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Unpacking Memories

Time to Write Life is so busy. As a paraeducator working in the public school system, I’ve been enjoying a well deserved March Break staycation to rest, rejuvenate, reorganize, and get all the back burner to-do items checked off the list. This has been very satisfying. I now have a few days left to allow…

Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – Reflections On A Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Feeling Life So Deeply It is speculated within the field of experts who diagnose mental health issues that those with BPD are born into this world more sensitive than others. Sensitive to the world around us, feeling emotions much more deeply than averagely felt by others. There is an empathic trait about us. We can…

2023 Thoughts – Looking Forward – Eyes On Today

Without Alcohol I am back in 12-Step rooms. I wrote two blogs recently, related to a specific 12-Step program but have unpublished them to honor the 12-Step – 11th Tradition: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films….

Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – EMDR and Inner Resources

EMDR – Wasn’t Ready A while back my therapist and I tried an EMDR session, but I wasn’t ready. I spoke about this in my blog: Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – The Start of EMDR – Creating New Pathways to Calm Now A lot has changed since then. I am on Effexor…

Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – The Inner Critic

Whose Voice? The inner critic is not just for those with BPD and HPD. Everyone has them. What does one of my inner critics say? She says things like: People are mad at you. People do not like you. I am in trouble. I have done something wrong. Other people are right and I am…

Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – Healing Takes Time

Healing Takes Time In my last therapy session, I spoke of how I felt a bit overwhelmed with the many techniques Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers to help those with BPD navigate life with better success. My therapist reassured me that I am still relatively new to adjusting with my diagnoses, and it will take…

Goal Achieved – Running a Half Marathon

Two Years Later ….. I Ran a Half Marathon Let Me Start at The Beginning… Two years ago, I started the plan to run the 2020 Valley Harvest Marathon. In 2020, COVID hit and I was stranded in British Columbia over March Break as a result of airlines shutting down. I stayed in British Columbia…

Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – It Is Great To Be Back & The Hulk Uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy! Woohoo!

It’s Been a While My husband and I moved onto our undeveloped property this summer to start developing it and begin the building of our geodesic dome home. Our remote property unfortunately is located in an area that has terrible internet connection making the complexity of a blogging page impossible to open, let alone publish!…

Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – Everyday Noticing Of What It Is Like Living With BPD & HPD

Preamble In my blog Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – Anger & Lettin’ Loose & How BPD Am I? I wonder how BPD I am and how I have looked out there in the world. I also write about how I let myself sink into BPD intense emotions – but at that time…

Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – Anxious – Ambivalent (Preoccupied) Attachment Style

Jennifer May, PhD – Great DBT Resource on YouTube As I prepare for more focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) sessions with my therapist, I found a fantastic DBT resource on YouTube – Jennifer May, PhD. She has so many videos on DBT, as well as many other helpful videos such as attachment styles that I…