There are many different borderline personality disorder symptoms or traits including: feeling empty inside. Sometimes we even take on the mannerisms of other people (we are one way at work, another at home, another at church), which is part of how weve gotten our nickname of chameleons. Sure, people act differently at home and at work, but you might not recognize us by the way we behave at work versus at home. I have suffered with BPD since I was 11, I didn't get help until I was 34. Maybe its the first time you fell in love, or the worst argument you have ever had with someone you love. I would never fall inlove and start a family. Debbie. Australian BPD Foundation. You've been peeking in our windows. I am so thankful that they seem to get it. The intensity with which you felt those emotions is probably equivalent to what a person with BPD feels on a regular basis. My BPD finance left me VERY suddenly, moved out while I was away, blocked me from phone contact, email contact, unfriended me on FB and other social media, sucessfully compelled her family and friends to do the same and even had a lawyer friend threaten me with a restraining order for calling her from a hotel phone twice! I told my siblings what I really thought of them a couple days before that, because they always use my past against me, and lie about me. Keep up all the good work here! strong, overwhelming emotions and feelings. Mahari, a Canadian woman and Life Coach now 52 years old, who recovered from Borderline Personality Disorder 14 years ago writes an open letter to all who have been, as she was at the age of 19, diagnosed with BPD. Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, we can learn how to regulate our emotions so that we do not become out of control. 4. If you have borderline personality disorder (BPD), you might have experience with being called "obsessive.". The most inspiring thing about what she said is that Marsha Linehan, the founder of DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) recently came out as having BPD! Now she has totally disappeared from my life after just two years of marriage. , I am so glad that this letter has helped you find some more compassion and understanding for your daughter. , You have made so much progress!! I wish you all the best. intense mood swings including outbursts of anxiety, anger and depression. But I would like to point out that I am not (neither are other people with this disorder) hopeless to date. They may do this without regard for others or possible consequences. Furthermore, symptoms of BPD often manifest themselves as true emotional (and often times physical) abuse toward the children of those who suffer from the disorder. You can now share your poetry (or poetry you love) by using the hashtag #MightyPoets. Debbie, Hi Damask thank you so much for taking the time to write such a beautiful comment. It gives me hope.x. Starting therapy can be daunting, and the person needs to make the decision for themselves, but your letter, and other people's experinces here can inspire hope in others, and help them through difficult times. My intention was to describe the difficulty while remaining brief. I wish I knew more about BPD before my wife left..I miss herwish I could have done more. ", As an adult who is trying to work past the damage that was done growing up with a BPD mother reading the last part of your response made me cry. It makes a difference for us!! But for what it's worth you're brave for writing this letter, and i hope for the people who are genuinely affected by this condition, they are heard supported and loved as they definitely don't need anymore shit. Perhaps he still loves me and he still wants to try (I think he's been having a breakdown anyway, due to his father being very ill and the chance he'll be homeless when his dad dies). I am not really able to offer guidance, as I am just a peer with the BPD diagnosis, but as I've recommended to another reader, you may want to contact Amanda Smith of Hope for BPD at: (941) 704-4328. I'm fortunate enough to have a man in my life who is willing to put up with my ups and downs, how mean I can be for no reason so many things. The sort of help I needed. 4. Its as if we havent outgrown that. An Open Letter From Myself, With BPD, To My Loved Ones. How is this possible? Terms. I have a wife and a Daughter who both have BPD wanting to die and both are in Psych Wards. You remember in high school those kids who went from liking rock music to pop to goth, all to fit in with a group dressing like them, styling their hair like them, using the same mannerisms? That is what a fight with a loved one feels like, or how intensely they can feel love for a single person. Mind Australia Borderline Personality Disorder Family and Carer Group. Thank you so much. I am 26 years old, I live in Wichita, KS, and I live with my father because I cannot live alone. and constructing a gulf of silent hostility between us as a way to soothe the slashed open scars of previous . Thank you for sharing especially during your own struggles. You deserve to feel safe. I am about to go to my brothers wedding and a ton of my family will be there. The more people are aware and care, the more people we can help. My wife says she is learning a lot but she is still barking orders and yelling and telling me I am not doing things right on her behalf. A trigger is something that sets off in our minds a past traumatic event or causes us to have distressing thoughts. 7. The mind is very complex. I just completed my first year, and everything wasn't as perfect as I hoped it would be. Thank you so much for your openess, dedication and help. I am so incredibly happy that you have found some hope! 1. A, The mind is very complex. I have beeen through 3 years of DBT therapy and figuring out who i am and how i came to have this horrible disorder. There were some days I was too depressed to go to school or to study, and there were many times I thought "how can I help others if I'm such a mess?" I loved this!!! But I'm learning how to deal with it, thanks in part to resources such as this open letter. This message is what he's been trying to tell me for the last two years and I've just never understood why he would stay with me when I have my BPD episodes, but this helps me understand. I just wish more people were aware of how damaging the things they say really are to anyone with any kind of mental illness. My wife tried to take her life 16 days ago. I have found some wonderful resources but they are all for the person affected by the BDP subhuman (heh). I would be pleased to sent it to you. I worked as part of a DBT team during the last few years before my retirement. Our 25 year old daughter tried to kill her self last night also. I handle things differently thru all the therapy and med changesI still wish it to go away..since now have Bipolar tendencies and PTSD isn't this all pretty much the same stuff and the rollercoaster is ongoing? Encourage self-care. My significant other felt the same way as yours that therapy was a waste of time and money, until I finally showed progress and began getting better through DBT. Yes, YOU can imagine. Thank you, and may the knowledge you acquire now help you to build a life worth living from here and forward. Also, I am very grateful FOR my boyfriend and your article. Armon, what a kind, loving husband you are. If BDP people are triggered into the abyss of misery, then so are we. We are ordinary people who care for someone with BPD. this was so encouraging. Hi Sarah and John. Even our perception that abandonment is imminent can cause us to become frantic. I feel like he doesn't understand that it's a process it will take a long time. It's hard. Children are malleable, they are clay being shaped by their parents and by their experiences. Symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) at work can vary, including the different ways that these symptoms can affect your job performance and ability to "fit in" with your coworkers. The struggle of those with BPD relationally, is rooted in a proverbial no-win situation. I can't believe they still employ me (which reminds me I'm am Thee master of self-sabatoge)Every day I am paranoid, anxious, overwhelmed. I just love this letter. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. Its difficult, after all, to relate to others properly when you dont have a solid understanding of yourself and who you are, apart from everyone else around you. I truly love her, but this is getting old real fast. I never agreed with the diagnosis either for myself and realized I actually have complex PTSD. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Every single time you bring me back down when I'm fighting through a trembling and breathless panic attack that makes absolutely no sense to you. I don't see what that has to do with anything. What stands out for me is HOPE! I wish you peace. I'd use this (edit it of course) if I was getting the help I need. I have only receintly learned of BDP when searching for answers to why my relationship was not able to progress. This insidious illness is as we know is the relationship killer. Refresh the page, check Medium 's. Email: bpdfamilyconnections@gmail.com. You live in unbearable psychic pain most of the time and in severe cases on the border between reality and psychosis. Refresh. Thank you for expressing so eloquently and non-judgmentally what (I bet) so many with BPD wish they could say to friends and loved ones. I think you are the first Norwegian to tell me about her BPD blog. Yes, it's good to have a job so that i'm out of the house and not laying in bed all day. If it was just a figure of speech, please know that you can make choices to take care of YOU and to prioritize which relationships come first in your world. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Dear people, I have a professional translation of the letter in Dutch. Thank you for sharing your experience, and wishing you healing and recovery in your family. In addition to learning more about BPD and how to self-care around it, be sure to do things that you enjoy and that soothe you, such as getting out for a walk, seeing a funny movie, eating a good meal, taking a warm bath whatever you like to do to care for yourself and feel comforted. Thank you so much for this letter. Sometimes the best thing to do, if you can muster up the strength in all of your frustration and hurt, is to grab us, hug us, and tell us that you love us, care, and are not leaving. Thank you so much for your comment and for sharing your own progress. My heart breaks every day for them. Currently, my BPD symptoms are worsening. One must only have 5 symptoms out of 9 to qualify for a diagnosis, and the combinations of those 5-9 are seemingly endless. The one thing I would add is that people with BPD need to recognize that no matter the rationale for their actions, they do hurt people, and hurt people have a right to their feelings as much as people with BPD have a right to their own feelings. We may take on the attributes of those around us, never really knowing who WE are. As a result, people with BPD frequently experience emotional invalidation that is, others react to their emotions as if those emotions are not valid or reasonable. My mom and dad talked about my fear of abandonment and decided not to go on long vacations together anymore, because I always become unstable when they do. While these cries for help should be taken seriously, we understand that you may experience burn out from worrying about us and the repeated behavior. Punishment and revenge are central to the manifestation of what Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is and means when it comes to relationships. Anxiety about relationships, making efforts to avoid being abandoned. There is a FUTURE, just DONT GIVE UP, be STRONG, get HELP. Just be there for her in the end when she needs you. What the person with borderline personality disorder will do is they will make the five calls and immediately attempt a sixth." . When crises occur, family members can help achieve emotional stability by encouraging slow breathing to reduce pressure. Happy for you both. Forgot those important facts. I may feel hopeless, but I dont want other people to. Sometimes I feel understanding. I am a DBT therapist and work on an intensive DBT unit with adolescents. But please know that at the very same time that we are pushing you away with our words or behavior, we also desperately hope that you will not leave us or abandon us in our time of despair and desperation. She has left several times before, but this time I don't see a reunion. Once calm, the family can together have an open discussion and achieve setting small goals for the person with BPD. Juliette Virzi. Hope can be returned. I'm very grateful for his letter, Christine. Borderline personality disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), is a serious mental health condition that prevents someone from being able to control. It felt as though my very real issues were being labelled as some sort of 'mood swing'. Celebrities and Famous People With Borderline Personality Disorder. I quit writing. I am wondering what to do to help her. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. It sounds like your Mom cares to find out what's happening for you. I am borderline, but also bipolar, which I take medication for. I think about dying every single day. I haven't spoken to him for a week., and he hasn't contacted me. It's common to experience other mental health problems and experiences alongside BPD, which could include: Anxiety and panic attacks Depression Eating problems Dissociative disorders Psychosis or hearing voices Bipolar disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or complex PTSD Sleep problems That is certainly not easy. I have successfully alienated my oldest who is 12 and see how my behaviors are effecting my youngest who is 7. Not what i wanted but almost lost all since of myself. My father had the ability, life experience, and the perspective needed to know this blame was unfounded. All the feelings of worthlessness came flooding back into my head. I believe we could work at our enmeshment together and make this work. Be somewhere. I knew I had been depressed earlier but nothing major to me. SANE Helpline. Harder than bringing up 4 kids and being away from them for long periods. Thanks. Brea, it can be really difficult when financials are suffering, but there are many people out there self-teaching the skills until such a time that they can afford to go to groups or individual DBT. If you want a copy email me: dutch.christine@gmail.com. My wife said that now that IOP has ended she is taking one PTSD class a week. You *can* overcome this disorder! She is restarting DBT group in a few weeks. People with BPD have various triggers that can set their symptoms in motion. She has latched onto a fiction that I was mentally abusive towards her and refuses to co-parent in the interest of our son. I also shared this letter with my husband so that maybe he will have a better understanding of what I go through. I keep reading things about how we cant love and that people should stay well clear of us, thankyou for writing this, my ex split with me, a week ago nd ive signed over my house coz she has nowhere to go, she jus thinks im trying to get back with her and has been told to cut all ties coz I will make her life hell, just feel so alone. Debbie now teaches the DBT skills that helped change her life over at. Can't take their word for anything. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. I am so glad that you believe it will be helpful. She is educated and successful, and to all the other people in her life, except for close family, she seems confident and put together. Should I also even bother being a counselor if I am like this? Now that we are divorced with a shared custody agreement for our son, she has become impossible to deal with. She often tears into me at the slightest provocation (one night a couple of weeks ago, for example, she said she needed some time alone, and locked herself in our bedroom. I asked myself, how can someone with four beautiful children and a stunning wife feel this way? This situation has been devastating because we were planning to get married and I wanted nothing more than that but her unwillingness to even realize that there could be something and act is what made me left, also because I was already showing signs of burn out such as anxiety, insomnia and depression that led me to my own therapy. It was a touch and go for 3 days. Appointments 866.588.2264. I'm always fascinated and encouraged to see persons with BPD who accept the diagnosis and are embracing treatment. It helped with a lot of other symptoms. That evening I spoke to a LCSW who was able to confirm that all her actions (plus a prior divorce, SI, estrangement from her children, abusive father and ex-boyfriends, etc.) A Brief Look at My Life with Borderline Personality Disorder. It can indeed be inspiring to read these stories. i was wondering if you could answer something for me though. I have grown up loving my mother who struggles with BPD. I am a mess. But its not your fault. Personal trainer. This is called dissociation. Can you get it without having a BPD Dx on your file? Ive not recovered fully from this. It's only a matter of time before DBT is more readily available and accesible. I admire all of you, everyone of you, that can speak out! I have BPD but don't currently have any medical insurance to be treated. Smiles, Well here goes. After reading this letter i feel that i myself wrote most of it. People with BPD traits often have "object permanence" issues - "out of sight is out of mind". Thank you for sharing it and passing it along! I'm in a therapeutic community in the UK which is really helping, it's 3 days a week. I am going to send him this link and I hope he reads it and it helps him to understand that I'm not a monster but instead struggling with a disorder. Doesnt Mean Everything is Your Fault (Gas Lighting, Adult Bullies, and Narcissism). Or if you don't deserve that because there is nothing for them to "understand" because i have no real excuse for being this weak pathetic crazy annoying and hurtful person? This is how people in our BPD community explained these five classic BPD behaviors that are commonly mistaken for being "manipulative": 1. This blog is a torment to me because it makes me think he could change. I'd be honored if you shared it with your DBT Group and therapist (and your family!). Thank you for writing this. I had alter egos and they were the fun ones but I was not me anymore. We were always extremely close, until she got involved in a highly stressful abusive relationship. Thanks again. I have lost my best friend and the love of my life to untreated bpd and have been in agony while she instantly moved on. She blames our divorce completely on me, taking no responsibility at all. Ive read that DBT could be the answer to her unpredictable behaviour and fears, the problem is that we were stuck in a step before. You may find that difficult to believe, since we may lash out at you, switch from being loving and kind to non-trusting and cruel on a dime, and we may even straight up blame you. I just want to add another thank you for writing this. If you have BPD, you may have had work experiences that upset you, the people who worked with you, or both. If my sister would actually seek out the help she really does need, instead of expecting everyone to conform to her ideas and expectations, I would be a little more hopefully. And a couple days ago I put my guitar away and said, Im done.. ive been through the same, she knows she has it but cant have anyone know, she cant have people think shes not perfect and happy. I know someone with BPD and reading the blogs of people who have BPD and are writing their inner thoughts help me to understand what is going through the mind of someone who has BPD. I am sorry that my borderline personality disorder (BPD) got in the way of our family and us. I thought life was hopeless and i would always feel the way i do. Tell us how mental illness has affected your life. And it felt like nothing I could ever do to try to improve myself would ever matter to the people I cared for, because of everything that had happened in my past. No one is perfect and no one has life figured out, we are all troubled in some way. Thank you, and best wishes for the future. I'm looking forward to reading more of your blog. Just let her know I sent you, and she'll be happy to help you get started. It's all chaos. So for the next two months she drove an hour each way to attend IOP. This is the hardest thing of all for me to overcome. Get hand-picked resources and highlights from our Mighty community straight to your inbox. Why? Please give yourself time and hold on in hope. Life is such a struggle. Unfortunately, many kids of BPD's become BPD themselves because they learn the thought patterns, behaviors, and unstable feelings as a normal way to be. Explore the different options for supporting our mission. Your lack of emotional control leads you to damage your relationships, leading people to walk away from it, which exacerbates the abandonment issues that are a part of your disorder. Last week however i still was in the dark and thought i was just depressed. DBT stories from people around the world recovering from BPD. People with this type of BPD may appear: Charismatic Energetic Elusive or detached Flirtatious Engaging or motivating Some example behaviors include: 1 Its not your fault. It can be hard to witness someone's pain, and one of the pitfalls for therapists is to lose faith in the person going through the therapy, particularly when building up one's own DBT skills. This letter might help on the explaining part, but the latter? Copyright 2021 NAMI. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. We may avoid you, not answer calls, and decline invitations to be around you and other times, all we want to do is be around you. In my experience, one of the most effective ways of doing this is to find someone who as gone through the DBT treatment to share some of their experiences with potential or new clients. I watched her deteriorate before my eyes and her children, too. Thanks for writing this. But I want him back. You don't understand me. Now, multiply that feeling times ten and that is what a person with BPD considers intense emotion. (BPD & The Internet), The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Wellness Planner by Amanda Smith, LMSW, Remind yourself that the persons behavior isnt your fault, Tap into your compassion for the persons suffering while understanding that their behavior is probably an intense reaction to that suffering. That with the right kind of help and support you can build a 'life worth living'. We are highly emotionally sensitive and have extreme difficulty regulating/modulating our emotions. Thank you for sharing it with this forum. , You are a brave and kind man. Maybe he'll come back to me. I was 16. I shouldn't have apologised, and this time I won't. Not easy.When she does decide to get help, and i hope she does. But working also adds more stressors to an already stressed out life. I am sorry for giving you a false perception of reality. I have the unique ability to "throw people off" my scent when they get close to calling me out on stuffThe only reason why I am here is because my oldest told me tonight that he knows that I am "unwell" and expressed himself honestly about those characteristics in my behavior that are destroying him emotionally to be fair, I am dealing with a lot of unnormal stuff, but am really unclear as to where it all ends and I begin I really have no idea, and I am miserable. While this is the basic description for BPD, the complexity of this disorder is extreme. Its hard, and my life sucks.. My blog is aggis.wordpress.com, but its in norwgian, lol. Sometimes we take a preemptive strike by disowning people before they can reject or abandon us. For example, a male with BPD may engage in frequent binge drinking of. I was seeing these people through a program that is now over. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. i haven't figured out what i think about BPD.. i've been diagnosed with it several times and as a result the system has treated me TERRIBLY. Leaving university during the recession, where there were no jobs in my chosen field, was a pretty anxious time. Instead, despite how I dread to say this, I am an outlet for her fears, insecurities and blame. You know what it's like, in a way that no therapist does, to live with BPD day in and day out. They actively seek to control the perception of BPD in the same exact way they try to control how they are perceived as individuals. Wow is all I can say!!! . After a few hours he will then realize the hurt he caused me and then he'd apologize. I am the same as you. Just a thought. Thankyou, I can only imagine the courage it must have taken for you to write this for us! My question though is that, yes i have a diagnosis and relate to so much of what you say here, but the diagnosis and 9 criteria is just a list of a way someone is. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the bedrock clinical manual of the mental health field). This letter really helped me in explaining my condition to all those around me. Now she teaches DBT, has written several books and has a blog called, Previous post: Finding peace amongst the turmoil, An Open Letter to People who do Not have Borderline Personality Disorder from Those of Us who Do, this blog (Healing from BPD by Debbie Corso), Remind yourself that the persons behavior isnt your fault, Tap into your compassion for the persons suffering while understanding that their behavior is probably an intense reaction to that suffering, Do things to take care of YOU. Thank you so much for your comment. This is known as PTSD, and it happens to a lot of us, too.). I did drink, but it always leads me to dangerous places. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. I am on the edge. It's hard not to appear defensive when she is asking for explanations as to why I've done things. I refuse to believe it. I can only hope with every breath in my body that she can be 'cured' and live a normal and happy life. Unfortunately, a few years later, the societal stigma against mental illness reared its ugly head. . I had my breakdown in 2003 at 39 yrs old went from happy and singing to feeling like I was being watched and crawled under my desk at workscared too death to come out and feeling like a little girl. After experiencing a lack of support at work, Beth became a champion for workplace mental health. The letter F. An envelope. before you all jump on me telling me i'm in denial don't want to get help etc i've done nothing but GET HELP for years. It was good to find your site. As you note, they benefit from the mystery around BPD bc they can more easily confuse people, induce sympathy and get people to excuse their abuse etc. symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder, Impulsivity and Borderline Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Recovery: What It Can Look Like. Not someone with questionable actions in their past. There are other online DBT resources starting up (I will be co-facilitating one of them!) Having empathy, or an understanding of BPD, does very little in terms of helping someone heal from, or protect themselves from, this abuse. I'm constantly dropping things I'm doing or putting myself in awkward situations so I can be there. I don't harm my self, don't act on impulse, don't fear abandonment I am no longer scared or afraid to live and love. Between my parents, family, and middle school, I have enough scarring that just won't heal up right. We havent outgrown this. Enough said. Debbie, Dave, thank you so much for taking the time to comment. If you have decided to tap into your strength and stand by your loved one with BPD, you probably need support too. All of this is new to me, just as it is with so many others, and as much as I would love the help of regular therapy I know that I have to help myself - but it is HARD. When I was told what it was, I went home and researched everything I could about it. I think all the time, but, what DO I DO?! being transgendered i was unable to get appropriate medical help because i was told my gender disphoria was "identity disturbance". Thank you for your kind comment. I have been diagnosed with BPD, Obsessive Compulsive PD, Histrionic PD, Avoidant PD, Dependant PD and Depressive. Great job!!! It's not your fault. This was very well thought out and appreciated. Whenever that happens it takes her many days to recover, during which periods she will vacillate between seeming to be okay, and seething, and saying things like "I don't trust you. He pushes me away but I can hear his cry for help. For more information, visit our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy page. You havebecome a homemaker, a mother and a wife. For me as I gained more experience and I saw the positive changes DBT can lead to, this helped me to avoid that particular trap. The author of this letter has since RECOVERED from Borderline Personality Disorder and no longer meets the criteria for a BPD diagnosis. Thanks for sharing. Maybe it wasnt all my fault like I was always told and I always believed. 1300 554 660. . The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. I had no hope in life, no future as it seemed. DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. 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