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Bipolar and BPD

MEJNew Contributor10 July 2023, 6:56 pm AEST

Bipolar and BPD

Hi I’m very new to all of this and I have no idea what I’m supposed to say. I was diagnosed with bipolar and borderline personality disorder when I was 19, 5 years ago. I stopped taking medication probably nearly 2 years ago because I kept losing spaces of time and felt I wasn’t functioning like a normal human. I’ve been mostly stable for those 2 years. at the moment I feel like I’m completely disconnected from everyone around me kind of like my feelings are really dialed down. Although I have terrible intrusive thoughts and feel very sad and overwhelmed a lot of the time. A lot of conflicting emotions and I feel like I have no one to talk to about how I’m feeling or even what steps to take to feel better.

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fluffylightSenior Contributor10 July 2023, 7:46 pm AEST

Re: Bipolar and BPD

Hi @MEJ

Welcome to the forums 😊 :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and worries here.

I’m so sorry to hear about everything that’s been happening for you.

I want to hold space for your feelings and let you know that you're not alone in this.

I just wanted to share a couple of resources with you incase it resonated with you:

SANE guided service: SANE drop-in services are staffed by qualified team of counsellors and people with lived experience of mental health issues who will provide you with free digital and telehealth support, information and referrals.’ --- Click here for more info if you would like to have a look -- https://www.sane.org/referral
Raising Awareness of BPD - Flipping the Script
Spectrum is a Victorian based BPD organisation -- https://www.spectrumbpd.com.au/
Bipolar Australia have a couple of support groups --- https://www.bipolaraustralia.org.au/support-groups

I really hope this helps you a little bit 💛 :yellow_heart

As always forums community are always available to you and for you.

Sending lots of gentle and fluffy light

fluffylight xx

In response to: Bipolar and BPD

NatureLoverSenior Contributor11 July 2023, 9:48 am AEST

Re: Bipolar and BPD

Hi and welcome, @MEJ , it's good to have you here 🙂

I'm wondering if you have a counsellor or psychologist to talk things through with? I don't have BPD or Bipolar, but having been on these forums for 3 years now I know that each of those are hard to manage by themselves, let alone together 😞

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