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All the good things to fellow BPD sufferers.
Very good documentary.

20 years later and I still keep my DBT cards in my purse. It realy does help you cope.

As someone with BPD, I found this very helpful - thank you

This was very close to the bone and the best video on BPD that I have been able to find so far. Thank you very much for posting this.

This made me feel so much better. A little hope, a little smile in my heart. Thank you for making this and sharing it.

Until I was diagnosed yesterday I thought I was alone in the world. Sitting here listening to these people has made me realise that I can get through this. I love you all xo

Thank you for posting this. It helps me figure out why I am the way I am

Enjoyed your video!

This is by far the best BPD documentary I have seen.

This was seriously a life-changing movie for me. Thank you.

i watched this a while ago and must watch again. thank you for making this and posting. (Twitter:@bpd_orchid)

This was so enlightening, educational and very moving. It's just patients and doctors and other experts talking but in an informed, educated and very frank way. I learned and gained so much from this.  Thank you.

This is one of the best videos I have seen on borderline personality disorder. I studied under Marsha Linehan and her points are especially helpful. It also has good testimonials of what it feels like to have Borderline Personality Disorder.
Steve Bloem
Co-author Broken Minds.

Excelent explanation of BPD and very helpful testimonies! Thank you for this video. I am definitely going to share it!

A great video.

Thank you for posting this. How useful for people suffering from this disorder.

I want my daughter to see this and perhaps understand me a bit more.  We have had a fractured relationship for the past two years since my mother died.  If this doesn't work, I give up.

I'm so glad to have found this video. Its very encouraging to know that I'm not alone. We're not alone.

This documentary literally describes my life. This is perfect. Thank you for this.

I was diagnosed with BPD also, but anyone that knows me thinks it's a misdiagnosis.  I was horribly abused all of my life, which makes me have a "skewed" (doctor's words, not mine) view of myself.  Yes, I do view others as more important than I am, but seriously, what's wrong with that?  No, I don't see myself as attractive, but is it so wrong compared to others who look into a mirror and say "I'm so beautiful!"  all the time?  I put others first because I was always taught that selfishness is wrong, and if I put others before myself, that maybe I can do something to help change the world.

Where do families of BPD people get help?

BPD is a very serious mental disorder and my mom has one but she has never been treated. It affects not only the sufferers but also those who care about them and love them are also affected.

I have this and it's nice to see a video like this. There isn't much information out there about BPD and not many people understand.

finally, this has help me greatly

Awesome watch, I suffer or live with BPD-Dialetic therapy has helped but I still struggle with the willingness to keep on using it.I have been on that bridge, done the pill route and man does it suck.My family works with me, my children who also have disorders or sometimes called creative episodes.I thoroughly enjoyed the video and know there is hope.

Cont: My dad might have had it too. People used to think he was bipolar, but he very well could have had this. I think a lot more people have this then science and doctors realize. It's just a newly discovered condition so I wonder if as the years go on, more and more people will realize they have this. Then maybe there will be more awareness and help. Sorry for the long posts. Thanks for this documentary, it was eye opening to me and I think I'll go in for therapy.

Cont: Also, I have been called manipulative and like I love to play mind games, but to me I have no idea what I'm doing. I have a really hard time knowing the consequences of things (so it's hard to have relationships and keep jobs). I am a social outcast beyond belief...and usually when I'm trying to deal with things, I just don't know how to. It's like my brain doesn't know how to deal with people or situations, so I will try to deal with it desperately and then it just spirals out of control. I never mean to be this way. There was a long period in my life I had no clue who I was, so I used to study other people to be like them...I still do that! But it's not as bad now. I actually tried to remember my childhood, to remember who I was since I felt lost. So now-a-days I am into a lot of the things I was into as a kid...because that's the only way I know who I am. If I do have BPD, then I really want help for it. My aunt was diagnosed with it just now and she is 50 years old so it is in my family.

All my life I always had major problems making friends, I'm super shy, super clingy to any friends I do make, extremely emotional, I can hate someone one second and love them to death the next, I used to be suicidal and almost died, I'm turning into a hermit because I can't handle relationships, I can't hold a job, dropped out of highschool, get panic attacks, I always feel on edge, Anger and sadness are very high emotions for me, ...and I wish there was an off button for feeling this way all the time. It's hard for me to figure out if it's bipolar or BPD but BPD to me, sounds like me ...like when I watched this documentary it was like they were talking about me. Bipolar, not so much.

When I first saw this video I cried because it described me perfectly but that's also when I decided I'm not going to feel like Shit because of a lousy personality disorder it sucks but I can still smile

I've gotten so much better and I am so proud of myself.

I have BP, and I think I have this too, -going to read about it, but I can sure relate to what these people said. Thanks for posting this!

I was misdiagnosed for 5 years by Psychiatry. They said I had depression, GAD, SAD, bi polar... finally my friend read about BPD in her psychology class. She told me about it, I told my psychiatrist about it and therapist about it. They "diagnosed me" with BPD. For some reason they don't like to diagnose someone with that disorder. That is what they told me. They told me most of the medications I had been on throughout my 5 different psychiatrists, most make BPD worse. I am glad I am ok now. :)

Amazing documentary!

Tears...I have this- OMG great video !

Its a disorder that affects mostly women. In our group we were 16 girls. it takes YEARS to try to get some normality in your life. Im still struggling with it but it took roughly 10 years of therapy to feel like you can have SOME control over your emotions

As someone with BPD, I can say we can be frustrating to our loved ones, so it's cool. BPD is still fairly recent (mainly in the past 30-50 years) so there isn't a lot known. There is no medication for it, and (with me) some meds made the issue worse. You really don't notice how you treat people sometimes. My bf started mirroring what I was doing to him, and it's helped me try to recognize when I'm going off the deep end.

I dated a guy with BPD once. It was nearly impossible to deal with him. On top of my own issues with Manic Depression, etc. We were like a pot of toxic mess and we couldn't stand eachother, yet we couldn't live without eachother. It sucks.

this helps a lot

I am amazed with such gratitude with this video. I developed BPD at 14 after a major double trauma about 2 months apart. I've been in recovery since 2005. I know that it was DBT that saved my life. Prior to DBT, I was in the hospital every other month for chronic suicide tendancies and 2 over doses. This is awesome.. Thank you

Well, in many way people with this disorder are more sensitive, intelligent and interesting than average people.

For decades I lived with my ex's raging emotions, tirades, lies, punishments over real and perceived slights and repeated bizarre and unfounded accusations. I knew for years that there was something wrong - she was dealing very badly with the issues that haunted her but she would never admit to a problem. I finally saw a professional who suggested she had BPD. Unfortunately, my ex is still in denial. I wish she had the foresight of the people in this video to seek help. Life would be easier.

This video is speaking about borderline personality disorder, also abbreviated BPD but it is not bipolar disease or bipolar illness despite having the same abbreviation. I can't speak to changing one's personality disorder without medical care - but it is an axis II DSM diagnosis

I have bipolar also-the doctors at one time believed I could have BPD or schizophrenia. What I understand is BP is not an acute situation like BPD-the anger, sadness, and full blown paranoia lasts longer than a short time. Which leads me to believe the theory that BPD is actually "soft" bipolar. I take Lithium and I hold a job, pay my bills, and have stayed out of the hospital for 10 years.

It's very hard to have a relationship with those suffering from this; having it must be a nightmare.

thank u 2the people that made this programme..... 10yrs after being diagnosed n left 2deal with a situation i didnt understand i finaly c hope n realise im nt alone :) a HUGE thank you x

cont: Most commonly these behaviors will settle down once the young adult has gone through normal personality development but in some adolescents their difficulties continue right through this period and intensify this is where it might be an emerging personality disorder but doctors however are reluctant to diagnose BPD during adolescence until early or mid adulthood or later for the very reason because their minds are still developing.

Cont: BPD on the other hand is thought to have its underlying roots in early childhood often stemming from prolonged traumatic or difficult experiences (not always often the case) but causing the brain chemistry or biological processes that play key parts in emotional, behavioural and cognitive development to some how change than leading to a long-term pattern of maladaptive behaviours cont:

Nearly all mental illnesses has an underlying biological bases in one form or another but it is usually then a combination of factors that contributes to its development i.e genetic, environmental, lifestyle etc. Whilst similar BPD and Bipolar are two separate disorders. Bipolar is generally thought to be caused by a predisposition to pathological abnormal processes in the brain (chemical imbalances) cont -

Would like to say huge thank you for posting this I have bpd and this as help my family thank you with much love xxx

I'm thinking I have a girl friend that has characteristics of this disorder and it's scary.