Support your teen with BPD by helping them to get needed BPD treatment, learning better ways to communicate with them, and finding support for yourself.
You can decide what you will and will not tolerate from your friend with Borderline Personality Disorder. This doesn’t diminish your devotion to your friendship. Establishing boundaries with your friend with BPD is your best defense against being swept up in unnecessary drama.
Relationships between siblings can be complex. When you add a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) into the mix, the ups and downs of a sibling relationship can be much more extreme.
It is a fact that most people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have angry outbursts, but a myth that they act out violently toward others. Instead, their angry behavior is often directed toward themselves.
I began to educate myself on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) about a year ago, first by reading the popular book “Stop Walking on Eggshells” and then by supplementing that with other books and online resources. What motivated me to do so was the growing suspicion that my sister-in-law suffers from a mental illness of some kind.
If you have a parent with Borderline Personality Disorder, it is very important that you create boundaries so you are not tangled up in your parent’s emotions and don’t lose sight of which emotions belong to you and which your parent projects.
Supporting a loved one who has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder will mean helping them learn more effective communication styles and amend negative patterns of behavior.
Whether your child is just into their 20s or well into adulthood, you may find you’re having difficulty getting them to enter Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) treatment. Your child may be in denial about their diagnosis or simply unwilling to get BPD treatment. But you know it will help. So what do you do?
The holidays often mean travel, to visit family or for a fun weekend getaway. If the person you are travelling with has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and you’ve never travelled together before, there are some things you should keep in mind to make your trip more enjoyable.
Knowing how to set boundaries with your teen with BPD will be important to helping them manage their BPD symptoms, developing a healthy relationship with them, and maybe even getting them to enter BPD treatment.