Dealing with BPD and the stigma
I'm not sure how to phrase this but will do my best. Every time I do some research on BPD I wind up in tears bc so much of the info is how to survive me, how to recover from knowing me.... not for me to know how to improve myself and deal with this and be a better person. It makes me feel like society thinks of me as some kind of monster at worst, or at best just catastrophically broken. Just needed to share.
@paidir
Oh wow.. I'm glad I visited here because this is exactly what happened to me this morning. I went online to try to find support groups and signed off feeling like a monster.
But it's seeing posts like yours and the others who have replied reassure me that we aren't alone fighting the stigma and that we are really great people. The only thing i need to do is keep that in mind when I'm fighting with thoughts and emotions again and again, which is easier said than done.
But thank you for posting this, because now i know i'm not alone.
@Senika I'm so glad you found it helpful! I certainly am not happy others struggle with this but it does feel good to know I'm not alone in this reaction. I have multiple diagnoses but this is the one I battle the most, as it is so easy to get discouraged. We can do this!
@paidir
Thanks everyone for all your thoughtful responses! I'm so glad I shared. :)
