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Children, Parents, or Relatives with BPD => Parent, Sibling, or In-law Suffering from BPD => Topic started by: Harri on December 08, 2020, 06:56:03 AM



Title: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS SITE
Post by: Harri on December 08, 2020, 06:56:03 AM
Our lives are complicated and confusing. The answers to the challenges we face will take time. Below is a roadmap to help members navigate the process. The top of this list is where we all start. In time we work our way down the list together.  


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Suicidal Ideation Safety Plan (.pdf) (https://bpdfamily.com/pdfs/safety_first.pdf)



Start Here
Read Before Posting (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=56281.0)
How Do I Navigate This Site (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=319252)
Introduce yourself! (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=332833.0)
Survivor to Thriver Program (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=331826.0)

Tools and Skills - Immediate Help
Communication Skills - Don't Be Invalidating (https://bpdfamily.com/content/communication-skills-dont-be-invalidating)
Don't "JADE" (justify, argue, defend, explain) (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=139972.20)
Communicate - S.E.T. (Support, Empathy and Truth)  (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=143695.0;all)
A 3 minute Lesson on Ending Conflict (https://bpdfamily.com/content/ending-conflict)
Setting Boundaries and Setting Limits (https://bpdfamily.com/content/setting-boundaries)
Escaping Conflict and the Karpman Drama Triangle (https://bpdfamily.com/content/karpman-drama-triangle)
More... (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?board=36.0)

What Am I Dealing With?
I think it's Borderline Personality Disorder, but how can I know? (https://bpdfamily.com/content/what-borderline-personality-disorder)
DSM Definition: Borderline Personality Disorder (https://bpdfamily.com/content/borderline-personality-disorder)
DSM Definition: Narcissistic Personality Disorder (https://bpdfamily.com/content/narcissistic-personality-disorder)

Understanding BPD Behaviors
BEHAVIORS: Waif, Hermit, Queen, and Witch  (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=61982.0)
BPD BEHAVIORS:  Silent treatment (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=330440.0;all)
BEHAVIORS: Projection  (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=70931.0)
BEHAVIORS: Splitting  (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=62033.0)
BEHAVIORS: Extinction Bursts (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=85479.0)
Anosognosia and Getting a "Borderline" into Therapy (https://bpdfamily.com/content/how-to-get-borderline-into-therapy)
More... (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?board=45.0)

Self Care:
Distress Tolerance - What to Do When We are Losing It (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=331665.msg13020785)
Triggering and Mindfulness and Wise Mind (https://bpdfamily.com/content/triggering-and-mindfulness-and-wise-mind)
Practicing meditation--how do you do it?  (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=111031.0)
Radical Acceptance For Family Members (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=89910.0)

Understanding / Working on Us:
Emotional Blackmail: Fear, Obligation and Guilt (FOG) (https://bpdfamily.com/portfolio-parent)
Have Your Parents Put You at Risk for Psychopathology (https://bpdfamily.com/content/have-your-parents-put-you-risk-psychopathology)
Depression: Stop Being Tortured by Your Own Thoughts (https://bpdfamily.com/content/depression-stop-being-tortured-your-own-thoughts)
Shame, a Powerful, Painful and Potentially Dangerous Emotion (https://bpdfamily.com/content/shame-powerful-painful-and-potentially-dangerous-emotion)
Dealing with Enmeshment and Codependence (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=111772)
Dealing with ruminations (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=103396.0)
More... (https://bpdfamily.com/portfolio-parent)

Understanding and Healing the Damage of Growing Up in a BPD Environment
Have you had a "breakthrough crisis"? (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=127140.0)
Remembering - when is it therapeutic vs debilitating? (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=189733.0)
POLL: Have you experienced emotional incest? (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=127914.0)
Have Your Parents Put You at Risk for Psychopathology? (https://bpdfamily.com/content/have-your-parents-put-you-risk-psychopathology)
How Can We Forgive Ourselves?  (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=113483.0)
Family systems--understanding the narcissistic family (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=108970.0)
Depression and Suicidal Ideation (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=69192.0)
VIDEO | Stop Caretaking the BPD or NPD - Margalis Fjelstad, Ph.D., LMFT  (https://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=303203)