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

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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Topic Tuesday runs from 7pm - 9pm AEST monthly. Each month we focus on a different topic, with the session facilitated by a Community Manager or Moderator. Sometimes Topic Tuesday will feature a special guest, who is an expert in the topic.

The first post of the thread (this one) will give you an idea of what the topic is and what will be covered.

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Throughout the session, the facilitator will put questions out for you to answer, usually asking for your own experience on the topic. To contribute to the session, just hit the 'reply' button and share your thoughts. No answers are right or wrong and everyone is welcome to get involved.

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

@Angels333 I have recently (as in a couple of weeks ago) been diagnosed as CPTSD. I had never heard about it before

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

Thank you @AndrewSpectrum @JulianSpectrum @Former-Member for running this forum tonight. It’s been very interesting and I’ve really enjoyed it. Thank you everyone else who participated as well😊

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

@cutiepiekitty I’m diagnosed with cptsd. It was explained to me that it was two traumas thst happened.

I don’t know how to explain it properly. Hopefully someone else can.

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

@JulianSpectrum

I chose EMDR as i personally believe my bpd stems from traumas upon traumas.

However i couldnt do it off meds.

Think its also about right fit of Psychologist too which im certain everyone would agree with.

Ive done a lot of memoirs writing to release a lot of pain & was fortune to be able to prepare my psychologist with my writing. Really helped him get to know me without sessions of talking.

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

Hi @Former-Member

how long did you do EMDR. I had about 4 sessions years ago but I’m not sure it worked.

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

@BlueBay It was explained to me as being trauma upon trauma upon trauma. With "ordinary" PTSD it is a reaction to one event like an accident, disaster, or going to war. CPTSD is the reaction to a number of different traumas over a period of time. For me it was for many years, half my life.

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

For me too @cutiepiekitty ive got trauma after trauma in my childhood and adult life with my parents.

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

@BlueBay

Ive only just had 2 sessions but im able to have it weekly cause i have a dva white card now. Ex army.

I find it incredibly fascinating.

Id imagine ill need quite a lot of sessions tho.

Think u need a fair few sessions to start noticing a difference.

Eth has it & is getting good results pretty sure its eth

Some find it too traumatic. My psychiatrist said if its too traumatic stop it. However im ok with it. Think cause i feel very safe with this Psychologist. Hes very passionate about this tment been doing it for 18yrs too. Best in town

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

I did EMDR and was retraumatised

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

@Former-Member

That’s great that you can do this weekly. It was really expensive.

Good thst you’ve got a dva card. That’s a huge help. I hope you continue to get great results.

It just adds up / to see a psychiatrist for meds then a psychologist for therapy.

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