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BPD Stories / Mental Health Services

October 12, 2021

 by Tess · Published October 12, 2021 · Last modified January 23, 2022

Borderline personality disorder, and why young people are falling through the cracks

Natasha Swingler has lived with complex mental illness from a young age. “I didn’t want to be seen, to be heard. I didn’t really want to exist, I didn’t feel that I was deserving of...

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

August 28, 2021

 by Tess · Published August 28, 2021 · Last modified December 30, 2023

32 Ideas for Using the FAST Skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Read the full article here.  The FAST skills were developed by psychologist Marsha M. Linehan in the 1980s as a part of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). The FAST skills remind us that we can...

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BPD Stories

August 27, 2021

 by Tess · Published August 27, 2021 · Last modified November 21, 2021

Halifax musician on her borderline personality disorder, and the ‘solace’ music brings (Global News)

Read the full article here Music and mental health are related to one another for 26-year-old Wren Kelly, a Halifax musician, and songwriter. She wrote half of her latest single ‘Game Over’ in a...

BPD Stories

August 6, 2021

 by Tess · Published August 6, 2021 · Last modified June 5, 2022

‘Lacing up my running shoes saved my life – now I want to help others’ (Lincolnshire Live)

Read the full article here. A devoted brother who suffered with post-traumatic stress disorder after his sibling died of cancer is lacing up his running shoes in a bid to help others with their...

Quiet BPD

July 29, 2021

 by Tess · Published July 29, 2021 · Last modified June 5, 2022

What Is ‘Quiet’ Borderline Personality Disorder? (Psych Central)

Read the full article here. Quiet BPD is an unofficial term for when you engage with symptoms inwardly, instead of outwardly. Having quiet borderline personality disorder (BPD) — aka “high-functioning” BPD — means that you...

BPD Stories

July 28, 2021

 by Tess · Published July 28, 2021 · Last modified June 5, 2022

‘It’s okay not to be okay,’ in conversation with The Mental Health Runner (SHP)

Read the full article here Thomas has worked at British Sugar since 2009. After completing his mechanical engineering apprenticeship and achieving his HND, he moved into a Process Technician role from 2012. Outside of...

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