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Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

Unknown userMember28 Sept 2020, 4:58 pm AEST

Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

Hi everyone,

From October 1st to October 7th, 2020 is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness week. In line with this year’s BPD Awareness week’s theme on Flipping the Script: Changing the narrative on BPD, this month’s Topic Tuesday will be discussing how we can change the way people (and ourselves) think and talk about Borderline Personality Disorder with our special guest from Spectrum.

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In response to: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

JulianSpectrumSenior Contributor06 Oct 2020, 7:18 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

@BlueBay Yes, it's quite different in many ways in terms of the focus and how it may feel to do the treatment. MBT is not without its challenges either. In many ways the treatments can compliment each other. I've known some people who have done DBT and then gone on to find MBT useful, and similarly, for some, MBT was a good starting point and then they later found DBT useful too.

In response to: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

Unknown userMember06 Oct 2020, 7:18 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

@Judi9877 I am really sorry to hear you have had to experience that. It must not be easy at all

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BlueBaySenior Contributor06 Oct 2020, 7:20 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

It just seems never ending @JulianSpectrum

to me i feel very lost and that I'll never recover. And that's scary.

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JulianSpectrumSenior Contributor06 Oct 2020, 7:20 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

@Judi9877 Sorry to hear of your experiences here. This is why it's so important that we, as clinicians, learn to 'flip the script' and reframe things here too as I can't imagine that it's helpful to be called manipulative.

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

Unknown userMember06 Oct 2020, 7:21 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

@BlueBay We will be addressing the different types of treatments available for people with BPD and the perception of a 'golden' treatment for BPD in a little, which I think you might find interesting

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Judi9877Senior Contributor06 Oct 2020, 7:22 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

Hi @Former-Member @JulianSpectrum @BlueBay @BPDSurvivor @Maggie it's hard when I hear that I'm manipulative at times and that I do things to get attention. I'm to the point where I refuse to go to specific hospitals because of the treatment I get when I mention I have BPD. Its hard for all involved but I'm okay.

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JulianSpectrumSenior Contributor06 Oct 2020, 7:22 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

@BlueBay I can see how that would be scary. One of the scripts to flip here, and we get to this later, is that sometimes treatment is seen as you just do 18 months and things should all be resolved. As your experiences show, this isn't always the case - often things can move slowly or in fits and starts in the journey towards recovery.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor06 Oct 2020, 7:23 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

Hello @Former-Member , @JulianSpectrum

@BPDSurvivor, @BlueBay , @Judi9877 , @Maggie

@New2BPD, @Bubblegummah , @Ferret3123 , @wantstofix

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BlueBaySenior Contributor06 Oct 2020, 7:24 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

@Judi9877 @Former-Member @JulianSpectrum @BPDSurvivor @Maggie

I was told many times by a previous psychologist that I was childish and manipulative

In response to: Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

JulianSpectrumSenior Contributor06 Oct 2020, 7:25 pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday// BPD Awareness– Flipping the script with a special guest from Spectrum// Tues 6th October,7 pm-8:30pm AEDT

@Judi9877 I hear you. In addition to providing treatment, Spectrum provides training to clinicians, and is involved with several other projects that will hopefully support the change in clinical culture and a move away from seeing people as manipulative.

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