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I am 55 and due to go into a PARC facility next week. I am terrified. I have borderline personality disorderand am really worried that I won't cope there. Although I guess I 'm not coping anyway. The thought of having to cook and eat with strangers scares
Hey all just a question about dbt. I was recommended it by a friend and am starting to look into it for the Borderline Personality Disorder. Wondering if anyone has had a success story on it or even some not so success stories? Just want to hear from peop
I get cravings for chocolate especially over winter...is this normal and what are the side affects.....I don't like people eating all my chocolate....maybe it's just a " ha up" from a deprived childhood lol
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How do you manage clutter? I've noticed that a lot of the decluttering literature relies on looking at feelings about things. I was always a messy kid, and both of my parents were messy kids too. I think I hoard accidentally - I just don't
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Hi I just found this forum and thought I'd put up a little about my story so far. When I was in Year 9 I first showed symptoms of what was then thought bipolar disorder. I had 30+ days off school but managed to avoid hospital. Everything went well for yea
Matbe this is a case for not letting folks who have "mental health issues" into the country in the first place, like they won't accept a family with an autistic kid as an immigrant, at least not through the usual channels. Maybe. Anyhow, I've been here ne
I have ED. IT's been 8 years. I would say I've 95% recovered from it. However, there are still moments that stresses me out a lot. My ED seemed to have got 'better' after I've started working full time - because i ahve no time to htink a
How do you encourage yourself when facing a challenging event? At the moment, all I can think of is that I survived an event worse than this, and I keep ruminating on the past event, which does nothing but add to my anxiety over the coming event.
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