Life Living With Borderline Personality Disorder
"A crucial element of the real self is its unconditional acceptance of itself." -Michael Adzema "People with Borderline Personality Disorder are like people with third degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch of movement." -Marsha Linehan I chose these quotes to start with because for the longest time I have hidden my diagnose of Borderline Personality Disorder and at the same time time have felt like I'm a burning alive. For some reason it has always been much easier to share I suffer from depression, anxiety, and PTSD, but I never share about BPD becasue it comes wtih incredible stigma. In order to heal I need to share and hopefully light a path for others living with this illness to not live in shame. I will get into more detail about what exactly Borderline Personality Disorder is in further posts. For now I will share that it causes intense emotiuonal dysregulation in me and impulsity.