Maybe Borderline Personality Disorder?
I've wanted to ask this question for a really long time, but you know me-I'm kind of a procrastinator. Usually, things only push me into action when they get super overwhelming or when I feel like there's no other choice.
So here I am now. I've looked around on HealthUnlocked trying to find a support community for Borderline Personality Disordre, and it's confusing me why there isn't one.
Why???
There are so many mental health issues with communities, but BPD just doesn't seem to have one. After my diagnosis and seeing how it's affected me throughout my life, I think BPD has been the biggest issue compared to depression and anxiety, even though those certainly mkae things worse too.
I've dealt with a lot of mental health stuff over the past 50 years or more-mainly depression and anxiety-and I got diagnosed when I was 16. Now that I'm 68 today, I keep wondering what's been causing most of my struggles over the years-is it mainly depression, or is it mostly anxiety? I used to think one or the other was the bigger problem, but now I honestly believe that both were just side effects of BPD.
I've tried figuring out who I could talk to on HealthUnlocked about why there isn't a support community for BPD, but haven't been able to find anyone. Maybe there are lots of people struggling with BPD who need support and can't find it. From what little I've found elsewhere, it seems like online support for this is really limited.
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I think there are a lot of other support groups out there too. I really like the one on Reddit called r/BPD-it has, like, 253 thousand members now. It's super supportive and helpful, i guess.
I was thinking about that Reddit tip again, you know, from erbsta earlier? I really should have known by now that there's pretty much nothing you can't find on there. Anyways, I spent some time browsing through a bnch of posts tonight and it looks like they might actually be useful for what I'm looking into. It's always comfroting to me when I read other peopple's stories too-really helps put things in perspective.
Followed up, got reply from HealthUnlocked. No forum for Borderline because they need a charity partner to run it. If you know any charities, tell them to contact HealthUnlocked. Doesn't look like support will be here anytime soon. Thanks to those who suggested other sites.
I have also looked for a BPD support group here but was disappointed not to find one. I will look elsewhere.