Braving the Borderline, My Experience w/Borderline Personality Disorder

03/30/2026

One thing I keep coming back to is this:

When someone has a physical illness, people show up.
Cards, meals, messages, support.

And that’s beautiful — it should be that way.

But mental illness… especially the kind you live with every day…
often happens quietly.

There’s no clear “event.”
No visible recovery timeline.

Just ongoing effort to function, cope, survive.

I think a lot of people don’t realize how much strength it takes to live like that.

Not just once.
But every single day.

03/26/2026

Something small that helped me recently:

I stopped trying to “fix” how I was feeling.

I just let myself be where I was — even if that meant doing very little.

Sometimes the pressure to get better right now makes everything worse.

If today is a low-capacity day for you too, you’re not failing.
You’re dealing with something real.

03/25/2026

Some days this is exactly what it feels like.

Not dramatic. Not attention-seeking.
Just… heavy, quiet, and hard to explain.

If you’re here today, still trying, that counts more than people realize.

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02/02/2024

Eating Disorders and Underlying Personality/Mood Disorders (BPD & Others)

Interesting quick information.

More comments related to restrictive eating but also content I can apply to my Binge Eating Disorder.

Give it a watch it may help.

Rebbie and her long-ago eating disorder therapist, Marian, discuss eating disorders and their underlying conditions (personality disorders and mood disorders...

01/22/2024

Here is a list of additional symptoms.

It is important to note that everyone experiencing BPD has a vast array of symptoms, each one in a different magnitude to others experiencing BPD.

01/09/2024

Take your lead from the Bison when faced with challenging times/symptoms/situations in your mental health journey.

Progress is progress no matter how small or slow. Head into the challenge and make it through using skills you have learned through the storm.

Love n'Light
Sharlene

📸 Watch this video on Facebook
https://fb.watch/pt5mW3NcaP/?mibextid=CDWPTG

01/07/2024

Free DBT Skills course.

I have not taken it myself yet. Hoping to get to that in the next week.

Want to learn DBT? Take control of your thoughts, emotions, and relationships. Watch the free exercises, complete the worksheets, and see the change.

12/23/2023

Just a reminder......

Self-care is important. Focus on you and your needs that provide healthy management of mental health.

You, take care of YOU. Nobody else has that job! Do it well.

12/16/2023

Enlightening article from Psychology Today

I have heard since my diagnosis of borderline personality disorder that many professionals felt it needed to be renamed to reflect the true nature of these group of traits. This article does reference another name.

It also highlights the pro's of people with BPD.Hooe you enjoy this read.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/living-emotional-intensity/201805/the-unexpected-gifts-inside-borderline-personality?fbclid=IwAR0MpYdqSAb8ExXCvnA5Q6lQqbpzo8ml9DIH80hN4wGr6JusHPxluAQ1jhM

Why do I feel and see so much? If it is a gift, why do I suffer so much?

12/15/2023

When you are in survival mode, you don’t know how to do anything better than just get by however you can.

I was in survival mode for a very long time. My anxiety was so chronic, I have very few memories from the first 30 years of my life.

There are lots of things that I regret doing when I was in survival mode. It was always easy for me to forgive other people, but it took me a long time to forgive myself.

I hope you don’t wait as long as I did.

Put a 💙 in the comments if you can relate to this.