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Thank you for stopping in. If you or someone you love has BPD, you have come to the right place. My name is Terri (aka bordergirl), and I was diagnosed in 1999, and feel like now that I know what I have, I can work toward getting better. Before the diagnosis of BPD, I just thought I was alone in my own little world. I have�always felt like I was on the outside looking in. I have had depression on and off for years. Now though, I know that there are other people who feel just like I do. It is so hard to live in our skin.�No one can know how we feel unless they have lived it. I don't wish this illness on anyone. I have sabbotaged so many relationships and didn't know why. I would run away from relationships rather than trying to work through problems. I am determined to keep my current marriage together. I can't keep running. I just want to learn all I can about BPD, and maybe pass on that knowledge to others who suffer. My main reason for building this web site is to make a safe haven for other Borderlines and their families to share their thoughts and fears about BPD so�others can learn from it. You may hear me refer to this site as "ours". I feel that this site is yours and mine.

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Borderline Personality Disorder A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5. a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating). Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5. recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days) chronic feelings of emptiness inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights) transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, 1994


I am who I am My illness is not me. I carry an illness. My illness doesn't carry me. I am myself forever. My illness is not. Where there isn't home, still there is hope. When I have no one, still I have myself. If I fall down, I will get up. Because I will fight back. Because each day will be a battle that gradually I will conquer. With my own help and the help of others. Because I want to be free. I want to be healthy. Therefore, I will never give up. From the book: "Over and Over Again" By: Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D. Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias, M.D. ��