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« on: July 31, 2018, 10:46:02 AM »

I didn't post for some time and don't visit the forum as much as I used to.

However I found something interesting from my ex BPD female friend.

Sometimes she puts a 'like' on stuff she finds on the web on her social media page.
After having posted this:
"People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self esteem are quite aware of your potential even if you're not"

weeks ago, she posted something simular today:

"A powerful personality in not about being in control or controlling others, it is aboutstying rooted in your own core values, integrity and authenticity"

Is she trying to communicate tis way with me or other people? strange... .

I believe these words, which are not hers, are weird, because her behaviour has been totally different.
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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2018, 10:58:26 AM »

Do you want her to communicate with you?

To answer your question: no she is likely not communicating with you
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2018, 11:42:17 AM »

I'm not sure how to phrase this. Why does it matter to you if she is or is not? Why does it seem strange to you?

I don't know your past or what your r/s was like. IMO, chances are it is not about you or meant for you. I think we all tend to see ourselves a certain way. It's possible those posts simply resonated with her.
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2018, 08:46:49 PM »

Comes across to me as a bit of personality plagiarising if id have to go with a 'hunch'.

Hunches are just about the most valid thing to go on when it came to making sense of anything. More the reason I gave up in the end.

The behaviour ive witnessed can be so incongruent and shift so quickly that for all intents and purposes - she could have been an entirely different person each time.

the majority of stuff on social media or occassional bizarre text or whattsapp came across as cryptic sort of riddles, your guess is as good as mine wether she herself understands what she is saying or doing or if there is any relevant meaningfulness behind it.

Much of what I came across equates itself as mindless drivel and should perhaps be treated as such. Nothing more, nothing less. Sounds like she might be trying to emulate someone and portraying their values as her own. If you were aware of any identity disturbance issues then all the more credit towards that.
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2018, 11:31:53 PM »

Comes across to me as a bit of personality plagiarising if id have to go with a 'hunch'.

Hunches are just about the most valid thing to go on when it came to making sense of anything. More the reason I gave up in the end.

The behaviour ive witnessed can be so incongruent and shift so quickly that for all intents and purposes - she could have been an entirely different person each time.

the majority of stuff on social media or occassional bizarre text or whattsapp came across as cryptic sort of riddles, your guess is as good as mine wether she herself understands what she is saying or doing or if there is any relevant meaningfulness behind it.

Much of what I came across equates itself as mindless drivel and should perhaps be treated as such. Nothing more, nothing less. Sounds like she might be trying to emulate someone and portraying their values as her own. If you were aware of any identity disturbance issues then all the more credit towards that.

Thank you Cromwell, Tomacini and I'm the Fire,

First answer, NO I don't want her to contact me and I don't want to contact her.
She's been the worst emotional influence on me in my life.

Cromwell, what you say makes a lot of sense, and I really wonder about her 'likes', which could be understood as statements, even if she is not able to put that in her own words and needs to pick stuff from the web.

However, those statements out of her sound extremely bizarre as she is very ill with BPD and perhaps Cluster B. I've spent time with her, watched her communicating with others and saw her sick behaviour.

Cromwell, I do think she's trying to portray other peoples values, which are almost common sense, as her own values. Of course, like almost all BPD people, she is lacking exactly those values and contradicts those values with her own behaviour.

It's the same with the first phrase and I wonder what potential and where she is seing that. I didn't see any real and positive potential, it was all borderline behaviour and that's not any kind of potential within an individual.
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« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2018, 01:05:18 AM »

I tired of the passive-aggressive things my ex was posting so I blocked her.  It took her a few weeks to figure out. 

"id you block me?"

"Yes."

No explanation necessary.
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