Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness Week 2021 – Discover Creative Wellbeing // Tues 5th October, 7pm-8:30pm AEDT

Hello Jacques Community Elder....agreed. In my own professional experience, I would say the best bet is to have a diagnosis by a Psychiatrist, but even then, this is one opinion and they aren't infallible and can be wrong also.

just no services at all in regional areas

Question 2.

For those living with BPD: What creative therapy options are available, and where can you find them?

True @Millieme . There are such limited services even in metro areas, let alone regional.

Medications are basically for other symptoms ie depression or anxiety and not BPD @KirstyNEABPD @BPDSurvivor

I really don't like the term "borderline personality disorder" I wish it was changed.

Quesiton 2.

It has taken me time to really consider the creative therapies out there. At first, I jumped to:

creative therapies = visual arts and crafts

On closer thought, creative therapy rests outside the conventional dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) etc.

Creative therapy no doubt includes arts and crafts, yet also encompasses:

• pets
• music and dance
• hobbies
• community and volunteering services
• sports e.g. running, cycling, rowing, yoga, meditation, trampolining, sky-diving!

For me, the greatest impact on my recovery was and continues to be peer support – supporting and advocating for those with BPD. Giving people hope. Making connections. Allow people to feel a sense of belonging and to know they are not alone. At first, I reached out to support others, but along the way, the rewards towards by own recovery have been invaluable.

I urge people with BPD to look for things they enjoy doing because this is therapy in itself!

What are some things you enjoy?

what is meant by 'creative therapy options'?

@cloudcore Do you mean like yoga or walking ??

@Millieme i totally agree, there is only 1 private ad 1 public psychologist in my town, and the wait times can be years, there just is not enough money being put into mental health, i guess the government does not deem it to be essential to the wellbeing of a comunity.

to the mods and hosts of this chat, is there a clear definitian of what bpd is and is that accessable to all mental health workers? i know every person is different but the symtpoms should be close or almost the same.

what is the actual defined differents between BPD and bipolar?