What causes Borderline Personality Disorder
Why are some people vulnerable to developing borderline personality disorder? What is different about them that puts them at risk? Do their brains work in a different way? Scientists and researchers now understand that the brain of a BPD patient is different. See...
Emotional Dysregulation – Is This You or Someone You Know?
Do you recognize these symptoms in your loved one or in yourself? For more information on the symptoms of BPD we have developed a detailed BPD Brief for downloading. https://dev.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.org/understading-bpd/a-bpd-brief/ Diagnosis, Origins,...
Legal help for the mentally ill might save more than money in the long run…
A Guide in the Darkness: For some parents of children with mental illnesses, navigating the warren of hospitals, insurers, courts and social services can be overwhelming. A Manhattan lawyer offers assistance....
What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Four Families Tell Us
How did Borderline Personality Disorder affect these four families? Four families affected by BPD talk about very difficult moments in their lives. they share their stories in the hope that other families in similar circumstances might benefit. We are extremely...
10 Mindful Minutes… a TED Talk about Mindfulness
Enjoy! http://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes.html
Let’s talk Radical Acceptance
I saw this on Tara Bloch's blog, and it embodies the spirit of mindfulness and radical acceptance. She says: "...some years ago, right before our winter meditation retreat, my body crashed. I landed in the hospital, unable to teach, or for that matter to read, walk...
Mindfulness: Observe… and Let it Go
From your place on the rock, observe nonjudgmentally as thoughts, sensations, emotions come floating by like debris... perhaps get stuck... release them gently, with no judgment... watch them float downriver. The same thought might reappear; release it again and...
A Mindfulness practice: the Metta Chant (the chant of Loving Kindness)
May I be peaceful May I be happy May I be safe May I awaken to the light of my true nature May I be free Your benefactor is the person who helps you get through the day, makes things possible for you: May -- be peaceful May -- be happy May -- be safe May -- awaken to...
Twitter Chat with NIMH
Wild mood swings. Impulsive behavior. Unstable relationships. These are just a few of the symptoms that are linked to the disorder known in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) as “borderline personality disorder” or in the International...
Call-In Series Archives Converted to MP3 Files.
Purchase a package and load them onto your phone, mp3 player or mobile device and listen to calls when you're away from your computer.
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