Good evening @BPDSurvivor and all forumites here! It's so great to be able to come back in this discussion thread after being away sick with mental health issues for 5 weeks. That was due to psychosis but surprisingly, in the mix of being in hospital for meds changes and a follow up PARCS admission, I was able to learn so much about my BPD it wasn't funny! 
Things like triggers and emotional regulation skills and warning signs were things I learnt a lot about and was able to put my new skills to the test on several occasions which was great and one which I succeeded at in many ways. I have my psychologist to thank for getting me admitted to PARCS after an event happened to me on the hospital ward that they weren't happy about me coming straight home from hospital and I'm so very grateful for them arranging this!

As for the start of BPD Awareness Week and the topic of Creative Wellbeing, I'd like to share what I'm in the process of doing to help myself and my BPD. Whilst in hospital, I started knitting what was meant to be a baby blanket for charity but I later decided that this blanket and the journey is too special to give away so I decided to turn it into my Mental Health Recovery Blanket as I started it when I wasn't well in hospital when I got admitted. On the first 2 days, I was limited to 2 hours per day of knitting in my bedroom so I made the most of those precious 2 hours to knit to my hearts content. Knitting made me feel calm and relaxed and allowed me to have some control over my life which was somewhat restricted on the ward. Eventually my psychologist spoke to a nurse of mine and I was allowed unlimited time for my knitting but I still treasured that knitting time. I'll post a photo of it when I get it finished.

I also had a BPD incident when I had a bad phone call from a telephone company on an afternoon at PARCS. I decided to start knitting a beanie to help me deal with my BPD emotions and I'm so glad I did because knitting that beanie allowed me to change a bad habit of mine around into something creative as well as being productive as well. I've now added a set of 4.5mm knitting needles and some yarn to my coping toolbox of strategies for my BPD just in case I experience something like that again and I can deal with the emotional consequences in a safe and creative way.

I hope sharing my creative wellbeing helps in some small way. I look forward to reading what other forumite friends do for their creative wellbeing!

Take care forumites!

Judi9877🥰🧶💐