Global Health Mag

As someone who’s been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), I know it can be an intense daily roller coaster ride. But getting a diagnosis can lead to some important self-discoveries, too. Here some things you might learn about yourself after getting diagnosed with BPD: 1. You might have to accept most people won’t get it.  When you’re trying to explain …

As someone living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), here are some things I want people in my life to know about how to support me and our relationship. Everyone’s different, but if you know someone living with BPD, these tips might help. First of all… 1. Take care of yourself.  You can’t save them; you can’t rescue them from themselves. …

For the longest time, I wasn’t sure why I did certain things. Even while writing this, I came to huge realizations about how much my feelings, beliefs and actions are tied to my past. Here are the things I do because I experienced emotional abuse as a child: 1. I don’t guess. If someone asks me a question and I am not 99 …

Like many other people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), I had a “favorite person” or “FP.” This is used in the BPD community to refer to the person your emotions become dependent upon. My FP was my best friend Sarah (not her real name). Sarah and I had a very intense and relatively short friendship, but she became my FP very quickly. …

For me, borderline personality disorder is… Being empty, then angry, then buzzing, then angry, then depressed, then anxious, then buzzing, then panicky, then hysterical, then confused, then self-destructive, then empty — all within the space of one hour. It’s doing things you know aren’t good for you but losing the ability to care. It’s feeling like a bottomless void yet …

“I’m too sad to walk. Just give me a few… hours.” — Sadness from “Inside Out” Sadness is a complex, compassionate, and pragmatic character from the movie “Inside Out” who is constantly over thinking situations. She is a realist, and she understands that sadness is a crucial emotion — a powerful and influential emotion. I relate to her as a person with BPD (borderline …

It can be difficult to think positive when you have a mental illness, and it’s especially difficult to think positively about your mental illness. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) has affected me for as long as I can remember, and it seems like it’s all been in negative ways. My self-esteem, relationships and moods have all taken hits from my BPD, and …

A week before Christmas, I was lying on the floor in a pitch black room, sobbing. I’d texted the guy I liked (who seemed to like me back, although “seemed” is never, ever, ever enough for me). I believed, I had completely ruined everything. No matter how hard I tried to be positive, my anxiety built and soon I’d spiraled …

I can imagine that having a friend with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be quite frustrating at times, but I hope to help explain to everyone why some of us may act the way we do and help end the confusion others may have about BPD. 1. Having BPD can mean waking up every day with persistent insecurities. It can be …

Living with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can sometimes be an isolating experience. Many people find it difficult to control the mood swings and intrusive thoughts caused by the disorder, which can make maintaining friendships especially hard. But when you do have a connection with a friend, it makes the relationship all the more meaningful. If you have friends living with borderline personality disorder, here’s what …

While I was seeing my former psychiatrist, she once referred to my situation as “high-functioning” borderline. I identify with this label in a sense because while I do have the diagnosis and experience the symptoms and the consequences of them, at the same time I do get up and get my shit done nonetheless. I went to school. I graduated. Now …

I’ve lived with borderline personality disorder (BPD) for as long as I can remember. I can remember being in kindergarten and standing under the great white oak trees on the playground and thinking, “There’s something different about me. I don’t belong here.” I can remember middle school, feeling a deep depression none of my friends could understand. I can remember high …

There are certain things that seem almost inconceivable to explain to somebody who doesn’t share the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD), and one of the hardest of these for people to grasp I think, is about self-concept. I have spent the entirety of my life from my teenage years up until now in my 30s, vicariously living through constructed …

I’m in the passenger seat of a car, driving home from the grocery store with my partner. I’m staring out the window. My mind is racing — it’s always racing. All of a sudden, I’m back in grade five. My stomach clenches in fear as I lean against the corner of two stone walls where I would sit at recess …

On Monday, Twitter user Elijah Flint tweeted about how “heartbreaking” it was that Ariana Grande broke up with rapper Mac Miller after he had written a 10-song album called “The Divine Feminine.” Mac Miller totalling his G wagon and getting a DUI after Ariana Grande dumped him for another dude after he poured his heart out on a ten song …