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25-01-2022 07:11 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
Look forward to learning alongside our community tonight and hearing your insights from experience 🙂
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25-01-2022 07:12 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
Thanks @Daisydreamer
as a person with BPD i find it hard for hubby to understand. so what could i do for hubby to understand BPD a bit better. I feel that the carers must find it extremely difficult to know what to do because of our fluctuating emotions.
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25-01-2022 07:13 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
So let’s start with, What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
In lay terms, BPD is a mental health condition that affects thought and behaviour patterns in a way that hinders functionality in society. Put it this way… if a person with BPD (pwBPD) lived on an island all by themselves, no one would know their BPD existed. The marked difference between a borderline and a non-borderline is their ability to form and maintain healthy relationships. So, when another person is placed on this island… it’s great at first, but soon, things change…
Would I have BPD if I existed on my own island?
As carers, maintaining healthy relationships with a pwBPD can pose a challenge. Let’s hear from you.
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25-01-2022 07:14 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
Some of our amazing members have already started to talk about this next question 🙂 For those just joining in the community: What has been your experience of caring for someone living with BPD?
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25-01-2022 07:17 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
i can answer that on behalf of my hubby !!!! my fits of rage, my emotions going up and down
"walking on eggshells"
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
Just finding out what the illness is took me 39 years
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25-01-2022 07:18 PM - edited 25-01-2022 07:18 PM
25-01-2022 07:18 PM - edited 25-01-2022 07:18 PM
Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
@Determined carer burnout is so challenging, and it's okay to still be working your way out of it today 💛
I'd love to know what you've done to take care of yourself during this period (which may come up as a question later as well!)? Burnout and self care is so important to talk about!
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25-01-2022 07:19 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
Hi @PTG don't worry it took me 45 years to find out I had BPD
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25-01-2022 07:19 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // Supporting loved ones living with BPD // Tuesday 25th January, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT
Very good point @BlueBay .
I've often questioned - if i was caring for someone with BPD, would I stick around? How would it affect me?
Over the years, I come to appreciate that carers stay around because they CARE. Being a carer for a person with BPD can be so rewarding. Strengths in carers come to light when caring for someone with BPD. We will be looking at some of these strengths later.
I can see your hubby can see the beautiful side of you. Remember, you are not your diagnosis. There is a part of you that means so much more to your husband than your BPD.
What do you think?
tyme