And then I forgot to write them down here.
OK, so here’s the first three things on my list (I’ll add when they come up):
1. Learn more about borderline personality disorder
2. Learn more about trenchcoats—the body types that can wear them, and what makes a good trenchcoat.
3. Learn more about foods and drinks that help cleanse the body and prevent water retainment.
And, I’ve already knocked number one off my list. The excellent website http://www.bpdfamily.com/ provided many more than three things about borderline personality disorder.
1. It can affect the children of BPD sufferers quite strongly, and I think I see evidence in these reports that it can almost be passed from generation to generation in a cycle of abuse and lack of knowledge about “normal” childrearing techniques.
2. 60 percent of people with a mental illness do not realize they have that mental illness.
3. BPD sufferers lack the self-soothing strategies that prevent the rest of us from blowing things out of proportion.
One thing I didn’t like about the site was that it seemed skewed towards female BPDs. I’m not sure if that’s because more females have BPD, or because of some bias in the site. But it still had a lot of insight and good practical advice for people who live with people with BPD.
