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RE: Woman Power?!?! A Somewhat Feminist Mental Health Challenge
I think you are the first person I've ever seen write about BPD first hand - which I think is kind of rare and really hard to do. My mom has been sort of long-distance diagnosed with BPD by 3 of my different therapists over the last 25 years (at various times, not continuously :-) and I am the one in therapy. She would never ever see a professional. You are doing a very brave and important thing by talking about this! I wish you the best!
Yeah the hard thing about BPD is being sooo normal appearing and high functioning most of the time. I'm pretty sure my mom has a few symptoms as well but its my dad who passed this joyous life to me.
Of course i havent been officially diagnosed but there are only a handful of symptoms im not experiencing and that is due to sheer will.
Funny i talk about being crazy so often that i dont feel its brave. Its more like ahhhhh light bulb!! I was blaming a lot of ppl and denying a lot of stuff as affecting me-- which is somewhat true but unrealistic. Hoping i can get some better focused DBT or CBT when i move back to PNW but idk how hard it will be to fibd an affordable therapist.
Ps check out "crazy ex girlfriend" on netflix and the book "borderline" as was siggested to me by the awesome @didic
I LOVE that show! But I guess I never looked at her through that lens...I'm looking forward to the new season coming out soon (if it isn't already out). I adore how skillfully they deal with so many issues. She is so great in so many ways, but so inexplicable in others!
Several years ago, I read a book loaned to me by a therapist called The Borderline Mother. It was quite illuminating, but I probably could do a bit more reading to really get the picture.
Anxiety is my MO.
I mean its a comedy but its all there. The beeest season is out and it was sooooooo hard for me to enjoy. I relate to the character way too much but then it was like blam-- season threee eeek