Re: Welcome to WTOParentsOfBPs

September 2, 2002

In a message dated 9/2/2002 2:06:37 PM Central Daylight Time,

handjive1228@... writes:

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> Date:9/2/2002 2:06:37 PM Central Daylight Time

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> Hello Everyone: I am coming to you from two other lists that had this

> (parents of) as a link. What is going on...we just got a diagnosis of BPD

> on my daughter who is 18. She is a cutter, and has, in the past, been

> bulimic. She attempted suicide almost 3 weeks ago and has been in " crisis "

> therapy since. Her medication has stabalized her but as I saw this

> morning, it merely masks the symptoms to a lesser degree. Something did

> not go her way this morning and she popped a cork and was doing her

> " Curley " (Larry, Moe and..) spin on the floor. I can bite my lip and keep

> tongue in cheek because after what we've been through the past few weeks,

> her little floor dance was a Mamba on South Beach. I love the name of this

> board " Oz " ...it does feel like I am no where near Kansas. Does anyone out

> there feel like when they were babies and toddlers that was a piece of cake

> compared to now? My daughter is so extremely creative and her major in

> college is Fine Arts. One of our saving graces has been that she finds her

> art work great therapy. She arrives to class early and goes home long

> after the teacher dismisses, choosing to work on her pottery. My dreams

> for her future are that she simply learns to deal with this. I simply don't

> see her boss accepting her Curley spin as a funny little " quirk " of her

> personality. You know? I would love to hear from you all. -PR

>

September 3, 2002

Welcome to the group and I am sure you will find empathy as well as help

here, I have.

Tony

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