Is this normal??
So this is basically how Ive been feeling over the last year and I know its not as simple as this I have no friends who understand bpd and just hope someone on here can relate to this...
person 1 is honest and kind, caring and loving, very empathetic and considerate as well. i have anxiety & depression. I feel this is my true self
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person 2 is more spontaneous, impulsive and aggressive, doesnt think of consequences, and tends to be defensive and angry. When Im in this side, I totally forget about Person 1 and also feel like i have any control over this side. i hate person 2 but it is out of my control.
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the same pattern keeps occuring, and i feel like its just a vicious circle that ends and causes lots of shit in life.
when im in person 2, i often do something/say something/think impulsive without thinking of the consequences. When I feel like Im calm and going back to person 1 i disassociate and my emotions are coming back to who I truly am.
then i go back to person 1, and end up looking back on what happened. i tend to feel a lot of anger and hate for person 2 because i almost feel like i have to deal with the consequences and guilt from what that side did because i felt like it was that other side of me that did it, and not person 1.
however in person 1 i know person 2 is also a part of me too, and i get angry towards myself. it hurts me knowing Ive hurt people I love. I end up feeling shit because i felt like i couldnt control the person 2 and also feel like im a horrible person.
then i end dealing with stresses in life or think of myself and i become person 2 again. And since person 2 always forgets about person 1, the cycle begins again.
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I can relate to this. Sometimes when I'm dark I feel like in the bright moods I am faking everything. The other way around it is the same, I cannot recognise my 'other half' when I'm living his counterpart. Rolling through cycles like this has made me very confused. Having gained clarity trough insights in one moment turns my world upside down in the next. Partially because of this I tend to distantiate myself from everyone, because any negative energy coming from me I receive back with a vengeance. Questions followed by more questions... Even though, rationally, I know that life is worth living when I'm truly present in the moment I cannot help but miss something... Something vital. And I truly do not have a single clue what that might be... So we continue searching. For what? Who knows.
Quoting a Dash Berlin song, "If only fools are satisfied, take my sanity away." Yet if my sanity has gone I wouldn't be able to realise the contrast, would I?