms and childhood trauma, I’d made enough progress in my BPD recovery to begin decreasing services. We went from weekly sessions to bi-weekly sessions. Then we did monthly check-ins. Now, seven months later, I’m […]
