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

cloudcoreSenior Contributor28 Sept 2021, 4:32 pm AEST

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

Hi SANE community!

The 1st to 7th of October 7th, 2021 is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness week. In line with this year’s BPD Awareness week’s theme on Discover Creative Wellbeing, this fortnights Topic Tuesday will be building upon last years campaign which identified gaps in treatment programs for those living with BPD and will be discussing creative ways, outside of traditional therapy, to promote wellbeing for those living with BPD and supporting their recovery. Our special guests will include DBT clinician from NEABPD Family Connections and our community guide, @BPDSurvivor!

This year's campaign has a 3-pronged approach that looks to address gaps for people experiencing the symptoms of BPD, for supporters/carers/families of people living with BPD and for those working professionally with people living with BPD; and asks us to think outside the box in terms of treatment practices, methods and recovery.

Please join us here on Tuesday 5th October 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm AEST to discover and discuss about creative ways to support the wellbeing of those living with BPD.

Want to receive a reminder on the night? Hit the 'Support' button below.

New to the forums or want to get involved in this discussion? Check out the How To Guide for Topic Tuesdays.

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Scarlet72Contributor05 Oct 2021, 7:57 pm AEDT

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

Definitely, very validating..

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DaisydreamerSenior Contributor05 Oct 2021, 7:57 pm AEDT

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Hi @DrZoidberg, glad you could join us tonight and thank you for reaching out.

Seeking support take lots of courage, and it's so hard to look for support and find the options are limited. That must be hard to access the support that you are looking for and deserve. It sounds like where you live, there are very few options with long wait lists. Have you noticed any changes in access related to covid with services going online? Has there been more availablity, or still really hard to access?

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BPDSurvivorSenior Contributor05 Oct 2021, 7:57 pm AEDT

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

@Jacques ,

I can only imagine the pain you must go through to see your loved one hurting.

The pain is so real. It has been often said, for pwBPD, it is like having third degree burns to the emotional self. Every bump is excruciating - I've lived it.

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DrZoidbergSenior Contributor05 Oct 2021, 7:58 pm AEDT

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

Thankyou! I will look into online groups. I find it is good for me to get out and get experience dealing with people face to face (until it isn't haha) rather than doing everything online, but have to work with what there is available.

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Scarlet72Contributor05 Oct 2021, 7:59 pm AEDT

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

I’m getting there. I have found a psychologist that uses some DBT principles. My psychiatrist is also trying to fast track me starting DBT where he practices.
My family aren’t really interested in finding out more about BPD.

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KirstyNEABPDSenior Contributor05 Oct 2021, 7:59 pm AEDT

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

@Scarlet72- that sounds like a very validating opportunity for you to be able to have some clarity on your life...and at the same time, I imagine it may have brought up a lot of other emotions and thoughts being that it's been diagnosed so late in life. Really highlights how unique everyone is and how no one is the same despite the diagnosis.

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DrZoidbergSenior Contributor05 Oct 2021, 8:00 pm AEDT

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

thankyou!

unfortunately it was only recently my GP re-checked what's available

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DaisydreamerSenior Contributor05 Oct 2021, 8:01 pm AEDT

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Thank you for being here today @Sophia1

We really appreciate your openness in this conversation, and bringing your passion and ideas. You are such a strong advocate, and I really appreciated what you wrote today. Hope you can catch up on this discussion tomorrow

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Judi9877Senior Contributor05 Oct 2021, 8:01 pm AEDT

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Hi @cloudcore

For me being a pwBPD, I wish health professionals would stop thinking of me as being manipulative and that I'm too much for them to treat and handle. Also that self harm is my way of just getting attention and I'm not serious when I hurt myself. Often, I'm hurting so much that self harm is my way of dealing with all of my emotions that are going on in my head that I struggle to express properly in words. I'm slowly learning not to self harm and have been able to put that into practice after having an inpatient stay in hospital which my psychologist referred me to PARCS as a way of dealing with this part of my BPD but I also have to accept that self harm is something that is always going to be a part of me and something that I have to deal with each time I get triggered. I'm slowly learning ways to combat the self harm side of things but it is a struggle and I wish health professionals knew and understood this. I don't want to resort to self harm when I get triggered because of the ramifications but it's something that's worked for me which I'm now trying to fix for the better.

Judi9877

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KirstyNEABPDSenior Contributor05 Oct 2021, 8:02 pm AEDT

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@Jaques, and everyone else who is in a caring role for those with BPD or emotionally dysregulated, Family Connections is also delivered online too. This is very much based on DBT principles too..we can all use the skills in our relationships, BPD or not.https://www.bpdaustralia.org/family-connections-program/

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