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Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:<p>Hi everybody,</p><p>Forgive me everyone, but it's <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> time again already.</p><p>My pleas to the store manager at work that she make myself and a fellow associate team leads went completely unacknowledged aside from what seems like a slightly more distant, less friendly vibe. They were too busy conducting interviews of interns for said position.</p><p>Free from and unencumbered by hope of any advancement, I'm now faced with the prospect of continuing on like this indefinitely, or to try and develop an action plan to get us out of the poor house.</p><p>In the meantime, I was off work today, which means I'm short by around $30 for tomorrow night's motel stay.</p><p>I'm so tired. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a> </p><p>If you're willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can't donate, *do NOT feel guilty* for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings about it are valid but rest assured you needn't feel bad.</p><p>Venmo: <a href="https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">venmo.com/thegizmotwins</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Cashapp: <a href="https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cash.app/$thegizmotwins</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>PP: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>GFM: <a href="https://gofund.me/12171be3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gofund.me/12171be3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Chronic Illness Humor Funny<p>Older people love to give unsolicited medical advice that's been obsolete for 30+ years. No, Maude, I'm not getting a lobotomy.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicillnesshumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillnesshumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealthhumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealthhumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bpdhumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bpdhumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bpd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicallyill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicallyill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicaladvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicaladvice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unsolicitedadvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unsolicitedadvice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unsolicitedmedicaladvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unsolicitedmedicaladvice</span></a></p>
Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:<p>UPDATE: The good news is we received a couple of very generous donations, for which we are immensely grateful.</p><p>The bad news is, I didn't realize they had me scheduled off work for three days in a row until this morning, so I had to dip into those funds to cover our motel room. I just ran out of my antidepressant, my partner used his last medicinal cannabis dose last night, and of course yesterday I went crazy and spent $80 on groceries so we could have something to eat besides plain ham sandwiches and baked potatoes.</p><p>So.. I'm disappointed to admit I've had to increase the goal for this fundraiser to take all of this into account. I'm sorry.</p><p>-----------------------------------------------</p><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>For the zillionth time I must again request some <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> help. We're past due on auto insurance again, the storage unit is due next week, I've got to get emissions done on my car and my partner's been going without phone service for several weeks which aggravates his <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a>-related anxiety since we only have the one vehicle. </p><p>On top of all of that, I'm off today (which is good because yesterday was.. _rough_ at work with exactly half the necessary crew coverage) so as it stands right now, we're $30 short to even cover our motel room in the morning, let alone all the other expenses.</p><p>The good news is my hours at work are starting to pick up again; in roughly three weeks I'll be getting close to 40hrs. I hope to hell that coverage is better as well or I might not survive it.</p><p>I wish I had the spoons to work another job to help make ends meet; I can barely manage this one. I'm so exhausted after last night I'm pretty sure I would've had to call out today anyway.</p><p>I'm struggling to resist the urge to feel ashamed of being a leech to the community here, but today seems a little more difficult for some reason. Maybe it's just the stormy weather being a little dreary, or the fact that I'm emotionally and physically depleted for less than $16/hr and therefore still don't even have enough money to stay housed without the help of charity, let alone any other needs like phone service to help my partner feel safer despite his PTSD or the storage unit containing nearly all our possessions or even basic fucking toiletries.</p><p>Aaanyway.. let's try to focus on the positive, shall we? We are reserved here through the end of August and our goal is to find an apartment or roommates (or a polyamorous partner to help with the bills and cuddles - haha) by then. Honestly we love living here and it isn't *outrageously* expensive at this point in comparison to the redonkulously high apartment rental prices, but it's very precarious - we lose this cheaper rate if we're not on time every single day.</p><p>We've now been here at this motel for almost six full calendar months since we were jettisoned from the bad place. My partner is making modest progress coping with his PTSD every single day because it's been like an oasis for us. I've started behaving more like an adult, despite my raging <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a>. None of this would be possible without the help of our benefactors.</p><p>We don't want to lose the momentum we've gained recently, and if we can take care of a few of these monetary stressors I think it would be beneficial for both my partner and me. It would at least allow me to focus on feeling bad about other things besides my digital panhandling.. err, it would allow me to at least focus on getting us moved to something more permanent this summer.</p><p>So.. as usual, my very, very long story short: if you're willing AND able, please consider donating to any of the links below to help us stay housed and legally insured. As always, if you're unable to donate - don't sweat it! Just hit "boost" because spreading the word is still a crucial aspect of fundraising.</p><p>Please forgive me everyone for still doing this again and again.. I swear we're trying our damnedest.</p><p>Thank you everyone for your help.</p><p>Venmo: <a href="https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">venmo.com/thegizmotwins</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Cashapp: <a href="https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cash.app/$thegizmotwins</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>PP: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>GFM: <a href="https://gofund.me/12171be3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gofund.me/12171be3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dreadful Sanity :heart_pan:<p>Time for a new <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> post. </p><p>Hiya. 👋 I'm Dreadful Sanity aka Mel, a level 47 gamer from Germany. <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Videogames</span></a> keep me basically from going completely crazy and therefore alive. I'm <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a>, suffering from debilitating <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/migraines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migraines</span></a> most days of the week. I also have <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> which means my brain is usually going all over the place. And last but not least, there is some <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> mixed into the mess that I am. Beware of that.</p><p>The games that I usually alternate through are...<br><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Warcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warcraft</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/DragonAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragonAge</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/MassEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassEffect</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Cyberpunk2077" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk2077</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/TheSims4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSims4</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/BaldursGate3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaldursGate3</span></a></p><p>Though every now and then I will play something new. Or different. </p><p>I think that's all. 👉 👈 😊</p>
Chronic Illness Humor Funny<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicallyill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicallyill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autoimmune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoimmune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bpd</span></a></p>
Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:<p>UPDATE: Good morning, everyone. Here's a breakdown of our progress so far, thanks to everyone's incredible generosity:</p><p>Storage unit: Paid. Our possessions are safe.<br>Phone: Paid. My partner can now still reach me if urgent.<br>Motel room: Tonight and tomorrow paid.<br>Groceries: We have a modest amount on hand (which is a huge improvement)</p><p>We've accomplished all of our original goals with this fundraiser and then some, but now I must humbly ask everyone to rally with us to get our car insurance reinstated.</p><p>I realize that doesn't sound as urgent as everything else but it makes me incredibly nervous. It's the biggest hurdle we have right now, it keeps us even more isolated than our usual hermit lifestyle and is probably exacerbating our various mental ills.</p><p>Plus there seems to be a slight bump in hours at work which might help us stay current if we can just get this huge initial payment out of the way. It's obscene that we're paying almost 50% more because of my credit history, but it's still the cheapest policy around so what choice do I have?</p><p>Therefore I've reset the goal and included what was left from the original. I'm sorry this is such a big ask but it would mean the world to me if we can meet it. (UPDATE: Only $100 remaining!!)</p><p>Tldr; I need the community's help getting our car insurance reinstated. It would bring us huge peace of mind and -- barring any unforeseen disasters -- might be slightly more likely for us to keep current thanks to (cautious) optimism about our situation.</p><p>----------------------------------------------</p><p>Hi everyone.</p><p>It's once again time for me to plead with the Fediverse for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a>. I'm reaching the end of my rope trying to keep up with everything. We've been even more isolated than usual due to having no car insurance which isn't helping our <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a> (es). I'm still being scheduled lower hours at work -- just enough to rob me of any spoons for anything besides work, but not quite enough to actually survive.</p><p>Our storage unit with all our possessions is past due and in danger. We're almost out of groceries. My phone service just got cut off which makes my vulnerable partner nervous in case there's an emergency. My shift at work tonight won't be quite enough to cover tomorrow's room payment. And I'm apparently going to need to just pop ibuprofen like candy indefinitely for this broken molar.</p><p>One small spot of good news: My partner has been incredibly brave having run out of edibles for his <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a>. He's been out for nearly a week now which in the past would be unthinkable, his anxiety would become so severe he'd vomit until he was dehydrated after only a couple of days.</p><p>I swear I'm trying, everyone.. I really want to just give up but I'm trying my best despite this stupid fucking <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a>-addled brain of mine. (I really wish I could get the hang of dissociation.)</p><p>Anyway.. to get us back to not feeling like we're totally drowning would require closer to $800, but I realize that's outrageously excessive, so instead my goal is to at least get our storage unit current and my phone service back up which sadly is also still excessive.</p><p>Please forgive me for the thousandth time, but if anyone is willing AND able to help us please donate to any of the links below. </p><p>If you AREN'T able to contribute, I beg you please DO NOT feel guilty or ashamed. Obviously I couldn't help you any more than you can help me, if our situations were reversed; so if all you can offer is a boost then boost away with a clear conscience because sometimes <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solidarity</span></a> is literally the best folks like us can do right now.</p><p>Venmo: <a href="https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">venmo.com/thegizmotwins</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Cashapp: <a href="https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cash.app/$thegizmotwins</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>PP: penguinpower8182@gmail.com<br>GFM: <a href="https://gofund.me/12171be3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gofund.me/12171be3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Chronic Illness Humor Funny<p>Artist: ChronicallyMeh on Insta<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicillnessmemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillnessmemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicillnesshumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillnesshumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autoimmune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoimmune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicallyill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicallyill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spoonie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spoonie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spoonielife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spoonielife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spooniememes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spooniememes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalillness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/depressed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depressed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bpd</span></a></p>
Moritz Bartl<p>Wechsel zwischen Wut, Schmerz und Schuldgefühlen </p><p>"Ist die erste Erleichterung über die Trennung abgeklungen und beginnt der Partner langsam sein eigenes Leben wieder zu ordnen, ist er in den meisten Fällen einem Wechsel von starken Wut-, Schmerz- und Schuldgefühlen ausgesetzt. Zum einen ist da die Wut auf die Borderline-Persönlichkeit, zum anderen die Wut auf sich selbst, sich auf eine derart zerstörerische Beziehung eingelassen zu haben. Diese Gefühle werden abgelöst von dem eines großen Schmerzes, einen überaus geliebten Menschen verloren zu haben. Es entstehen auch immer wieder große Schuldgefühle, die Borderline-Persönlichkeit verstoßen, mit der Krankheit alleine gelassen zu haben und mit Befürchtungen der Partner könnte sich nun etwas antun.</p><p>In der Phase der Wut erinnert sich der Partner an alle destruktiven Handlungen, die er über sich ergehen lassen musste. Seien es Beschimp-fungen, Demütigungen, Erpressungen, seelische oder körperliche Gewalt. Man hat das Gefühl, unglaublichen Schrecklichkeiten ausgesetzt gewesen zu sein. Man möchte schreien vor Wut, hat vielleicht Gewaltphantasien gegen den Partner. Erzürnt sich über die Menschen, die den Partner zum Borderliner gemacht haben, die ihn zerstörten und man nun selbst unter der Vernichtung der armen Seele leiden muss. Man gerät in Rage, wie es sein kann, dass ein Mensch einen anderen auf skrupelloseste Weise manipulieren kann. Sind eventuell noch Kinder mit im Spiel und werden sie, wie üblich, als Machtinstrument missbraucht, bricht die Wut noch viel stärker hervor und ist gepaart mit einem Gefühl des hoffnungslosen Ausgeliefertseins auf Jahre hinaus. Eine andere Variante der Wut, die auch immer wieder auftaucht, ist der Zorn auf sich selbst, warum man es zugelassen hat, dass ein anderer Mensch einen zerstört. Häufig wird den Partnern hier erst bewusst, in welch tiefer Abhängigkeit sie sich bereits befanden, dass die Abhängigkeit bereits so groß war, dass sie die Zerstörung an sich selbst nicht einmal mehr richtig bemerkten. Ebbt die Wut ab, stellen sich wieder Schuldgefühl ein. Man klagt sich an bis hin zur Selbstzerfleischung. Man kann sich selbst nicht verzeihen.</p><p>Und dann kommt der tiefe, tiefe Schmerz, einen geliebten Menschen verloren zu haben. Sich den Menschen aus dem Herzen herausgerissen zu haben. Die Partner erinnern sich an die schönen Zeiten. Die schönen Erlebnisse, die Nähe, die Liebe, den besten Sex des Lebens, die Anerkennung, an das „aufgeräumt sein". Manchmal ist die Erinnerung an die Borderline-Partnerin/den Borderline-Partner auch nach Monaten noch so frisch, als hätte man sie/ihn erst vor einer Stunde noch gesehen, gefühlt und sei ihr/ihm nahe gewesen. Es entsteht ein unendlich tiefes Trauergefühl. Dieses wird häufig noch vom Gefühl der Hoffnungslosigkeit begleitet, denn wenn ein Partner einer Borderline-Persönlichkeit, die Destruktivität der Beziehung wirklich erkannt hat, weiß er, dass es kein Zurück mehr gibt, denn das wäre die absolute Selbstaufgabe, zu vergleichen mit dem eigenen Tod. Auch diese Tatsache ist bei den meisten „normalen" Trennungen anders, hier kann der Trauernde immer noch hoffen, wenn er will. Die Tränen, die in „selbstgewählter" Hoffnungslosigkeit geweint werden, sind nicht wirklich erleichternd. Wenn sie fließen, schmerzen sie zwar, aber sie reinigen nicht die Seele, wie die Tränen, die in Hoffnung geweint werden.</p><p>Während der nächsten Wochen und Monate werden Sie immer wieder hin- und her gerissen zwischen den Gefühlen. Einen Tag fühlen Sie sich vielleicht stärker und sind sachlicher, bis Sie am darauf folgenden eventuell die Wut übermannt. Am nächsten Tag werden Sie durch irgendetwas an Ihre Liebe erinnert und Trauer und Schmerz wird Sie überkommen.<br>Am darauf folgenden Tag wiederum empfinden Sie vielleicht Schuldgefühle oder Scham. Oder es taucht wieder in großen Lettern die Frage auf: WARUM?</p><p>Haben Sie eine gewisse Zeit die wechselnden Gefühlsbäder von Wut, Schmerz und Schuldgefühlen und die endlosen Fragen nach dem Warum durchlebt, werden Sie eine Phase der inneren Lähmung erfahren. Denn nach einer gewissen Zeit werden Sie erschöpft sein, es satt haben, ständig wechselnden Gefühlen ausgesetzt zu sein und keine befriedigende Antwort auf Ihre Fragen gefunden zu haben. Sie werden sich fragen, wie lange das noch so weitergehen soll, wann Ihre Borderline-Partnerin/Ihr Borderline-Partner endlich aus Ihrem Kopf und vor allem aus Ihrem Herzen verschwunden sein wird. Vielleicht werden Sie das Gefühl haben, dass das Leben draußen an Ihnen vorüberzieht. Vielleicht werden Sie sich aus Ihrem sozialen Gefüge zurückziehen, weil Ihnen alles zu viel ist.</p><p>Später stellt sich eine neue Frage aus einer etwas entspannteren Perspektive: Was ist da mit mir passiert? Sie fragen sich, wie es geschehen konnte, dass ein Mensch Sie als Erwachsenen in Ihren eigenen inneren Strukturen derart erschüttern konnte, dass Sie nun Ihre Werte nicht mehr wahrnehmen können? Es könnte Ihnen vorkommen, als wären Sie einer Gehirnwäsche unterzogen worden. Es könnte ein Gefühl entstehen, dass alles in Ihrem Leben, das Sie bisher bezüglich Ethik, Moral, sinnvollem Fluchtverhalten und der Sicherheit des Geliebtwerdens über den Haufen geworfen wurde.</p><p>Es ist typisch für Angehörige, immer wieder von einem uberaus großen Schuldgefühl gegenüber der Borderline-Persönlichkeit übermannt zu werden, weil Sie sich getrennt haben, im Stich gelassen haben, gar öffentliche Schritte gegen die Person eingeleitet haben. Es ist in diesem Zusammenhang wichtig für Sie, klar zu erkennen, dass eine Borderline-Persönlichkeit Sie dazu bringen kann, Dinge zu tun, die Sie mit einem "normalen" Menschen nie tun würden. Wenn sich also deswegen wieder Schuldgefühle bei Ihnen einstellen, machen Sie sich bewusst, dass Sie sich gegen ein destruktives Verhalten Ihrer Partnerin/Ihres Partners gewehrt haben. Sie haben beispielsweise Gerichte und Polizei eingeschaltet, weil Sie den Terror nicht mehr ausgehalten haben und nicht, weil sie einem kranken Menschen Böses antun wollten. Mit ziemlicher Sicherheit hätten Sie dies ohne Grund nie getan. Die Borderline-Persönlichkeit hat die Handlungen bei Ihnen ausgelöst, nicht umgekehrt."</p><p>-- Sonja Szomoru: <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/borderline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>borderline</span></a> brach herz</p><p><a href="https://www.starks-sture-verlag.de/buecher/ratgeber/borderline-brach-herz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">starks-sture-verlag.de/buecher</span><span class="invisible">/ratgeber/borderline-brach-herz</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.traum-und-verantwortung.de/zitate/sind-wir-nicht-alle-ein-bisschen-borderline/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">traum-und-verantwortung.de/zit</span><span class="invisible">ate/sind-wir-nicht-alle-ein-bisschen-borderline/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/toxischeBeziehung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxischeBeziehung</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Narzissmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Narzissmus</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a></p>
Moritz Bartl<p>"JEDES Leugnen der emotionalen Realität eines Kindes, das heißt jeder Zwang, jede Nötigung, Druck oder Motivation der Distanzierung vom eigenen Gefühl, ist emotionale Misshandlung. Dazu zählt jede Äußerung von Bezugspersonen, die das Kind dahin nötigen, eigene Empfindungen in Frage zu stellen, sich von ihnen zu distanzieren oder sie sogar als Belastung für andere wahrzunehmen. In diesem Zusammenhang müssen auch einige typische emotional misshandelnde Äußerungen, die sich ähnlich wie der Klaps oder die Ohrfeige, als „normal“ und sogar „hilfreich“ in der Erziehung etabliert haben, kritisch hinterfragt werden.</p><p>"Du brauchst doch keine Angst haben."</p><p>Botschaft: Du fühlst falsch, deinem Gefühl kannst du nicht trauen, du brauchst andere, die dir sagen, was du fühlen sollst.</p><p>"Ein richtiger Junge weint nicht."</p><p>Botschaft: Trauer zu zeigen ist falsch, du bist dann 'nicht richtig' und wirst von anderen zurückgewiesen. Es ist besser, dieses Gefühl zu verleugnen. Trauer ist ein Gefühl für dass sich ein 'Mann' schämen muss.</p><p>"Mami hat dich wieder lieb, wenn du auch wieder lieb bist."</p><p>Botschaft: Dein Gefühl (Wut) ist schlecht, andere ziehen sich dann von dir zurück. Du wirst nur geliebt, wenn du dich ignorierst und im Sinne anderer richtig funktionierst.</p><p>[…]</p><p>Ein Mensch, der ein negatives Selbstbild verinnerlicht hat, der seine Mitmenschen und seine Umwelt als bedrohlich wahrnimmt, wird sich auch dementsprechend in dieser Welt bewegen und nach Bestätigungen seines Grundkonzeptes suchen. Selbsterfüllende Prophezeiungen bestätigen ihm dann genauso sein negatives Welt- und Lebensbild wie es im positivem Sinn bei den Menschen geschieht, die ein stabiles Urvertrauen entwickeln konnten."</p><p>-- Manuela Rösel: Mit zerbrochenen Flügeln</p><p><a href="https://www.traum-und-verantwortung.de/zitate/mit-zerbrochenen-fluegeln/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">traum-und-verantwortung.de/zit</span><span class="invisible">ate/mit-zerbrochenen-fluegeln/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Borderline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Borderline</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a></p>
⋆ʞ𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖗𝖊𝖆ʞ :verified:<p>🌟 Today's Song (1/14/25): </p><p>:youtube: Little Secrets - Passion Pit 🔊🎧</p><p>❝ 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣<br>𝘼𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙚<br>𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣<br>𝘼𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣<br>𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣<br>𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙚<br>𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮'𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚</p><p>𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩<br>𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜<br>(𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧)<br>(𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧)<br>𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚<br>𝙐𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙄 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜<br>(𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧)<br>(𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧) ❞</p><p>It's been a long time since Michael's last album. I really hope he's doing OK. Growing up on his music meant a lot to me. I don't have bipolar (even though I was diagnosed at one point, but I don't doctors are just fucking stupid sometimes), but I used to have borderline tendencies as a teenager and his music really touched me during those times. Nowdays, I'm doing so much better that I don't have to worry about it, but the music is still amazing and will always touch me.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScC_pi3PJ9k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ScC_pi3PJ9</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p><a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://blorbo.social/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a></p>
Johann 💅🏻<p>:notlikethis: C'est le moment de se refaire une petite <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> pour :aleph: s'pas ?</p><p>Je suis Johann, je vis dans l'Entre-deux-Mers, au milieu des vignes. Mon super pouvoir c’est l’administration.</p><ul><li>Je suis un mec gay cis, je vis avec mon mec et mon écaille-de-tortue.</li><li>Je fais de la photo de détail et de botanique.</li><li>Je parle de handicap psy, de ma vie avec, de pathologies au long cours. Je parle de ce qui me saoule. Je poste des trucs observationnels et des trucs de chats.</li><li>Il m'arrive de m'énerver sur des trucs sans nuance, mais je me rattrape par la suite, en général.</li><li>Il m'arrive de poster en anglais.</li></ul><p>:neofox_drake_like: Admirateur absolu de F'murrr.</p><p>Les mots-clefs :</p><p><a href="https://aleph.land/tags/photographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photographie</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/plantes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantes</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/musique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musique</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/classique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classique</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/shitpost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shitpost</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/handicap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handicap</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/caf%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>café</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/chats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chats</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/Sant%C3%A9Mentale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SantéMentale</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/jardinage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jardinage</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/postcrossing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcrossing</span></a> <a href="https://aleph.land/tags/cartes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartes</span></a></p>
˜”*°• Papigoe 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p>I have crushes but they remain closely kept secrets for if they became known, I would die of embarrassment. Welcome to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> in action. Couple that with my having NO idea when someone is flirting with me. Not that this ever happens. This is why I bought and moved on to a 10 hectare mini-farm. I am safe there.</p>
J.<p>I'm using this emotion wheel per my therapist's suggestion. I have a hard time pinpointing what I'm feeling and as I use this I'm realizing some things.</p><p>For one, it does take me some time to process it, but I can name in fairly specific terms what I'm feeling. I always thought I was naming my emotions accurately, but I'm starting to see how my tendency is to blur everything into very vague categories. Having the words to scan through instead of having to come up with them on my own seems particularly helpful. I have no proof yet if it will be beneficial to me to practice this kind of ‘labeling introspection,’ but nevertheless I'm interested in the experiment.</p><p>Being able to name the emotion specifically requires thinking about it in the moment that it's happening. If I wait and let it die down, I won't be able to access the specifics nearly as easily; it becomes more speculative. It's like dreaming and then waking up to record it—the faster you do it, the more detail it will retain. It is hard (sometimes impossible) though to pause and introspect when I'm within the strong emotions.</p><p>Another part of the problem is that I get hit with many emotions at once and so it's very difficult to parse apart the multiple feelings I'm having at one time. I can understand why there's a tendency there to lump it into one thing such as ’I feel bad’. When strong emotion hits it feels like it's checking a lot of boxes because it is and then the specifics get blurred in the storm.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/bpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bpd</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/emotions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emotions</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/introspection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introspection</span></a></p>
Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:<p>*sigh*</p><p>Good morning everyone. As I mentioned yesterday, our landlady informed us yesterday that the 25% price increase to take effect after living here for a year is in fact taking effect after living here 11 months, so I'm now scrambling to cover another $100 for rent that I wasn't anticipating.</p><p>Unfortunately this also coincides with my partner taking his last medicinal cannabis gummy last night and now today his <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a> is roaring back with a vengeance.</p><p>I don't have quite enough funds to cover a week's supply for him which means we'd need to pad the order with less effective "filler" items to hit the order minimum and he would only be properly medicated for a few days. My supply is also running quite low but his needs are far more critical.</p><p>In other words we must once again plead for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> to meet our basic needs because I'm 43yo and earning the same wages as 16yo teenagers. Without access to reliable, effective therapy my partner is in dire need of medication to manage his trauma symptoms. And it's imperative that we remit the (unexpected) remainder of this month's rent to our unstable and easily provoked landlady (who easily triggers my partner's PTSD) as soon as possible.</p><p>Please forgive me, fellow Fedizens, for my once again asking for your help on the proviso that you only do so if you are both willing AND able. We are insanely grateful regardless of the amount. Our <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> interfere with our survival and we're only surviving with the help of the global village here on the intertubes.</p><p>If you - like my partner and me - are barely scraping by without a penny to spare, remember your boosts and encouragement are also vital to helping us avoid relying so heavily on a small handful of individuals. The more we can spread out the burden the better, I say.</p><p>Able to contribute? Please venmo or cashapp @thegizmotwins (<a href="https://account.venmo.com/u/thegizmotwins" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">account.venmo.com/u/thegizmotw</span><span class="invisible">ins</span></a>).</p><p>Thank you everyone, and again I'm sorry to keep panhandling.</p><p>Edit: We've got the order placed for my partner's meds thanks to everyone's help, but I'm growing increasingly worried that our landlady may try to escalate things - potentially trying to start drama with my partner when I'm at work and he's alone and cornered - the longer we go without paying the "remainder" of this month's rent (that I wasn't aware of until yesterday), so I'm going to keep this up to humbly try and get that taken care of also.</p><p>I'm so sorry everyone. I was so proud of myself for starting to become self-sufficient, but of course the other shoe always has to drop eventually.</p>
🦋Mentally Millennial💅🏻<p>Hey, I’m back. </p><p>Still alive. </p><p>I lose my job tomorrow </p><p>So not really coping with it but have no choice </p><p>I’ll be here more soon so there’s that. </p><p>Hope you’re all well and sorry for being gone all this time 🤍</p><p>There’s been some good to the bad but it’s hard to see right now. </p><p>Stay safe 🤍 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mentalillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalillness</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillness</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fibromyalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fibromyalgia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spoonie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spoonie</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hello</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/welcomeback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welcomeback</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/endthestigma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endthestigma</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NotAloneTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotAloneTalk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bpd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BPDfam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPDfam</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/unemployed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unemployed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadTwitter</span></a></p>
Laura is not acid nor alkaline<p>Borderline personality disorder + ASD sucks hard. </p><p>One minute I’m fine, the next minute I’m in a blind rage, the next minute I’m fine, the next minute I’m unbearably depressed. </p><p>Pair that with my need to exist in my own world and not the outside world because autism. Any time someone interrupts me in my world I get super angry. If I have to exist in the outside world against my desire, I’m extremely uncomfortable. </p><p>And let’s not get started on my sensory issues. Those only add to the pain. </p><p>No, today is not a good day, why do you ask?</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bpd</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/mentalillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalillness</span></a></p>
Dr. Safari Boob<p>What is BPD or Borderline Personality Disorder? A handy guide for my community:</p><p>Typically the major symptom is emotional dysregulation - which means feeling emotions at 150%-200%. Yet paradoxically, folk with BPD struggle to define the feelings they are feeling. Also typical - complete lack of self worth. Worthlessness. What could cause this?</p><p>It's a chronic trauma response. Chronic childhood trauma usually with parents either absent or ill equipped to support their child. Sexual abuse is a common occurrence. This can lead to a child developing a heightened sense of parent's/carer's emotions to avoid negative consequences - becoming the "empath".</p><p>Diagnosis is typically a long road - the industry avoids these people and will go so far as to avoid mentioning traits in notes in an effort to shield the patient from the stigma - ultimately unhelpful. BPD folk like to 'woo' healthcare providers as another major symptom is...</p><p>Abandonment issues. Everybody leaves and the cycle feeds into itself. Self isolating to avoid losing more people. No self worth so no reason to think you're worthy of support. This is why BPD has one of the highest suicide rates 12-15% suicide with the remainder contemplating it because they see their mental health condition as the cause, not the response.</p><p>In recent years C-PTSD has become a popular patsy to side step this stigma (and believe me, there are few things in this world stigmatised as BPD) but unfortunately C-PTSD doesn't capture the scope of BPD.</p><p>Other common traits:<br>- rage (if not outward then directed inward, also not necessarily constant)<br>- substance abuse to manage symptoms<br>- dialectical (black &amp; white) thinking (technically defined as an inability to hold opposing truths or, to live in the grey area)<br>- unstable relationships<br>- impulsivity<br>- dissociation (zoning out or going numb to escape -this is the antipode of emotional dysregulation, I call it the logic prison and believe this is where most severe self damage occurs in BPD)<br>- common comorbid eating disorders (a range of these, anorexia/bulemia/orthorexia - it's about control mixed with worthlessness and self harm)<br>- self harming behaviours (very large range of these that are very confronting to people around us)</p><p>Other features:<br>- nuerodivirgent foundation (autism, ADHD, OCD)<br>- 4-6% of population affected<br>- commonly diagnosed in women but gender split is 50/50 (there are more than two genders though), men are usually forcibly diagnosed after institutionalisation or incarceration)<br>- 75% identify as queer ( BPD and how to support it needs to become common knowledge health literacy in the queer community)<br>- high tolerance to acute pain (especially self inflicted), very low tolerance to chronic pain, both physical and emotional<br>- dysregulation of pain (experienced like an emotion)<br>- a chaotic inner dialogue and an inability to process uncomfortable emotions</p><p>More:<br>- hyper fixation on "favourite persons" especially an inability to define our self without others and frantic efforts to avoid losing them<br>- "splitting" behaviour ie. switching from worship to derision &amp; often back again (creating unstable relationships) usually due to conflict but sometimes due to delusion/confusion/double empathy problem<br>- meltdowns in which mental processing is severely compromised (I call it the bottleneck)<br>- known as the most painful mental illness<br>- exceptionally poorly understood by society &amp; the mental health industry despite being more common than other well known mental illnesses<br>- social chameleons often viewed as manipulative (due to that abandonment fear)<br>- maladaptive behaviour ie. response to issues that create further problems due to an inability addressing issues that create uncomfortable emotions<br>- likely common in self-identifying alcoholics<br>- unmanageable intrusive thoughts<br>- commonly hereditary and commonly due to mentally ill parenting</p><p>A pervasive common experience is a lack of boundaries. It's not that we don't have them more that we never developed them due to grooming behaviour from carers. Poor boundaries regarding everything, very poor response when folk don't reciprocate with low boundaries. Getting better is about developing solid personal boundaries (around a stable sense of self).</p><p>Diagnosis of BPD revolves around the 9 defining traits of BPD in the DSM. This is done by psychiatrists. If you tick 5 boxes or more, you will be given the diagnosis. This leads to healthcare treating your condition as black &amp; white (the irony) depending on how you report or observation of you (OBJECTIVE). After you have the label healthcare services will be wary of you (someone that is in desperate need of consistent healthcare to recover).</p><p>Severe empathy leads to higher frequency of these people in helping professions (if not disabled by it). It's not considered a disability or disease but an affliction that is a personal responsibility. Shortened life span and decrease in quality of life due to all of the above mentioned.</p><p>How to fix it: begin to develop a sense of self. Learn to create foundations that never existed. Learn what the criteria from the DSM-V are and how it applies to you but recognise this as a response, not a foundation. Develop skills from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT - yet be aware of the similarities to ABA or Applied Behavioral Therapy). Attempt to learn about sobriety and start to manage your comorbid conditions. Reach out for support services, use everything you can access. Create art. Create LOTS of art.</p><p>Art is play. Art is self expression. When you develop an art practice you create an avenue for flow, flow is healing.</p><p>Ultimately, be kind to yourself. Learn to be kind to yourself. Shift your self talk, no more self disparaging inner monologue. Begin to develop radical self acceptance &amp; see that emotions are a construct of experience. Neural networks are highly established from a life of trauma &amp; forging new ones takes time &amp; reinforcement. Again RADICAL self acceptance. You're allowed to fuck this up, you will fuck this up, repeatedly. The objective here is not to erase this part of you but to learn to hold it with love and move forwards. You're trauma responses are valid.</p><p>A common problem is creating an identity out of the diagnosis. Diagnosis exists in the medical world to create a treatment protocol but giving someone without a sense of identity a pathology usually leads to attaching to it, the ultimate self fulfilling prophecy. You might have BPD but you are not BPD itself. That part of your picture is blank for now and you get to colour it in with what is truly authentic to who you are.</p><p>What helped me? Seeing others that had what I have. Recognising my empathy for them and realising I am equally worth that kindness, especially to my self. Deciding to cut out the people who can't or don't support you the way you need. Stop being there for them. You have to stop letting people hurt you so they won't leave. You have to stop engaging with people that don't respect your sense of self or constantly use you for their own validation. You only liked them because you saw yourself in them (literally) because you don't have your own sense of self. If they are someone you can't leave behind you need to start learning about attachment styles and tell them to concurrently heal with you. If they care, they'll listen.</p><p>If you can, access therapy that understands what BPD actually is. This is very hard to find, many people can't comprehend the scope of BPD to provide effective care. Meltdowns and rage burn bridges quickly and effectively. Just remember, you learned this, how to react like this. It was created in you, not by you. It is not you.</p><p>I changed my name. I caught the ball that my parents dropped and made the game my own. My rules. My boundaries. My self worth. </p><p>There's so much more to all of this but I couldn't have got to where I am without first understanding what I've shared. The truth is, I'm autistic with a ton of chronic trauma. This isn't recognised by the healthcare industry. I hope the autistic community can recognise this type of neurodivergence and that its misunderstanding is the foundation of so much darkness in the world.</p><p>People with BPD are fallen angels. In the darkness we only forwards our trauma but when we find the light, holy shit we get shiny.</p><p><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/borderlinepersonalitydisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>borderlinepersonalitydisorder</span></a></p>
˜”*°• Papigoe 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p>This is most certainly meh. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/shyness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shyness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bpd</span></a></p>
Steve ( He / Him ) 🏴 🦇 🇵🇸<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> violently mass arresting people at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Emerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emerson</span></a> encampement in#Boston !!!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a></p>
Kris<p>Il est temps de faire une nouvelle <a href="https://social.krisdoc.net/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> :<br>Enchantée, moi c'est Kris. J'arpente le fediverse depuis un moment maintenant. J'aime parler jeu de rôle (si vous voulez tester, n'hésitez pas à me contacter), je m'essaie parfois à la fiction interactive, la création de jeux divers. J'ai toujours plusieurs projets sur le feu. Je m'intéresse à l'histoire, aux langues et à plein de trucs que j'oublie.<br><br><a href="https://social.krisdoc.net/tags/jdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDR</span></a> <a href="https://social.krisdoc.net/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InteractiveFiction</span></a> <a href="https://social.krisdoc.net/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.krisdoc.net/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://social.krisdoc.net/tags/bpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a></p>