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I recently got asked in anon what the traits/characteristics are in BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder/Emotional Regulation Disorder) So I decided to make a post instead. I think will be good awareness. Here are the 9 main symptoms: 1. Frantic efforts to...

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Remember when I wrote this. I was not kidding literally, emotionally someone with BPD or Emotional Dysregulation is a toddler (emotionally) in adult body. If we are 50 or 15 years old there is no difference…..we have to learn to be our own parents, to comfort and soothe ourselves, learn how to eat, what to eat, how to dress, what we like to dress in, what makes us feel good?? Impulses, binging, are tantrums as well. Only we can fill that void and learn and regulate our own emotions. Only us ever. Not external things or people. We self-harm for same reason. Scared and confused. I had panic attacks and anxiety and depression for 40 years as well. Distorted thinking and not getting to core issues. I was not aware of my “tantrums”, I lived in my own world and everyone was out to get me.

Feeling abandoned is such a horrible feeling, one of which those with bpd will be especially aware. I get lots of asks on how to cope with this, and the honest answer is that I don’t know (as it’s something I struggle a lot with myself) . I think it’s normal to feel upset if you feel abandoned, as…

My darling, you are allowed to fail without being a failure. You are allowed to make mistakes without becoming one. More opportunities will present themselves, you will find hope again.

(via uglypnis)

if this isn’t the most motivational tweet in the entire world idk what is

Being emotionally sensitive doesn’t mean we are trying to be Drama Queens or Kings…