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Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

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Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

From October 1 - October 7 is the National Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week! For this weeks Topic Tuesday we will be talking all things BPD with special guests from Spectrum

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roses1Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

@Former-Member learning there are other therapies than DBT and the descriptions of how BPD feels has helped me understand. Thank you to everyone😃

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BlueBaySenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

Thsnk you so much @Former-Member @AndrewSpectrum @JulianSpectrum for a fantastic topic to chat about and share our thoughts.

Great chatting to everyone. Goodnight.

Im going to look into MBT.

I’ve found tonight thst I’m not so alone.

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cutiepiekittySenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

Thanks @Former-Member @AndrewSpectrum and @JulianSpectrum . i will take away that we all need more help than we get, that we are our best supporters and helpers, and to just not give up.

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Angels333Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

I have BPD and am really struggling with self harm, it daily and constant. I'm doing DBT. I also have MDD and PTSD. I feel isolated as I'm over 40 and I have so much shame about the SH

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Judi9877Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

I agree with you @Fracturedlight Mental illness isn’t something I chose to ‘get’ when I was at uni when I was 25. My uni friends caught colds yet I got mental illness. It doesn’t seem fair that getting treatment for mental illness can be very expensive when so many people are affected by it. There needs to be more done by governments to fund treatments and research into finding possible solutions to what causes mental illness.

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AndrewSpectrumContributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

Thank you so much to everyone here for having us along tonight! Really valuable perspectives from all who posted, and hopefully we've been helpful in our responses. A particular thank you to @Former-Member and all involved in running the forum too!

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

@JulianSpectrum

Yes the council listened to me cry etc i got heard so i slowly calmed down & the self harm went away

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BlueBaySenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

I feel the same way towards my parents and brother @cutiepiekitty

Never forget or forgive 😢

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FracturedlightSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

@Judi9877 absolutely ❤

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FracturedlightSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // BPD Awareness featuring SPECTRUM VIC // Tues 1 Oct, 7pm AEST

Thank you all ❤

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