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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 [Note: This post was published in 2021.] 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 […]
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How I Overcome Regressions in BPD Recovery
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[Note: This post was published in May 2021.] 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 […]
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BPD Episodes 101: Everything You Need to Know
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[Note: This post was published in July 2020, before I was in remission.] People with BPD are often labelled as dramatic, attention seeking or crazy. While it may look that way from the outside sometimes, what’s going on inside is A LOT more complex. What people with BPD need—especially during BPD episodes, is patience, validation, […]
