BPD Articles - Mental Health

Coping Skills for Borderline Personality Disorder

Dr. Caroline Norman, PhD, MA — Thu, 25 May 2023 10:00:43 +0000

What is Borderline Personality Disorder? This May it’s Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month, but what is a borderline personality disorder or BPD? Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is the most commonly diagnosed personality disorder. Most people with BPD are diagnosed in late adolescence or early adulthood but it can be diagnosed earlier or later. BPD [...]

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Coping Skills & Distraction Techniques to Utilize when Feeling Triggered to Self-Harm

Elaina Gardner, LMSW — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:35:23 +0000

What is Self Harm? Mental health struggles can look like anxiety, depression, mood swings, delusions, hallucinations, etc. These moments may feel like it is impossible to move forward or to feel better. When this is the case, the mental anguish can be so painful that some feel they must distract themselves with something easier [...]

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6 Misconceptions about BPD

Hayley Schiller, LMSW — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:15:01 +0000

Trigger warning: This article briefly mentions self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Borderline Personality (BPD) is believed to affect anywhere between 1-4% of the population. It can be argued that BPD is the most commonly talked about personality disorder currently. While these discussions can bring about awareness and advocacy for the proper treatment of the diagnosis, it [...]

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Borderline Personality Disorder Vs. Stability in Life

Sareeta Behera, BSc (Hons), MSc — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:10:28 +0000

Hi folks! If you are someone who is experiencing BPD or if you are a friend/relative/partner/care-taker of someone with BPD, then this post is meant for all of you. I guess you already know what BPD actually is. In case, you want to know what BPD is, let us take a quick tour into its psychological [...]

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An introduction to psychotic disorders

Sareeta Behera, BSc (Hons), MSc — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:39:58 +0000

By definition, a psychotic disorder is a chronic mental illness that requires long-term treatment, medication and sometimes hospitalization, in-patient care as well. This blog post will provide you information on different kinds of psychotic illness, their prevalence, signs and symptoms. Therefore, as soon as you identify them or feel them you can seek immediate medical [...]

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