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An Overview of Avoidant Personality Disorder
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If you’re a reader of BPD Beautiful, you most probably either have borderline personality disorder (BPD) or know somebody close to you who has it. Or perhaps you’re just interested in the topic of personality disorders and want to know more. BPD is one of the best-known of these conditions. Much research in the personality […]
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How to Make Plans Without Triggering Your Partner with BPD
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A Common BPD Trigger Seen in BPD Relationships If you’re new here, I’m Sarah: a mom, wife and blogger formerly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. My goal for this blog is to help raise BPD awareness, dispel common BPD myths and help other people with BPD and their BPD relationships. This post touches on a […]
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I Think I Have BPD, Now What?
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“Do I Have Borderline Personality Disorder?” You’ve stumbled upon a post about borderline personality disorder, or you heard about BPD in a movie. Maybe someone you know has it, someone very similar to you. Whatever the case may be, you’ve searched ‘do I have BPD?’ or ‘I think I have borderline personality disorder’ and now […]
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4 Healthy Steps to Handle Grief
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If you haven’t already had to handle grief, you’ll deal with it at some point. A study from 2019 found 57% of Americans had grieved in the previous three years. The grieving process can last for days, weeks, months, or years; it’s different for everyone. However, you can help your grieving process with these healthy habits.
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The BPD and Narcissist Couple: What it Looks Like
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Trigger Warning: Narcissistic abuse, abuse from those with BPD traits. “Borderline” and “Narcissist” are used as a label for simplicity purposes (battlers are not defined by their diagnosis). Read at your own discretion. Why Borderlines & Narcissists Attract Each Other A big topic in the BPD community is the borderline and narcissist relationship. Ask any mental […]
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Simple Ways to Practice Self Care When You’re Introverted
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This world is a loud, bright place that is only getting bigger by the day. In some way, it seems that it’s a world for extroverts, and it can leave introverts feeling overwhelmed. That’s why it’s so important to find ways to practice self care if you’re an introvert. You need solitude to recharge, and […]
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Jobs for BPD: 92 Career Ideas
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Disclaimer: Before we dive in, I want to say that there are really no “best jobs for BPD” because we are all so vastly different. What one person may love and enjoy, another may hate. Just because we share a diagnosis does not mean we’re the same people. That’s why under the “Best Jobs for […]
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BPD Splitting: What A Devaluing Split Looks Like for Borderline Personality Disorder
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Trigger Warning: Self destructive thoughts, splitting black, invalidation, relationship argument In this post, I go over what BPD splitting is and show real life examples of splitting. I also touch on distorted thoughts a person with BPD might have during an episode. As always, please note that my experience with BPD does not reflect all people […]
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A Guide to Radical Acceptance (For People with BPD)
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Hi, I’m Sarah and I have borderline personality disorder. I use BPD Beautiful, a BPD recovery blog, to help spread awareness and to keep myself accountable in my own recovery. In this post, we’re going to talk about Radical Acceptance—a popular DBT skill that is meant to help you regulate your emotions and manage BPD […]
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BPD Books: “Book of Thoughts” by Adrianna Rangel (Q+A)
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Trigger Warning: BPD stigma, stigma by mental health clinicians Are you looking for books about BPD? Check out Adrianna Rangel’s latest book – Book of Thoughts. Living with BPD Stigma Here’s the real truth about living with borderline personality disorder: you are going to be stigmatized. By people online. By film or TV producers. By mental […]
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Saying No to Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
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Saying no to someone with borderline personality disorder can be tricky. Enforcing boundaries can result in unpredictable reactions or “BPD episodes.” If you love someone with borderline personality disorder or have a spouse with BPD, you may regularly walk on eggshells and not know when you’ll see a glimpse of BPD’s rage or feel the […]
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How I Overcome Regressions in BPD Recovery
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Back in the fall—my therapist told me that after two years of working with her on my borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms and childhood trauma, I’d made enough progress in my BPD recovery to begin decreasing services. We went from weekly sessions to bi-weekly sessions. Then we did monthly check-ins. Now, seven months later, I’m […]
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BPD Relationships: 12 Key Differences Between Toxic Relationships + Healthy Relationships
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Being in a Relationship with Someone who has BPD BPD relationships (borderline personality disorder) tend to be intense. Oftentimes a relationship with someone who has BPD is compared to being on a rollercoaster. A ride full of extreme highs and lows, twists, turns and loops. If you’re in a relationship with someone who has borderline […]
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Living with BPD and an Eating Disorder
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Trigger Warning: Purging, food restriction, treatment program, mothers with eating disorders. Read at your own discretion. BPD and Eating Disorders I’m Sarah—a 29 year mom of an elementary school aged boy with borderline personality disorder and a long history of mental illness. My eating disorder, in particular, began around the time I was 13 years old. […]
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Top 5: Songs About Depression You’ve Never Heard in 2024 (Indie, Rock & Pop )
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If you suffer with depression or anxiety, you probably like listening to music that relates to mental illness. Here are the best unknown songs about depression. All of these songs are from local musicians across the globe. Their songs are well written and well produced but more importantly, they’re relatable. If you like a song, […]
