michellevanderende

up to 75% of people living with Borderline Personality Disorder will attempt suicide at least once.

Depression sticks with you when you start to feel trapped, like there's no way out of the situation you're in. When leaving the house costs a minimum of fifty dollars for doggy daycare you don't have, you're trapped. That's where I've been for the last year and a half. I was looking for work. My savings were disappearing and my debt was climbing. I couldn't leave the house without my dog, and she has separation anxiety so severe she can't be left alone, even for five minutes. So most days, I...

When I first was introduced to DBT, I was underwhelmed. It's nothing new. A lot of it is common sense. Take care of yourself. Breathe. Be kind to others. And yet I wasn't actually living a lot of it. I recognized that the key was in practicing these skills, and recognizing them as skills, in the moments that didn't matter first. That was the only way to make sure they would be accessible when I needed them. What BPD actually feels like Having BPD for me is questioning if I really have it, or...