Dear Mutt,
Thank you for sharing that video! That was so helpful and deepened my understanding of my DD. That was a very powerful video. Leap listen empathy agree partner? I think? Well I have got to find a way to better my communication with my daughter.
Thanks again
Hi Daisy123
Thank you Mutt, what a great share
and glad the video spoke to you D.
I worked through all resources here to find the ones that work for my DD, BPD diagnosis is SO broad - co-morbid (no generalisations here), it's like threading a needle, I've got there - past the worst, now gently moving forwards, for my DD to find a life that works for her, one she is proud of and feels peace. As
1hope shares, we continue here, together. We bump up
We have parents here working on communicating boundaries and limits, other parents learning their sensitive child responds to double validation, parents focusing on core relationships. Somehow I see we come here to the middle point, centre - in time.
For me my first step was listening with empathy - so very powerful, and I say that as that is what my DD needed at that time, FOR me to be her advocate, her friends too as she engaged in treatment, helping herself. And that is difficult, first I gained my daughters trust, she accepted me as her advocate to help her gain treatment. DD lead the way, we listened and followed.
Listen with empathyI'm still threading the needle with my DD and that's ok, my DD is in a happy, safe place. I could not ask for more.
WDx