To the edge and back; my life with borderline personality disorder
Julie Everson went from being left on the streets as a baby to psychiatric wards & group homes with BPD. Today she dreams of helping others by sharing her story.
View ArticleBorderline personality disorder; my journey towards healing
Karen H. shares her childhood with an abusive, alcoholic father whose final act caused her to downward spiral. She now wants to learn to love who she truly is.
View ArticleThe borderline life; a poem
Julie Everson poetically describes her life with borderline personality disorder.
View ArticleFreak; a poem
Julie Everson has had borderline personality disorder all her life and always felt somewhat like a freak. Never quite fitting in, like a pear trying to blend in with a bunch of pineapples! This poem is...
View ArticleWriting to understand my experiences with mental illness
Growing up, Felicia Johnson suffered from depression and child abuse. When she was asked to write for an assignment and then to keep on writing, she found an invaluable form of therapy and her voice.
View ArticleBorderline personality disorder; 100 forms of fear
Dionne Tyler shares her experience with Borderline Personality Disorder by showing you through the written word how it feels.
View ArticleStay with me into the depth
Julie Everson shares two poems from the depth of her pain and anguish, finally shining light on the darkest places in her. She feels her mental illness is trapping her in a cage and though she doesn't...
View ArticleThe borderline monster
Hanna shares that people suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are frequently portrayed as monstrous, manipulative people prone to violent outbursts and extreme mood swings. Sadly, she...
View ArticleThe journey to a DID diagnosis :: an interview
In interview format, Rayette shares her journey through abuse, mental illness, and hospitalizations to being diagnosed with DID.
View ArticleCrawling back from the edge :: my adventure with BPD
Dee Chan shares how she spent years and years struggling with BPD until one day, she realized gratitude had a role to play in her recovery.
View ArticleLessons learned from a life of being angry all the time
Anger is an all-consuming force when coupled with Borderline Personality Disorder. Dee Chan shares how she learned to express her anger and stopped hurting those in her life.
View ArticleThe best defense is a good offense, or is it?
Dee Chan's Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) always made the world feel like a very scary place. So when it came to relationships, she would self-protect with a “get them before they get you”...
View ArticleWhy I decided to go back into therapy
Dee Chan shares that though she feels her borderline personality disorder (BPD) is in remission, a triggering event has her going back to therapy for suicide ideation.
View ArticleHow I learned how to stop being afraid of my feelings
Being terrified of your feelings is part of the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) pathology. Now in recovery from BPD, Dee Chan shares her experience with this fear and what she did to overcome it.
View ArticleA casualty of BPD
Jordan Raines shares her experience with BPD and young love and how her extreme feelings impacted the relationship.
View ArticleAfter 18 suicide attempts, I found a life worth living
Frequent MHT guest blogger, Dee Chan, shares how she struggled with Borderline Personality Disorder for years and then tried a newfound therapy that literally saved her life.
View ArticleHow using the DBT skill called DEAR MAN set me free
Dee explains how Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)--a therapy she used to help her recover from Borderline Personality Disorder--is still useful today in her interpersonal relationships.
View ArticleHow to transform hurt from anger into resilience
Dee Chan shares how her journey with Borderline Personality Disorder and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy taught her to regulate her emotions.
View ArticleHow using DBT distress tolerance skills helped me cope with my big emotions
Dee shares how DBT distress tolerance skills changed her life from being consumed by her rage to "turning her mind away" and finding freedom.
View ArticleHow I was finally able to stop suffering over the lost relationships with my...
Dee shares how the intensive anger that was part of her Borderline Personality Disorder caused lost relationships with her children and how she was able to stop suffering from it.
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