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Relationship Partner with BPD (Straight and LGBT+) => Romantic Relationship | Bettering a Relationship or Reversing a Breakup => Topic started by: bloodbought on May 30, 2018, 09:46:49 AM



Title: just realizing this is happening
Post by: bloodbought on May 30, 2018, 09:46:49 AM
Hello,

I am just now realizing after 24 years of a rocky marriage that this could be the root issue and I don't know how to deal with this new realization.


Title: Re: just realizing this is happening
Post by: kells76 on May 30, 2018, 09:58:45 AM
Hi bloodbought, glad you found the site. It sounds like you've been through a lot -- over two decades of a rough marriage, and now maybe a lot of pieces are falling into place. You're wondering if your spouse might have BPD. Tough question; I don't think anyone knows how to deal with that right off the bat.

Want to keep talking about it? Can we help with some more questions?

kells76


Title: Re: just realizing this is happening
Post by: Panda39 on May 30, 2018, 10:50:21 AM
Hi bloodbought,

I'd like to join kells and say Welcome 

I'm on these boards because my significant other (SO) has an undiagnosed BPD ex-wife.  I can tell you when I first found out about BPD, I hit my local library and read everything they had.  It really helped me to get a good grounding in what BPD is.

Here are a couple books I found to be particularly good if you are interested in reading more about it... .

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Randi Kreiger 
 
and

Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Changeby Valerie Porr, M.A.

What types of things have you seen in your spouse that lead you to BPD?

Panda39