Re: TV commercial donation for BPD awareness?

[Guest guest]

Hi , I was thinking the same exact thing..Seems the only way anyone would

find out about BPD is if they, themself started therapy and the therapist made

them aware..That's what happen in my case...My younger sister started therapy

and was told it sounded like our Nada was BPD..I was thinking maybe an email on

the subject to CBS or maybe 20/20...I guess they could do the research and find

out what they needed to know to aire such a program...

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> Hey everyone,

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> I wish I had known about this BPD stuff decades ago. Imagine we would have

> caught on to BPD when we were young? How would our lives be different?

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> I wish there was some movement to raise awareness of BPD to which I could

> donate. Something which would put commercials on TV aimed at kids, so they

> hopefully won't turn out as adults living in emotional pain. I imagine the

> commercial would look something like the Cymbalta commercial.

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> I feel like our society is (becoming more) accepting of individuals

> sexuality, race, religion, and even minor mental disorders (ADD, depression,

> addiction). How nice would it be if survivors of BPD parents could be open

> with their background and not be judged, ridiculed, or minimized?

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> Main point. Donation to raise awareness of BPD aimed at kids. Any ideas?

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[Guest guest]

The site also has a place to make donations, I notice.

Thanks Randi. Didn't know that resource was out there.

Tina

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> > >> > Hey everyone,

> > >> >

> > >> > I wish I had known about this BPD stuff decades ago. Imagine we would

> > >> have

> > >> > caught on to BPD when we were young? How would our lives be different?

> > >> >

> > >> > I wish there was some movement to raise awareness of BPD to which I

could

> > >> > donate. Something which would put commercials on TV aimed at kids, so

> > >> they

> > >> > hopefully won't turn out as adults living in emotional pain. I imagine

> > >> the

> > >> > commercial would look something like the Cymbalta commercial.

> > >> >

> > >> > I feel like our society is (becoming more) accepting of individuals

> > >> > sexuality, race, religion, and even minor mental disorders (ADD,

> > >> depression,

> > >> > addiction). How nice would it be if survivors of BPD parents could be

> > >> open

> > >> > with their background and not be judged, ridiculed, or minimized?

> > >> >

> > >> > Main point. Donation to raise awareness of BPD aimed at kids. Any

ideas?

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> > >> >

> > >> >

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[Guest guest]

If there were to be a documentary or even just a public awareness campaign of

30-second spots, what I would like to call it is something like, " The Many Faces

of Borderline Personality Disorder " because there is such a wide range of

dysfunctional behaviors going on with bpd.

Each of the sub-types, " The Waif " , " The Hermit " , " The Queen " , and " The Witch "

could have her own segment of a documentary. Plus, there are " high-functioning "

and " low-functioning " versions of each one.

I totally agree that what needs to be given priority is increasing public

awareness of the damage that the children of those with bpd are experiencing.

The public has gradually become aware of how pervasive sexual abuse and physical

abuse are and how incredibly damaging they are to children, but there's little

awareness of how damaging and even permanently scarring emotional abuse and

neglect are.

What bpd is and what it does to the children of those with bpd is a huge amount

of information to get across; difficult to package neatly in even a series of

30-second " spots. " It needs documentaries and more documentaries; like a whole

mini-series of documentaries, in my opinion.

-Annie

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> > > > >> > Hey everyone,

> > > > >> >

> > > > >> > I wish I had known about this BPD stuff decades ago. Imagine we

would

> > > > >> have

> > > > >> > caught on to BPD when we were young? How would our lives be

different?

> > > > >> >

> > > > >> > I wish there was some movement to raise awareness of BPD to which I

could

> > > > >> > donate. Something which would put commercials on TV aimed at kids,

so

> > > > >> they

> > > > >> > hopefully won't turn out as adults living in emotional pain. I

imagine

> > > > >> the

> > > > >> > commercial would look something like the Cymbalta commercial.

> > > > >> >

> > > > >> > I feel like our society is (becoming more) accepting of individuals

> > > > >> > sexuality, race, religion, and even minor mental disorders (ADD,

> > > > >> depression,

> > > > >> > addiction). How nice would it be if survivors of BPD parents could

be

> > > > >> open

> > > > >> > with their background and not be judged, ridiculed, or minimized?

> > > > >> >

> > > > >> > Main point. Donation to raise awareness of BPD aimed at kids. Any

ideas?

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