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Top 30 Q+A’s To Help Loved Ones Understand BPD
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Answers to the Top 30 questions searched online that can help a loved one, friend, mentor or coworker better understand BPD.
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Teens with BPD: How to Deal with BPD Episodes for Parents
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BPD episodes are hard to live with when you have the condition. Teens with BPD do not have it easy. Parenting a teen with BPD can be complicated too. BPD episodes can be difficult to manage as a parent of a borderline teenager. I know firsthand because I am in remission from borderline personality disorder […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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, […]
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