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The Do’s & Don’ts of Supporting a Friend with BPD
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All You Need to Know About Helping a Friend with BPD Having a friend with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be challenging and difficult, but it’s possible to provide your friend with the support they need. BPD is a serious mental illness that affects how someone interacts with others, manages their emotions and behaves. It’s […]
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A Guide to Favorite Person Relationships (for BPD)
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All You Need to Know About a ‘BPD Favorite Person’ People with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) often struggle to form and maintain meaningful relationships. In many cases, they may develop an intense attachment to one person in particular, known as a favorite person (or FP). This is a complex relationship that can be incredibly rewarding […]
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A Brief History of Borderline Personality Disorder’s Name
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This article was originally published on Psychreg. The term “borderline personality disorder” (BPD) is interesting in psych nomenclature. Usually, psychosocial illnesses are named after their most prominent symptoms. For example, bipolar disorder (formerly, manic depression) refers to the “two poles” of mania and depression. Many medical conditions have carried different labels throughout history; even now, […]
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Memoirs About BPD: “Pay Attention to Me” by Kelly South (Q+A and Excerpt)
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Trigger Warning: interpersonal conflict, bpd episode, patient notes from therapist Memoirs about BPD: Kelly South’s Story Looking for books about BPD? Keep reading! Living with BPD, or borderline personality disorder, can be a difficult journey—but remission is possible. You can learn to manage BPD symptoms with the right tools, support system, perseverance and patience for both […]
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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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35 Signs You’re in a Borderline and Narcissist Relationship
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Trigger Warning: Narcissistic abuse. “Borderline” and “Narcissist” are used as labels for simplicity & SEO purposes but these terms may feel shameful to some – we also can’t armchair diagnose others. Read at your own discretion. Are you living with BPD and in a difficult relationship with someone you think may be narcissistic? Perhaps they say […]
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BPD and Work? Find The Best Career with BPD (Video)
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Here are over 70 best jobs for people with BPD who don’t know what to do for work. A lot of people with BPD are capable of doing any job they want, and some people with BPD have an easier time managing a job than others. This video is for those with BPD who are […]
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Living with BPD: Arpita’s BPD Recovery (In Their Words)
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Trigger Warning: verbal & physical abuse, self harm, suicide attempts, death by suicide, hospitalization. Read at your own discretion. My Living with BPD Story Living with BPD is no easy feat. This is one girl’s story: “Hello everyone. I am Arpita, a resident of Delhi, India. I will be telling you my living with bpd story […]
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75 Ideas for a DIY Depression Care Package
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Build a Care Package for Someone with Depression I’m Sarah Rose — the woman behind BPD Beautiful, a BPD recovery blog that aims to spread BPD awareness and assist others in understanding those living with BPD. This post features product ideas for a DIY depression care package for either your loved one with depression, a […]
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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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How to Make Plans Without Triggering Your Partner with BPD
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A Common BPD Trigger Seen in BPD Relationships [Note: This post was published in May 2022.] If you’re new here, I’m Sarah Rose and I am officially in remission from borderline personality disorder. My goal for BPD Beautiful is to help raise BPD awareness, dispel common BPD myths and help other people with BPD and […]
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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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4 Healthy Steps to Handle Grief
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If you haven’t already had to handle grief, you’ll deal with it at some point. A study from 2019 found 57% of Americans had grieved in the previous three years. The grieving process can last for days, weeks, months, or years; it’s different for everyone. However, you can help your grieving process with these healthy habits.
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