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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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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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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 [Note: This post was published in 2021.] 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 […]
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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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How I Overcome Regressions in BPD Recovery
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[Note: This post was published in May 2021.] 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 […]
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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 [Note: This post was published in December 2020, before I was in remission.] 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, […]
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BPD Episodes 101: Everything You Need to Know
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[Note: This post was published in July 2020, before I was in remission.] People with BPD are often labelled as dramatic, attention seeking or crazy. While it may look that way from the outside sometimes, what’s going on inside is A LOT more complex. What people with BPD need—especially during BPD episodes, is patience, validation, […]
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