Mixed Emotions and Foggy Brain I’m 6 days into my diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD). As of right now, it seems my therapist is focusing on BPD. I do not know very much about HPD, yet. I’ve the good fortune of a Monday snow day, turning the regular 2-day…
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Forget Everything I’ve Said – I’ve Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder
The Beginning of a New Journey February 9th, 2022. Diagnosis day, again. Last diagnosis days were over 20 years ago. This included four different diagnosis by experts – four different opinions on why I was the way I was. I’m over 20 years of living with a brain I somehow knew wasn’t operating properly. As…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #14 – Leave The Past Where It Belongs
Our past makes up the matrix of who we are in this moment. It is the past, our experiences that give us knowledge and wisdom in the present, in the now. Or our past can keep us trapped, stuck in repetitive cycles, like spinning tires in the sand – when we don’t let it go….
Trauma, Flashbacks and Dissociative Disorders
I want to write. I want to express. I have so much I want to say. I don’t know where to start. It has been a while. The heart is an interesting thing. Not the heart – the muscle that keeps me alive. The emotional heart. Maybe, more correctly, the emotional body – how much…
Phoenix Rising From A Restorative Circle
This tattoo was born out of freedom. Freedom manifested from having space. Space to hear my inner voice more clearly while spending 2 months (and continuing), in solitude on the West Coast of Canada, on Vancouver Island. We all carry pain. Healing from this pain takes the courage to step into it, give this pain…
Just For Today – I Will Not Worry
Recently, I have been processing fears brought about by my return to work within the public education system created from my experiences in a school I was working at just before I moved to the Middle East. 4 years later, back in Canada and the system – but at a different school, I am shocked…
Approaching 50 Years Old – Sorting Out Old Stuff That Made an Unexpected Appearance
As a result of a recently triggered enmeshment issue, I contacted my husband’s Employee Assistance Program – EAP to request therapy and started seeing a psychologist. One session with her made more sense to me compared to the many years of therapy I had in Halifax. Why is that? I’ve been thinking a lot about…