BPD Symptoms: Dissociation

When I was first told that I have BPD, I had to get past all of the shame in order to do my own research. I looked up the symptoms and all of them were pretty accurate for me, except for dissociation. I read about it and I didn’t think I have ever experienced thatContinue reading “BPD Symptoms: Dissociation”

BPD Symptoms: Fear of Abandonment

When being diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, there are 9 symptoms/criteria that they look for. And in order to officially be diagnosed, you have to “fit” at least 5 of them. One of the main symptoms of BPD is fear of abandonment. This fear, for me, was the hardest one to cope with in theContinue reading “BPD Symptoms: Fear of Abandonment”

Everything Became Clear

I live with Borderline Personality Disorder. I wanted to put this out there right away and say that I am unashamed of this diagnosis. However, it did not start out that way. I was in a residential treatment program when I first received this diagnosis officially. I was in denial at first because I haveContinue reading “Everything Became Clear”