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A Brief History of Borderline Personality Disorder’s Name
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…
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Memoirs About BPD: “Pay Attention to Me” by Kelly South (Q+A and Excerpt)
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…
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BPD Episode: What It’s Like + Reaction 4 Years Later (Video)
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…
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35 Signs You’re in a Borderline and Narcissist Relationship
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…
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BPD and Work? Find The Best Career with BPD (Video)
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…
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Living with BPD: Arpita’s BPD Recovery (In Their Words)
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…
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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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