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[fluffylight]

Hi and Welcome @Arrietty 🙂
A very warm welcome awaits you in these forums. Thank you for sharing 💛

Its really great that you can recognise writing and reaching out here is helpful. Please know you can do this anytime, the forums are a safe space for you and we are here to support you. It sounds like you are carrying so much. Seems your body has proven to you that it has gone through things in the past and is serving you as a reminder that you can get through this too! Holding space for you, it does sound very challenging 💛

Sending lots of gentle light your way 💛
fluffylight

[Kyle1]

"trauma bond" is real...

Hi @MenSufferToo 

I agree with your point on support services for men: a lot of posturing and curtailed time afforded all the while.

Thank you for speaking out.

[MyStory]

Hello people ☺️

I have just been diagnosed with BPD & NPD. This journey has taken 7 years. 

It’s a relief to be honest. I’ve been trying to shortcut my mental health all my life. For the first time, I’ve totally accepted my condition. I’m reading to do the work. 

As many here know, BPD is exhausting. Managing one’s external state with the internal wars simultaneously is relentless. 

Acceptance is change.

I am optimistic. 

[Paul4]

Hi there I’m Paul4 and I was told in 2022 that I have BPD. I’ve had many a struggles with depression, suicidal thoughts and attempts in my 48 years of life. And I’ve had enough of this garbage affecting the true side of me. I’m here to listen and learn from you all + even try some of your tricks of the trade to dull these thoughts. I do want to get back to, what one would say, a normal life (but what is a normal life?). A life where you feel that people aren’t judging you, where you feel safe to speak up and say I’m not good at the moment, knowing that you’re valued respected and loved by those around you, when at times you don’t want to ball your eyes out crying or go shopping for an implement to be used for your final goodbyes. Thanks for reading.

[tyme]

Hey there @Paul4 . Your post sounds like my former life. 

So much emotional torment. It was torturous to live. 

Good news is, with the 'right' therapy, BPD is 100% treatable. It is about re-training the brain to think in different ways. Long process, but totally worth it.

You can have a look at the Spectrum website (Vic specialist for personality disorders). That's where I got my treatment from a number of years ago.

[Mugar12]

Hi everyone, I am a late 20's transgender woman and I have just been diagnosed with BPD and CPTSD among other mental health issues. It's safe to say that I am battling with these diagnoses. After coming out as trans in 2021, my life has been a rollercoaster. I have lost so much since making the realisation of my true identity and struggle to find reason to get out of bed each day. I feel like I am hiding behind my issues and burdening others with them. By putting myself out there and connecting with communities like this, I will be able to claw back out of this deep dark hole that I am in at the moment. So I am so glad I found this forum and hope it is helpful. Cheers. 

[fluffylight]

Hi and welcome @Mugar12 🙂
Thank you for sharing. You are carrying so much and have found yourself on these forums which I hope can serve as a reminder that you are not alone 💗 It is great that you can recognise connection is important for you, a very warm welcome awaits you in these forums.

I hope that light brightens your way and the deep dark hole dims. What you are battling through is not easy, I acknowledge that. I have CPTSD myself and I am moving through what is an ongoing but recovering journey. It is possible to get better, and you deserve that.

Holding so much space for you 💛

Please take care,
fluffylight x

[britishtvfan]

@moderator @tyme 

apologies for the tag and if this isn't in the correct thread, I wasn't sure where to put it and I no longer have threads of my own. but can someone please reply to my email about changing my username? I did reply with some usernames I wanted.

[tyme]

Hey @britishtvfan ,

We’ve received your request anf you will receive an email shortly.

Thank you for your patience.

[britishtvfan]

hey @tyme , i replied again.

the username was supposed to say britishtvfan , it says britishvfan instead. can you please change it?

i wanted to go with redroses but that was already chosen apparently.