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14 Sep 2016 09:37 AM - edited 29 Sep 2016 10:19 PM
24 Sep 2016 01:10 AM
24 Sep 2016 01:10 AM
25 Sep 2016 05:29 PM
25 Sep 2016 05:29 PM
Hi @NikNik
I love this topic. I agree with what @utopia wrote. I too have only recently started to tell people that i suffer from depression and anxiety. And some i will tell that i was sexually abused as a child. But I can't bring myself to tell people that i have BPD. I think just the name BPD would scare people away. It's mainly the regulation of emotions that are hard to control. But for me saying I have BPD seems to be that i have a different personality, a different person from whom I am. I don't know this is just my view.
I sometimes wish the name BPD would be changed, maybe to Emotional dysregulation. It doesn't sound as bad as borderline personality disorder. So this is why i keep this one to myself. I wish i could change and bring it out to the public so there is more awareness but i just struggle with the stigma.
Looking forward to tuesday night.
25 Sep 2016 07:51 PM
25 Sep 2016 07:51 PM
27 Sep 2016 08:04 PM
27 Sep 2016 08:04 PM
Wow - For those who watched the webinar tonight - are you as inspired as I am?!
27 Sep 2016 08:08 PM
27 Sep 2016 08:08 PM
I am actually sad and upset. I haven't disclosed to many people yet and just don't feel strong enough to smash the stigma, but I can so much identify with all the lying and basically living 2 lives that I go through because I don't disclose.
27 Sep 2016 08:08 PM
27 Sep 2016 08:08 PM
Hey @NikNik
wish i saw it. Can i ask a question? how do you reduce the stigma of Borderline Personality Disorder?
27 Sep 2016 08:14 PM
27 Sep 2016 08:14 PM
27 Sep 2016 08:14 PM
27 Sep 2016 08:14 PM
Hi @Former-Member
I'm sorry to hear that it's upset you. I think the best way to think about it though is that the panelists have been there, and are better for it today. I also think it's important to keep in mind - these panelists still have their not so great times aswell.
So I hope you take a bit of hope away with you.
27 Sep 2016 08:16 PM
27 Sep 2016 08:16 PM
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