#bpdbrilliance

[bpdblurry]

im gonna say it

part of the stigma around a lot of mental illnesses is people have this perception of people who are mentally ill and do awful shit "bad because of the mental illness" and people who are mentally ill and good people "good in spite of the mental illness" and its fucked up

[bpdalex]

happy bpd awareness month! (he/they)

[iamuxie]

Bpd awareness!!!! They/them

[bluehairedunicorn]

Real talk though everyone on the bpdbrilliance tag is super cute and should be appreciated 110%

[weebonthe-edge]

Danced the night away!!

[si0nainn]

Me, sucking in an inhuman amount of oxygen: so... I heard you dated someone before i was born... Is this true?

Bae: back in 2006, I was a different person....

[viexon]

Day 31- BPD Awareness Month I’m Louise, 19 years old from Australia While it’s actually June 2nd my oversharing ass had to jump on this.

CW: family abuse, child sexual assault, suicide, self harm

[bpdblurry]

Some selfies from the other day

[ginkasei]

bpd month: "identity" day I'm still figuring out who I am, but I do know these quotes work with me. 🌊

[grossly-incandescent]

I'm okay looking sometimes?

[fairy-baby]

#BPDBrilliance 31 Day Questions Thing (Days 1-4)

Day 1: Please take some time to Introduce yourself! Share any information about yourself you’d like to!

I’m Lia! I’m 19 and I’m a lazy little bug.

I was diagnosed with BPD the minute I turned 18 (I was hospitalized, like, a week or two after my birthday). I had a BPD diagnosis being discussed as early as 13, but since I was so young, it was never given to me for years. I was diagnosed with major depression, bipolar type II, and OCD for most of my teenage years.

As of my last hospitalization/psychiatrist visit, my diagnosis’ stand as such: Borderline Personality Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Anorexia Nervosa. Of course I have some pretty bad depression, but I usually just lump that in with the BPD.

Outside of my mental illness, I am actually a super boring person. I currently am just working and I plan to go to school sometime soon. The future scares me, so I tend to procrastinate on that ^^;; I love to play video games (Call of Duty is my favourite!) and I am a writer. I have written a few books, but I don’t really look into publishing or anything. I write for me (: I like cute things, pastel colours, EDM, coffee, reading, blogging, etc.!

Day 2: When did you first begin to be aware of your BPD? How did you feel then vs now?

I was hospitalized at 13 (or 14, I’m not sure) and when my therapist at the time had mentioned BPD, I ignored it. I just knew I was sad. Fast forward a few months and I was hospitalized again. I saw a psychiatrist for a while and eventually he told me he believed I had a ��dark, selfish disorder” but I couldn’t help it no matter what and that I should look it up. And that, specifically, it was not a good thing to have.

He told me I wouldn’t live past 20.

He never told me the name and he never brought it up again. But, now I know he was most likely talking about a personality disorder. At the time, I felt horrible. I felt selfish and greedy and fucked up. I was slowly starting to recognize the “bad” symptoms, just without a label of a disorder.

I still display the same symptoms I did back then. Just, a lot less. I have since learned how to cope and how to manage my illnesses. I do still feel bad for being BPD in the first place, but I also know that having this disorder is not the end of the world. It doesn’t instantly mean I am a terrible person, like my old psychiatrist made it out to be.

Day 3: Do you have any consistent coping habits? What are they and what do they help with?

Kind of sad to say I don’t. I still end up using my eating disorder to cope. I dropped out of DBT because I am terrible about sticking to treatment.

When I am actually using my coping skills, I really just like to sit there and think about my “bad” emotions and why I am having them. “Okay, before I react to this, why am I upset/angry/etc.? Am I hungry? Am I tired? Is this logical?” and I’ll make myself wait. I can be really irrational sometimes, but also sometimes I’ll just swallow feelings down even if they were valid, just to avoid conflict.

But, yeah, my best is just to follow all those questions and make sure I’m not about to act out on my disorder(s).

Day 4: Related to your BPD or otherwise, what’s an interesting quirk or trait you have?

I’d like to think my writing skills are superb. I was always an advanced reader and writer. Maybe now not so much, but I can still knock out a 5 page essay in about 30 minutes and get a good grade, haha!

I think it’s hard for me to note any quirks or traits I have. I tend to be blind about myself!

[dagasinfilo]

i haven’t had the time or energy to take a decent selfie for bpd awareness month but i wanna tell you all, especially the young kids out there, this. always know that happiness is possible having bpd. healthy love and healthy relationships are possible. it is possible to have a lot of friends who genuinely love and care for you. it is possible for you to have a peaceful, mostly emotionally quiet life. i know things are really hard right now and that you feel lonely and hopeless, but please hang in there. you can and you will get there, i promise you. please, stay strong.

[si0nainn]

tell me I'm cute/pretty/talented pls

[clairvoyages]

BPD BRILLIANCE is: getting up extra early on a drizzly morning and treating yourself to breakfast out with the one u lov, getting back into education after years of struggling and ending up with an offer from your first choice uni, spending days out in cities with ur good pals n shopping n drinking nice beer in cosy pubs when u r worn out, going for dreamy walks and picnics in the lil forest when the sun is shining, celebrating your twenty first birthday with ur family and friends bc you made it!

it is borderline personality disorder awareness month and here are my pictures to remind myself and show others that there is a wonderful life after ur lowest point!!! we can all lead happy lovely lives :-)

[purpleburps]

- Happy BPD Awareness Month! 💕

[rottenbutrecovering]

Day 2: Why did your last friendship end?

Because he was a selfish, bullying asshole who cut me out because I didn't fuck him. Simple as.