BPD awareness month

Hey @Sally77, welcome to the Forums and thank you for sharing your experiences with the community!

It sounds like you have been through a lot over the years and that you are very resilient and brave. It takes courage to be able to share our challenging experiences with the community and I appreciate your vulnerablility.

You may also like to introduce your self here: https://saneforums.org/t5/Welcome-and-getting-started/Welcome-Introduce-yourself-here/m-p/1149480

I encourage you to continue to share your experiences with your peers and I believe they may have some insights to share!

Take care

RiverSeal

Hey @Sally77, thank you for adding this discussion point for the community!

This highlights that people who experience mental health have self-determination and demonstrates the value of lived experience. This names a painful situation and ask's an uncomfortable question whilst seeking connection with your peers.

I believe that the community will have some insights to share with this question!

Thanks again 🙂

RiverSeal

Oh my eldest daughter she used have soooooo much rage she'd punch holes in the walls wed always have plaster the holes up she was so so violent. She's alot more mellow now actually a disability worker now and loves her job 🙏

@Artgirl-80laun since rage can be part of BPD they teach that its not the persons fault, i dont knwo if this helps 😞 i used to scream at my Mum a lot when i was younger, and my Mum thought I had BPD.

Really I was very traumatised and couldn't express myself at all, as I was constantly shut down.

I hope your daughter is doing great, support work is a wonderful job 🙂

@Sally77 people with borderline personality are maligned in public health systems, in certain situations, in my experience.

I think this says more about the staff, and their ability to manage complex settings. Not everything is an easy fix. And that's not a bad thing - just different.

I used to always say this when i was abused at my public m ental health setting - they make it like treating complex trauma is so so hard, but its not that its so hard, its just different. Some conditions respond to medicationa nd some don't - BPD doesn't - but that doesn't make it harder - just different. Ironically, I think a lot of doctors have personality disorders, from my experience. I think its a more common disorder than ppl think, but the treatments just aren't there.