New Study: It is all just in my head
New Study Points to Malfunction in the Brain of Those With BPD
The scans revealed a brain malfunction associated with the disorder, a serious but common mental illness that affects a person’s perceptions of the world and other people.
This is something that I have believed from day one. It can’t just be me malfunctioning as a [...]
To counter what
You do not need a diagnosis to evaluate your relationship.
All you need to determine whether it is viable and repairable is to
feel as much compassion from your partner as you give and to know,
through your binocular vision, that your partner sees your perspectives
as equal to his/her own.
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Real Love or just Borderline Shenanigans
I read an article today that really shook me to my core. I get the emailed key word updates every day for “bipolar personality disorder”. Now, today I got this interesting link to an article about Borderlines and loving others.
Okay, we have issues. Okay, we don’t love in a “healthy” way because we are mentally [...]
The Meltdown: What are you worth?
Facing yourself. Do you have self love? How about self worth? How do you find these things for yourself, without basing them on another person’s perception of you? Take a listen, see how I am dealing with this issue myself.
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The Meltdown: Prognosis Borderline
Do we ever REALLY get better? Some people have made nearly full recovery from borderline, so I have read. Is it true? I have to wonder. With the severity of the emotional trauma that comes into play, it might never be reality for people like me. In this episode, I face that. Take a listen.
Sorry [...]
The Meltdown: Borderline Love (antipodcast)
I am still way too emotionally attached to this podcast for it to come out just the way it should. It is the shortest podcast I believe I have ever done. I couldn’t even edit it really, so please forgive me. Every time I hear what I am talking about, I freak out. So I [...]
Group Therapy for Borderlines Improves Condition
Apparently the National Institute of Mental Health has been experimenting with a 20 week group therapy program called STEPPS . Apparently, after the group treatment in conjunction with their other regular treatments, borderlines have a marked amount of improvement in their every day lives. The group therapies also seem to have a long term effect [...]
The Meltdown: Don’t leave me
This week I talk about relationships and how you work within them with an MI (mental illness). I also refer to a books that I have reviewed. Check out my thorough reviews:
The books
Music:
#1 Crush by Garbage
The Meltdown: The Black Hole
This week I talk about the black hole many of us experience…emptiness. Hand in hand with the feeling of worthlessness, you can be sure to find yourself sliding down the tunnel of despair. Take a listen and let me know if you can relate.
Sites mentioned:
Deb
Cass
Lisa
Music:
Black by Pearl Jam
The Meltdown: To Drug or Not to Drug?
Today I am talking about drugs and alternative therapies for bipolar and borderline. Take a listen and answer back
Sites mentioned:
NIMH on borderline
WebMD on Borderline
AAPEL on Borderline
Music:
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) [Explicit] by Marilyn Manson
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