Borderline Personality Disorder Myths and Facts
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions. And the following myths make it hard for people with BPD to get the treatment and support they need.
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My Experience with Diagnostic Overshadowing
[…] when I first saw him. It took me over a year to gain the weight back and even longer to confront the emotional toll of having my eating disorder triggered. I Still Have Hope for the Future I still take medications for my mental illness diagnosis (two antidepressants and a second-generation antipsychotic, that works […]
My Lifelong Journey with Borderline Personality Disorder
[…] felt “left out” of my own family and believed that my parents loved my brother more than they loved me. During this time, I also battled an eating disorder and grappled with suicidal ideation. My mood and behavior fluctuated drastically, worrying many people around me. Depression, anxiety and eating disorders did run in the family […]
How Therapy Helped Me Manage Trauma
[…] trauma, name trauma and respond to trauma in healthy ways. Sarah is a daughter, sister, aunt and wife. She lives in sunny Arizona. While finishing her eating disorder recovery memoir, she offers encouragement and support to those seeking positive change through her eating disorder/mental health blog Life Is in The Nitty Grit and her partnership with […]
My Journey to Seeing Myself as Beautiful with an Eating Disorder
[…] anxiety and panic attacks for most my life. My “demons,” you could call them. In my first year of college, I was visited by a new one: eating disorders (ED). This was uncharted territory for me, and it would begin a long road of mapping, blueprint making, and one of the most laborious tasks […]
Five Warning Signs of Mental Illness that People Miss
[…] and your surroundings. One of the ways that this can show in your life is in the expectations you set for yourself. People with anxiety disorders or eating disorders, for instance, can become driven by a desire to achieve perfection in all or some areas of their lives: In school, at work, in their […]
Early Intervention Could Have Changed My Life
[…] While I was there, something just clicked. I started to understand my unhealthy coping skills and self-sabotaging behavior. After years of living in denial, I acknowledged my eating disorder, too. I learned about self-care and how to cope when things go wrong. It was like a second chance at life. Now, four years later, I […]
NAMI Reports Deep Flaws, Money Wasted in System Designed to Help Persons With Severe Mental Illnesses Get Jobs
[…] National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons with severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness), major depression, and anxiety disorders. Based in Arlington, Virginia, NAMI's membership includes more than 140,000 people with brain disorders and their families, and 1,100 […]
Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Misrepresented Diagnosis
[…] and severe childhood maltreatment, my personality fragmented, resulting in episodes of dissociation and the emergence of alternate personalities, or “alters.” In other words, I have dissociative identity disorder (DID). Thanks to dramatized media depictions of DID, simply hearing the name of my condition may conjure images of brokenness, violence and terror. It’s no secret […]
Learning How to Maintain Employment with Bipolar Disorder
[…] job, I chose to work on myself. “Doing the work,” full-time to understand and manage my mental illness required an effort to change my habits. I began eating well, exercising, prioritizing self-care, following a medication regimen and trying progressive muscle relaxation to ground myself. I also began journaling about the things I was grateful […]