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Developing Strategies and Finding Community: My Experience in Support Groups
Hearing one another’s stories, weighing different approaches, being reminded of self-care and comic relief — all of that is heartening. -
His Story Continues
My brother’s story is forever a part of my story, to be shared through me. -
7 Lessons I Learned as a Survivor of a Friend’s Suicide
By continuing to learn from my friend's death, I can honor his memory and make a positive impact in the world. -
Children Should Not Have to Be Resilient
I felt pressure to continue being ‘the brave, resilient one’ in moments I deserved to rest, recuperate and simply be a child. -
Breaking Through Family Trauma: Finding Healing and Forgiveness
Oftentimes, the first step in a mental health journey is to reckon with the past. -
The Benefit of Support Groups When You Love Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder
Hearing one another’s stories, weighing different approaches and being reminded of self-care is both heartening and beneficial. -
Raising Children with Mental Illness
"We must accept and believe our loved ones to start getting them help. If we don’t, we run the risk of being the reason they don’t get help."
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The Stigma Associated with Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder is one of the field’s most misunderstood, misdiagnosed and stigmatized conditions. Studies show that even some mental health professionals have stigmatizing views about BPD. Learn more here. -
A Good Soldier: Surviving My Mother’s Life and Death
"When a loved one struggles with mental illness, it isn’t black and white, and there isn’t one way to think or feel about it. The only thing we survivors can do is make an effort to conduct our lives in a healthy way, and share our experiences so others know they’re not alone." -
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
Selfish. Manipulative. Untreatable. Clingy—this is how people describe those who live with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). But considering what a person experiencing BPD deals with daily, these labels aren’t fair.