Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hi All,

I was diagnosed with depression originally. It was then changed to bipolar when. Then a few years ago I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorder, Bipolar, PTSD and Anxiety.

I still do not fully understand Borderline Personality Disorder but I do know it makes me feel isolated and different.

I have been looking for awhile for a community that may understand and be able to support me. I am glad I finally found one!

Hi there. My name is Kat. I am a mum of two teenagers and live in SA. I have been living alone the last few years which is very tough in terms of loneliness. I hope to make some new friends here and be a support for you all when I can. Its great to have people to talk to who understand. X

Hi @Kat777 Welcome to the forum. I hope you find this community as caring and as supportive as I do.

Heya 🙂

I’ve never done this kind of thing before (I’m nervous actually), have only known of my BPD since October 2021 and have only just started getting off ‘Auto pilot’ mode at the start of this year. I’m still trying to figure out who I am as well as currently dealing with an extremely difficult ‘romantic FP’ situation.

Perhaps communicating with and/or reading other peoples stories may help me find answers about myself and help me to find helpful ways to cope…

Hi, I'm new here and was recently diagnosed with ADHD at 47. It's been challenging to know where to go after diagnosis and was offered little to no support on where to go next, or what would be a good next step. I was lucky to find SANE and they really helped me. I was struggling with chronic symptoms in the lead-up to being diagnosed and couldn't weave through the internet, looking for support as I kept getting overwhelmed by different website navigations, or clear directions on where to get help. I kept getting distracted, and then forgetting, then realising 48 hours later, I'd still not found the solution on where to get myself help even though it was the most important thing I needed.

SANE helped me by sending me an appropriate amount of links in one email, that I could use as a starting point. This helped me to unlock the overwhelm and get me to where I needed to be. I've managed to gain an ADHD therapist, which I am looking forward to, tomorrow.

I'm not able to work and have no income so have lost financial independence and have currently got the doors closed for clients on my small business. I'm Kiwi, so I have no government support here while I don't work so have had to rely on my partner for everything. The feeling of being so incapable, and feeling like I'm in need of management has been pretty eye-opening and overwhelming. I am hopeful, however, that with treatment and supporting therapy, I will be feeling more level soon.

Hi there @ADHDPunk ! Welcome to the forums! We are so glad you have found SANE helpful thus far.

It's so important that this is YOUR journey, and it's about finding ways to support you through your journey.

You are important to us and we feel privileged to have you join us here.

Please feel free to tag me to your posts by typing "@" in front of my username e.g. @tyme That way, I will receive a notification of your email.

Looking forward to seeing you around!

Thank you so much for the welcome @tyme I appreciate it!

Hi... I'm new here and this is my first post. I hope it's OK to post this on this page. I struggle with complex PTSD, anxiety and depression. Due to the PTSD which covers Bpd I don't process feelings and situations that happen in my life well.

My marriage fell apart almost 2 years ago and on Tuesday the divorce papers went before court. I believed I have failed yet again and hurt another person in my life. I am frighted and don't know where to go from here in my life or how to start again. I feel totally broken inside and don't even know if I want to pick myself up again. My family think I'm doing well and that I'm moving forward but I'm not. All my life I have hurt so many people even when I've tried to change but I just can't change my boarder line behaviour. I asked my husband if he would like to go to counselling with me but he said I hadn't been able to change in the past so why would it be any different now..

So I'm lost and what can I do to help myself.

Hi @Cricket Welcome to the forums. I'm sorry to hear you're having a hard time. I'm noticing you've asked your partner to attend counselling with you, but what about counselling for yourself? Have you had any professional support in the past? I hope you find this to be a supportive community. Welcome 😊

Hello. I stumbled across the Sane website when using Google, I love Google,.

I'm kinda almost like an avoidant type PTSD trooper because as soon as I recognise a trigger and it causes my PTSD symptoms to come about, I like to 'run away from people" 🥴