what issues are people working through?

[Guest guest]

I just wondered if mine were typical, or what other people are

dealing with. I've only just discovered BPD and have been in therapy

for two weeks. I'm currently reading SBP, with UBM next on the

list. Here is what my therapist tells me I need to work on:

(1) Hypervigilance (i.e. always in a state of heightened anxiety)

which he says is because of learning at an early age that the world

is an unsafe and unpredictable place.

(2) Low self-esteem due to 'projection' of all the BPD parent's bad

qualities onto myself and having believed most of them for 40 plus

years despite all evidence to the contrary.

(3) Inability to trust my own judgement about people or perceptions

about situations (i.e. allowing myself to be taken advantage of in

relationships because I always question my ability to properly

evaluate what is fair and not fair).

Are others working with similar issues? How do you try to overcome

them? My therapist has recommended meditation for issue #1 (which

I've tried but without much luck!) and for the other two, for now he

recommends continuing to read, learn, and understand. Which I'm

doing.

Would love to hear the experiences of others.