Tag: paranoia
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Plagued by Paranoia!
One of the symptoms of BPD that still affects me often is paranoid ideation. All through elementary and high school, I was made fun of every day. Now, whenever I see people looking my way and laughing and I can’t hear what they’re saying, I think they’re teasing me. I can usually talk myself out…
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Insomnia and BPD
My insomnia isn’t caused by just worrying about normal things such as bills, etc. Do you ever get thinking deep, existential weird and stupid thoughts? For example, I heard that when you’re asleep, you eat bugs. That was worrying me last night. I actually fell asleep, though. Sometimes I get thoughts in my head like…
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Ruminating, Mindfulness and BPD > Ruminating and Borderline Personality Disorder « Anything to Stop the Pain – BPD and Non-BPDs
Ruminating, Mindfulness and BPD > Ruminating and Borderline Personality Disorder « Anything to Stop the Pain – BPD and Non-BPDs.
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My Response to “thedirtyho”s blog post re: Giles Frazer and Anti-depressants
From “thedirtyho” blog: http://thedirtyho.wordpress.com/2013/08/10/for-giles-fraser-ignorance-truly-is-bliss/ self-hate paranoia hypersensitive – incredibly attuned to very minor aspects of other people’s paralanguage misinterpreted over-analyzed rejection “walking on eggshells” wondering if something innocuous you said is now being turned into a stick to beat themselves with believing that everyone else hates you as much as you hate yourself self-conscious and…
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My Talk with my Counsellor and my Mother-in-Law
Last Tuesday, I met with my counsellor and my mother-in-law to try to help her understand my BPD. We had a very good talk and I think she’s finally beginning to understand it a bit more. I tried to explain to her how she was unintentionally invalidating me constantly. She told me that she wasn’t…
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Challenging Distorted Thinking
Debbie Corso from HealingFromBPD.org shares this video on saving yourself from unnecessary suffering through distorted thinking.
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Hallmarks of BPD
From BPD Central. This article describes the hallmarks of Borderline Personality Disorder, with some great examples to illustrate. http://www.bpdcentral.com/borderline-disorder/hallmarks-of-bpd/