Entries by debbie
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) for Serious Issues (beyond daily distress & emotional crisis)
So we know that DBT helped me overcome BPD. Dialectical Behavior Therapy can be used to cope with every day, daily distress as well as an emotional crisis. With time, practicing DBT allows us to apply the skills to even larger life challenges — those serious situations that pop up in life that can be […]
Top 10 DBT Skills for Overcoming Alexithymia & Depression (#8 is my Favorite right now!)
Please welcome Rachel Cooper and her very first guest blog piece at Healing From BPD! From Rachel: I often get asked what skills I have learned during my time in recovery from depression, and how I cope on a day-to-day basis. TW – Trigger Warning Though I have been […]
You’re not freaking out about THAT, are you? | BPD & Overreactions
Although I technically no longer meet the criteria for a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, I still meet some of the criteria and remain (and probably always will be) an emotionally sensitive person. And, like any other human being, whether you have any type of mental health diagnosis or not, I from time to time […]
Twentysomething (& Beyond) and Borderline Personality Disorder
This week’s post includes my recent vlog on being twenty-something (& beyond) and dealing with the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. I am now in my thirties and wish I had been more receptive to accepting my diagnosis and receiving help and treatment earlier. While I can’t go back and change the past, I am now (in my thirties) in […]
Italian Transalation of Open Letter from Those of Us Who Have Borderline Personality Disorder (Disturbo Borderline di Personalità)
For the people of Italy! Thank you so much to the people of the Facebook page “Disturbo Borderline di Personalità” for this translation! (Links to this letter in English and several other languages at the bottom of the post.) Una Lettera Aperta da parte di tutti noi che soffriamo di Disturbo Borderline […]
Music: My Own Special TARDIS | BPD, and “Time Traveling” (Guest post by Alma)
I have always loved music: playing it, singing it, and listening to it. Emotionally, of all my pastimes, I have found music the most evocative in terms of conjuring memory. When I was growing up I was selectively mute for many years. Music became the way that I expressed myself. It helped me to survive. […]
Got Anxiety? Top 5 Easy Tips That Can Work NOW
If you’re suffering from anxiety today, I want you to know you’re not alone. I am, too. No, I don’t think it will make you feel better to know I’m being affected in this way — but sometimes it helps to know that even people who we consider to be “strong” also can […]
BPD Recovery in Reality: Sometimes We Slip Up (and it’s only human)
Okay. I’m not trying to make a bigger deal of this than it is, but I wanted to share something with you. As most of you know, I am in recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder. I no longer meet enough of the criteria to have a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. With this in […]
Start off the New Year with DBT Skill of Contributing
We recently talked about the important role of self-care in our well being, and I continue to maintain that this is a priority. While we are doing doing that, we can still serve others, but from a place of feeling like our own cup is full, or in the example of air travel, that our own oxygen mask […]
