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newbie

newbie

hi all, im new to this online stuff. ive always struggled with PTSD , Manic depression and severe anxiety all my life. my childhood was full of trauma. i was diagnosed about 6-7yrs ago with BPD and its only recently ive been accepting of this.

i am struggling to the point of pushing everyone away.

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@TOXICONE , are you a reader? If you are, I shall share with you the book that has helped me the most with my anxiety and mental health in general.

Let me know how you like to self-educate: book, audio book, podcast, website, etc. and I'll do my best to help!

@tyme @babyshark

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@tyme thank you for responding to my post. i dont really have anyone ,

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hi @Spirit_Healer thank you for responding, I do enjoy reading as I've never had much in life as I was always in girl's homes and foster care so teaching myself to read was my way of escaping reality.

I have never tried listening to podcasts or audio books. I always loved reading paper books.

thank you so kindly

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Hi @TOXICONE ,

I'm sorry things have been always difficult for you.

I hope you get some solace through reading and whatever else you enjoy.

How are you today? What did you get up to?

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@TOXICONE

This is by far the book that has helped most with my anxiety to date:

See if you can get it at your local library, or buy it if you want to annotate/highlight it!

@tyme @babyshark

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thank you so very much @Spirit_Healer . i will definetly order it . i appreciate your support thank you

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hello @TOXICONE . I also have BPD. I'm a survivor of it. It's hard, but pretty awesome too.

@Spirit_Healer , I got a copy of the book. I'll let you know how I go with it.

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Hi @TOXICONE !

Thinking of you. How are you?

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hi @tyme

i have not been in a good way ,

and i seem to shut off when like this.

its not always a good thing, im trying to not to shut off but its so hard

i hope ur well

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Oh hun @TOXICONE , I'm sorry to hear you are not so well. What's happening in your life? Is there something we can do to make it more bearable?

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