• Living with BPD: 1 Year vs. 3 Years of DBT for BPD Recovery

    Living with BPD: 1 Year vs. 3 Years of DBT for BPD Recovery

    Living with BPD: From Hopeless to Recovery My name is Audrey and I spent 20 years living with BPD before getting 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 and intense mood swings, […]

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  • How to Make Plans Without Triggering Your Partner with BPD

    How to Make Plans Without Triggering Your Partner with BPD

    A Common BPD Trigger Seen in BPD Relationships If you’re new here, I’m Audrey: a mom, wife and blogger formerly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. My goal for this blog is to help raise BPD awareness, dispel common BPD myths and help other people with BPD and their BPD relationships. This post touches on a […]

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  • BPD Splitting: What A Devaluing Split Looks Like for Borderline Personality Disorder

    BPD Splitting: What A Devaluing Split Looks Like for Borderline Personality Disorder

    Trigger Warning: Self destructive thoughts, splitting black, invalidation, relationship argument 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 with BPD does not reflect all people […]

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  • BPD Episodes 101: Everything You Need to Know

    BPD Episodes 101: Everything You Need to Know

    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, support and reassurance. If you’re new to BPD Beautiful, I’m Audrey Harper and […]

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