Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hellooooo. I am diagagnosed with borderline personality disorder and recently lost my mother to a tragic fire so also dealing with a bit of trauma from that. I've had a lot of issues through my life which has been caused by my bpd, I have also had a lot that caused my bpd. Hope that makes sense. I have dealt with substance abuse and self harm. But seemed to have overcome that at present. Hope to meet other people to try and support and listen an d to share.

@Sally77

Welcome to the forum!

No matter what you are working on or towards, you've found a place of love, hugs and kindness.

Please make sure that you check in with us whenever you feel up to it, we'd love to know more about you!

Lots of Love,

BipolarRich

Hey @Sally77 , hearing you. I also have a diagnosis of BPD. Have had it for a long time. Despite it's challenges, there are good things that come with it.

Looking forward to seeing you around.

Please know you are not alone.

Hey @BipolarRich !

Hi Everyone!

I am doing well!

Hey all,

Just quickly introducing myself! I’m living with C-PTSD and I’m Autistic. I also am a wheelchair user. I am an occupational therapist currently working with unhoused folks which is great but also deeply emotional and draining, especially when I have also experienced being unhoused and many of the traumas my clients have experienced too. I’ve done a lot of therapy over the last decade or so and overall cope a lot better than I have previously, but still struggle at times (honestly, currently it’s been a bit weird NOT being so depressed when it’s been so deep my whole life - bit of a weird loss almost of identity itself?? Hard to explain. Nirvana put it best with “I miss the comfort of being sad” lol). Hoping to find some connection with folks here as well as share my own wisdoms of lived experience as I find that is healing in its own right. Thanks for having meee ❤️

Hey @EV27, thank you for sharing your experiences with the community!

It's really brave of you to reach out and be so vulnerable with your peers and sounds like you have been through a lot with being unhoused and suppporting others in a similar situations.

Please feel free to have a look around the Forums and here are some useful threads:

https://saneforums.org/t5/Social-space/How-To/td-p/1562864

https://saneforums.org/t5/Welcome-and-getting-started/How-To-Recovery-Focused-Posting/td-p/1673390

I encourage you to continue to share your experiences as I beleive the community will have some insights to share!

Take care

RiverSeal

Hi everyone, my mental health awareness journey began after I experienced a seizure in 2009 and my behaviours and perceptions changed significantly afterwards. C-PTSD, borderline personality disorder, depression, generalised anxiety, ADHD and ASD are parts of my day-to-day, and I've explored a range of different one-to-one, group and in-patient therapy programs. I'm getting better at catching automatic reactions and allowing myself the grace to unmask - being considerate of others is important, but I don't need to punish myself for being authentically me either. I hope to learn and grow in this space!

Hi All

I am from Melbourne and have CPTSD (due to childhood sexual assault), depression and anxiety.

Im not in a good head space atm and feel like everything is out of my control.

I've been sick for weeks due to an ongoing stressor at work and cant quit but cant see an end in site.

I have a psych appointment on Monday and an appointment Tuesday with my doctor.

I am also a mum of two boys and had pre and post natal with them and spent time in a psych ward where I was put on medication.

I've joined cause I dont know what else to do anymore