Personality Disorders Community Check-in: October 15th - October 21st
Hi PD Support Community!
In case if you missed it, we've re-launched DBTuesday and Thoughtful Thursday. More to come in future weeks!
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🧡 Magic
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@QuietMagic
I'm actually doing well! It's been a slightly stressful day, some negative interaction that didn't feel all that great, but I get to see a friend who I haven't seen in a while soon, which I'm looking forward to.
One thing that I've found calming recently is taking a step outside, or leaving my window open, as it's raining a lot recently, and the sound of rain is something I associate with being relaxed.
@ahhhhelpimalive
I'm glad things are going well. 😊 Sorry that things have been stressful but I hope your visit with your friend was enjoyable. 💜
That sounds really nice being able to open the window and have that calm, relaxed feeling if there's rain happening.
@QuietMagic
How are you feeling today?... Restful & Peaceful~
Is there anything you've found relaxing or comforting recently?.... Enjoying the Fall season and curling up & relaxing with some good Horror & Halloween movies with my hubby & Furbaby 🐕.... As well as walks outside enjoying the beautiful, warm Fall weather around me.
🎃👻🍂
@PoliteOcean
That sounds so cozy. 😊 There are definitely a lot of things to like about the Fall.
Hi ... I'm new to this but I needed to find something to help me with bpbd I have known about this for 6months now and I thank God... I can kinda connect some of my life choices that I have made ... I'm in the what I think it's called splitting so mental I'm every where ... I'm trying so hard to do things that relax me ... I just have so many questions and I'm hoping I can get the help I been wanting And needing ... Any advice will surely help ... Thank you for having me here ...
@hardworkingWater2846
Hi, welcome to 7 Cups! Glad you've found the site and I hope that you're able to find what you're looking for here.
Sounds like it was helpful learning about BPD and having something to be able to tie everything together and feel like, "Oh so that's what's going on." Can understand what you're describing with splitting--like one moment you'll feel one way about someone and then later you might feel completely different about them, and it's confusing and disorienting. 💜
If you're looking for someone to talk with, HERE is a list of listeners who accept 1-on-1 chats on BPD. Also just going to share a resource I really like: this page lists some different experiences associated with BPD and has ideas for things to do with each one.
How are you feeling today?
Well rested, Calm
Is there anything you find comforting & relaxing recently?
Listen to Spotify .. haha
@Adeline12345
Yay for feeling well-rested. I constantly have Spotify on in the background on most days. 😊
I’m full of thoughts today and doing all I can to not feel anything . I guess I would name this day my thought saturated sunday…. Unless it’s Saturday… that means tomorrow is going to be ‘stay out my way cause it’s now Moody Monday’. That will make me grateful to have pDBT tuesday to teach me how to make my moody Monday’s more mellow mondays … and maybe other days like Sundays will be calmer days like soul searching days. Serenity Saturdays I can’t even comprehend how that will feel. Is that happiness. Or inner peace? To feel like this without a body full of strong substances would be less costly, safer and best of all…. It would be real . I know it’s a dream. I’m too old to change and it could just cause the feelings to leak into the rest of
me. I won’t survive it. I’ve been 53 years in this mixed up confused state. I think it’s better for most of my malfunctions to remain that way.
@kindTurtle3738
I like "Moody Monday", haha. That would make a pretty fun icebreaker to try to come up with pessimistic versions of all of the weekdays.
Can definitely understand not wanting to feel things if you have some sense of, "If I ever manage to feel all the stuff that's there, it's going to be pretty miserable and who knows what will happen if of that stuff rushes in all at once." 💜
I've always felt like there's a lot of wisdom in "malfunctions". Sometimes they're like a glue that's barely holding everything together, they serve an important purpose of preventing a lot of suffering, and they deserve a great amount of respect and gratitude. Can understand as well the feeling though of, "It would be nice if there were something better than this and I were able to live without them."
Schizophrenia or schizoaffective. Still not sure.
@niceBanana640
Hi, welcome to 7 Cups. 💜 Just going to pass along a few links that might be helpful.
7 Cups Schizophrenia & Psychosis Support forum
List of experienced 7 Cups listeners who accept chats on schizophrenia.
7 Cups self-help guide for coping with schizophrenia
Need to learn to forgive.
