After 18 suicide attempts, I found a life worth living
Frequent MHT guest blogger, Dee Chan, shares how she struggled with Borderline Personality Disorder for years and then tried a newfound therapy that literally saved her life.
Author: Dee Chan
How I learned to stop being afraid of my feelings
Being terrified of your feelings is part of the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) pathology. Now in recovery from BPD, Dee Chan shares her experience with this fear and what she did to overcome it.
Why I decided to go back into therapy
Dee Chan shares that though she feels her borderline personality disorder (BPD) is in remission, a triggering event has her going back to therapy for suicide ideation.
The best defense is a good offense, or is it?
Dee Chan’s Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) always made the world feel like a very scary place. So when it came to relationships, she would self-protect with a “get them before they get you” mentality. She realized that if she wanted healthy relationships, she had to learn how to handle disappointment.
Lessons learned from a life of being angry all the time
Anger is an all-consuming force when coupled with Borderline Personality Disorder. Dee Chan shares how she learned to express her anger and stopped hurting those in her life.
Crawling back from the edge :: my adventure with BPD
Dee Chan shares how she spent years and years struggling with BPD until one day, she realized gratitude had a role to play in her recovery.