Identity disturbance is often one of the most troubling symptoms that many people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) suffer from. This past week, I had an individual session with my DBT therapist, where I discussed having, against what seemed like all odds at one time, overcome this particular aspect of the disorder. If you suffer from […]
He walks away… off to leave on business…or to visit his family… something that will take him away for a few days. I’m distraught. I’m not sure how I will manage. Alone.As the days go by, I dread his inevitable departure. There’s nothing I can say or do to convince him to stay. He’s going, […]
Trigger Warning (TW): This post contains content that may be triggering for some readers. The scene: I’m riding in the passenger side of my boyfriend’s Lexus. The sun has gone down. He says it’s time for him to go home. Going home meant he would be leaving me and spending the night with his wife. Although […]
In this video, which is from a Live Ustream session, I discussed Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) with respect to my experience with identity issues and more. Ustream is where I sometimes meet up with readers live, online. You’re able to see my video and hear my audio, but I can’t see or hear you. I […]
This evening for one of my classes, we had to take a personality test called The Jung Typology Test. As a person with Borderline Personality Disorder who has had difficulty at times pinpointing my own sense of individuality and identity (though this has improved substantially three years into Dialectical Behavior Therapy), I was very intrigued […]
When I was a little girl I witnessed one of my idols, Madonna, from album to album, undergo metamorphosis. She would change her entire look and vibe, and the press would say she had yet again “reinvented” herself. This thought always appealed to me, and as someone with Borderline Personality Disorder who has dealt with […]
I caught up on the Xfactor this weekend and noticed something interesting about many of the contestants’ reactions to often crass judge Simon Cowell. On the episode I watched last night, I saw one young person after another smiling brightly after their performances, but when it came time for Simon to critique and he said […]
About two years ago, I checked into an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), also known as partial hospitalization. My life had become out of control. I was feeling the serious repercussions of pretty much having sabotaged my relationships and my job…and it wasn’t the first time. I was inconsolable and couldn’t stand that I was in this […]
Once again during DBT group this week, our therapist brought up how it’s a healthy practice to pick someone on television (or in real life) who handles emotional situations the way we’d like to, and then use that inspiration as a model for our own behavior.I recently blogged about how the character Jane Bingum of Drop Dead […]
According to the DSM (Diagnostical Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Criteria for Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder), one of the 5 or more out of 9 symptoms that one must meet to be considered as having BPD is:“Identity disturbance: Markedly or persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.”In some of my earlier posts, you can see that this was […]
Learn DBT Skills Online at EmotionallySensitive.com These are the skills that helped this blog’s author overcome BPD!
This site uses cookies to give you the best, most relevant experience. Using this website means you're okay with this. For more information, visit our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy page.
OKWe may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.
Click on the different category headings to find out more. You can also change some of your preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site.
We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain.
We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. You can check these in your browser security settings.
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience.
If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here:
We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Changes will take effect once you reload the page.
Google Webfont Settings:
Google Map Settings:
Google reCaptcha Settings:
Vimeo and Youtube video embeds:
The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them:
You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page.
Disclaimers