Hi my fellow-friends,

How are you all travelling?

@Jacaranda84 @Shaz51 @Judi9877 @BlueBay @BPDrose @BPDRECENTDIAGNO @Bpd_89 @Former-Member @Tbo @Aniela 

Would anyone like to share their current experiences of BPD whether as a carer or as someone with lived experience?

In terms of my BPD, I'm having some challenges transitioning from working at home back to working on site. I feel like I am going back to a most unsustainable life which does not have time to slow down. I have reflected on this and am now trying the following:

- ensure I eat properly

- try squeeze in walks

- saying 'no' to doing extras for people

- setting boundaries between home and work

- having a regular sleep and wake time

- persisting with meditation exercises each night

Does anyone have any other strategies?

Im also in the process of transitioning from my area mental health team to a community outreach program as a next step into private. I'm looking forward to it, but also a bit unsure. 

Another 'BPD moment', shall I say, was when I found out the program 'Addicted Australia' on SBS this week was filmed at Spectrum. I still feel a sense of abandonment from Spectrum after finishing from their programs. As someone said, it's "my Spectrum". This probably does not make sense to non-BPDs, but it makes perfect sense to us.

Once again, I welcome all our friends here in our BPD community, especially those passing by and those who have recently joined us. I encourage you to share your experiences, thoughts, questions, ideas, or invite others to join us. This is very important so we can support others out there. It is hard to be on your own when faced with the challenges of BPD.

Cheers,

BPDSurvivor