matt
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Aug 7, 2013 15:41:33 GMT
Post by matt on Aug 7, 2013 15:41:33 GMT
I've just found this place and I think it's a fantastic idea! I am a long-term sufferer of mental health issues, and despite numerous visits to doctors and community mental health teams over the years I never had a diagnosis. Also, aside from the so-called professionals, I have never spoken to anyone in my life about my issues.
So, a little about me... I'm 30 and have suffered with various degrees of mental instability all my life which I spent many years doing my best to regulate with drugs and alcohol. It was only following a suicide attempt and subsequent sectioning that I had any form of intensive treatment and have been diagnosed with BPD. I had never heard of the condition before, and while being able to acknowledge it and take a degree of comfort from having a label for my 'episodes', I still don't feel like I'm any further along the road to managing them. To be honest I haven't found any treatments or medications helpful so far but I'll stick with it this time. I'm also going to endeavour to talk more and make an effort to meet like-minded people to hopefully make more sense of all the craziness.
Look forward to talking with you all, and hopefully we can help each other.
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Aug 7, 2013 15:56:49 GMT
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Post by loxanichs on Aug 7, 2013 15:56:49 GMT
Hello Matt, welcome to the forum! You'll find that everyone here is very friendly and supportive Feel free to look around and find a thread that appeals to you ^^
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Aug 7, 2013 16:31:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2013 16:31:02 GMT
Ah! A fellow BPDer!
Welcome and embrace the madness.
Nice to meet you.
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Aug 7, 2013 17:54:58 GMT
Post by Toni-Louise on Aug 7, 2013 17:54:58 GMT
Hello, nice to meet you.Welcome to minds like ours, I hope you enjoy getting involved in the forum and on the site =] If you want to talk or ask any questions feel free to contact myself or another ambassador or member of staff and we would be happy to help =]
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Aug 7, 2013 20:51:23 GMT
Post by Michaela on Aug 7, 2013 20:51:23 GMT
Hi Matt, welcome to the community, I'm sure you'll find plenty of people to connect to on here, even if you don't have that in your own life could you just clarify, when you say BPD, do you mean Borderline Personality Disorder? Just because I've heard it used for Bipolar too
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matt
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Aug 8, 2013 10:21:16 GMT
Post by matt on Aug 8, 2013 10:21:16 GMT
Thanks for the warm welcome and sorry if that wasn't clear, I was referring to Borderline Personality Disorder.
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pj
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Aug 9, 2013 14:01:38 GMT
Post by pj on Aug 9, 2013 14:01:38 GMT
Hi Matt,
Your issues seem similar to mine, I have the same diagnosis, I used the same strategies as well. I also don't feel like I'm in control but I try every day to get the most out of life...I've even dared to plan a future (scary). If you think a chat might be beneficial let me know. I'm very new to this though so I don't know how much help I will be.
Paul
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Aug 9, 2013 23:25:00 GMT
Post by Gerard on Aug 9, 2013 23:25:00 GMT
matt Welcome to the forum
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