|
Title: New to the site Post by: sheepy on April 19, 2020, 11:16:36 AM My 17 year old son has just been diagnosed with BPD and I am looking for ways to best support him during lockdown. We are having video calls with therapists at the moment and trying to keep him occupied as best we can but 4 weeks in it is proving to be quite difficult at times. Any suggestions welcome and also any recommended books.
Title: Re: New to the site Post by: hope2727 on April 19, 2020, 12:52:41 PM Hello and welcome. You have found a great resource. There is a list of lessons and of books on the site. What one to choose may depend on what stage you are at on this journey. Keep posting and reading as this forum is filled with amazing people and resources.
There are book reviews until the tools tab |iiii Title: Re: New to the site Post by: livednlearned on April 23, 2020, 10:02:08 AM 17 is such a hard age :(
Have you read Blaise Aguirre's book BPD in Adolescence? That book was a huge eye opener for me in a general sense. And from there I discovered Loving Someone with BPD by Shari Manning. I also found I Don't Have to Make Everything All Better by the Lundstroms to be excellent. One thing I found with BPD is the need to a) validate feelings while b) making them accountable and doing that in c) a simple way. The best way to do that, in my experience, is to ask validating questions. I have all but stopped giving advice and went light as a fairy in my approach, not just to be 23-year-old BPD daughter but to my 18-year-old son with Asperger's. What are some of the things you are finding most challenging at the moment? |