can you please tell me what I should say ? or do?
so just today over text (thats why I posted in reverse breakup):
Let's take these one by one. Again, your best path here is to gain a deeper understanding of BPD and how to handle these types of situations. That takes time and it's not something any of us can guide you though in a day. You're hurting, angry, miserable, confused...everyone here has felt that before and it's terrible. To move forward you actually need to heal.
she says she must heal and she wants peace but she is The War itself.
When speaking to someone with BPD when they're unstable, you want to validate their feelings. So when she says that she's hurt and she must heal, she's really saying, "This is too much for me right now and I can't deal with it." If you want to be a part of her healing process, then you have to understand that and relate to it.
Now, that's not admitting, "I agree, I caused all this" or something like that. We're not talking about what she's accusing you of, only what she's feeling in the moment since that's what she's making decisions off of. So if you say, "This is all your fault and you caused all of this," then that's telling her that you don't understand her and there's no sense in trying to work anything out.
Focus on her emotions, what she's feeling, and validate that she's feeling that way. A good answer here would be, "I understand that you're hurting and I agree, we both need to heal from what happened." No blame in that answer, no accusations...just diffuse the situation with understanding and validation.
she says I hurt her to much but she only hurts me and our time.
Again, emotions- she's hurt. You shouldn't say she's not hurt since she clearly is. Meet that statement with empathy and her emotions.
she says Im manipulative when I confront her with her actions and her distorted reality that things didnt happen like that or she holds on to a false narrative.
Again, why argue over what happened? Do you want to be "right", or do you want to comfort her and work on fixing the relationship? She feels manipulated, apologize for that and focus on the healing part instead.
Remember, in her mind, she sees you as having the false narrative. In her mind, it is 100% real and factual. The more you fight against that, the more you push her away and confirm that the breakup is the best option.
I said after this argument today she needs to see it herself and maybe just after longer therapy shes able to see it.
how should I act? what should I say?
If she mentioned therapy, that's a good thing. Gently encourage it since it will help her heal. This is not the time to refer to her being wrong or crazy tho- stay away from the "what happened" and focus instead on her emotions and healing.
say sorry ? apologize ? if i do that I just confirm her narrative split that Im bad, when I dont im still the abuser.
Are you sorry she's hurting? If so, tell her that. This isn't about confirming her narrative split, stay away from the accusations and just focus on her feelings.
she says Im the abuser and shes the victim, but its funny how she projects when I tell her this the opposite.
While you may be absolutely right, are you more worried about being "right" or fixing the relationship? She feels abused because there's been a communication breakdown due to her thinking differently. It's easy to say it's her fault due to the BPD, but that doesn't solve anything in the relationship. The goal here is better communication to make her feel loved and safe. That's where your focus should be.
I hope that helps. I know it's the exact opposite of what you expected to hear and I AM NOT taking her side. I'm just trying to explain how she processes these things and how a poor response can push her further away. Again, we've all been there or we wouldn't be on this forum. It's horriffic. But these are the steps to save your relationship.