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75 Ideas for a DIY Depression Care Package
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…
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Living with BPD: 1 Year vs. 3 Years of DBT for BPD Recovery
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…
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Borderline Personality Disorder and the Church: Christians with BPD (In Their Words)
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…
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An Overview of Avoidant Personality Disorder
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…
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How to Make Plans Without Triggering Your Partner with BPD
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…
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I Think I Have BPD, Now What?
“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…
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4 Healthy Steps to Handle Grief
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…
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Simple Ways to Practice Self Care When You’re Introverted
This world is a loud, bright place that is only getting bigger by the day. In some way, it seems that it’s a world for extroverts,…
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Jobs for BPD: 92 Career Ideas
Disclaimer: Before we dive in, I want to say that there are really no “best jobs for BPD” because we are all so vastly different. What…
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A Guide to Radical Acceptance (For People with BPD)
Hi, I’m Sarah and I have borderline personality disorder. I use BPD Beautiful, a BPD recovery blog, to help spread awareness and to keep myself accountable…
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BPD Books: “Book of Thoughts” by Adrianna Rangel (Q+A)
Trigger Warning: BPD stigma, stigma by mental health clinicians Are you looking for books about BPD? Check out Adrianna Rangel’s latest book – Book of Thoughts. Living…
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Saying No to Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
Saying no to someone with borderline personality disorder can be tricky. Enforcing boundaries can result in unpredictable reactions. If you love someone with borderline personality disorder…
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How I Overcome Regressions in BPD Recovery
[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…
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BPD Relationships: 12 Key Differences Between Toxic Relationships + Healthy Relationships
Being in a Relationship with Someone who has BPD [Note: This post was published in December 2020, before I was in remission.] BPD relationships (borderline personality…
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Living with BPD and an Eating Disorder
Trigger Warning: Purging, food restriction, treatment program, mothers with eating disorders. Read at your own discretion. BPD and Eating Disorders I’m Sarah—a 29 year mom of an…
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