Greeetings, newbie, and other bits

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

I am a new KO to the goup. It is great to see that this forum exists, and

unfortunate that it has to.

My BP is my nada, lives 45 min - 1 hour away, and on minimal contact after

having

her committed last month. Since her release, i have not been to visit.

In the meantime i have got my hands on all the books i could. Just finished UBM,

and am stunned.

There is a new one, Daughters of Madness, not necessarily relating to just BPD,

but helpful as well.

I am in my 40's and it took until my mid 30's to come across the " I Hate

You-Don't Leave Me " , book b Kriesman.

All those years i jsut thought she was Bi-polar then bipolar two.

In regards to therapy, i have been in and out for years. Getting better, and

deciding to go on medication for some of my issues.

Used to suffer from major anxiety, now not so bad. Am being treated for anxiety

and depression. Love my meds!

Two of the best things that help me are 1) mindfulness meditation practice , and

2) small group interactions with safe friends.

To " Hummingbird " ,  i agree that it may be time to look elsewhere for the next

stage of your therapy. It is not

impossible to outgrow a therapist, and some are better than others. I'd also

look into group, if there is one near you that focuses

on intimacy issues, since a good group may mirror things that you want to work

on faster and better than one on one.

While this last crisis had been (and still is) exhaussting, and reading up on

the issues is rehashing old stuff that needs to be looked at again, i am

confident that this feeling state willl not last forever, and there will be

longer periods of contentment ahead.

I confidently hope this for you, too, SSJ, (I think it was) and the person

moving to NC. That if you do the inner work, there can be fruits to this labor.

While it is unfortunate in some ways that mental illness has defined a large

part of our lives, we can learn from this. I am honored to get to know all of

you, and look forward to sharing even not so polly-anna-ish notes soon.

Best,

Prajna

[Guest guest]

Welcome, sounds like you have come a long way!!! You get great advice

here......drlingirl