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I am BPD...and at first I was fired up/hurt/ashamed/confused so many things..especially when reading about how others see us and how many professionals won't even deal with us...I was so chaotic. It wasn't until my T got me to sit down and write out which characteristics of the diagnosis resonated with me...and which did NOT resonate with me.... Thank God he is also very wise and gave me a very different point of view of some of the worst characteristics...(just a way that anyone that hurt would try to get their needs met..etc) Writing it all out and finding positive books and websites that dealt with it well really helped. I ended up with like a 12pp essay..lol
When I think about a little one trying to absorb such information, vs a tween or young male vs young female part trying to understand....I can certainly see where chaotic feelings must have been flying.
Is there one part that is better at communicating with the little ones or younger parts...or an older/maternal part that might work with the feelings of some of the others...to help get a clear message through to all that Asperger's can also be a beautiful gift...such sensitive souls...creative....able to handle many situations and people the others cannot, higher intelligence, great with animals, etc. And ways that females and males tend to develop and finally reveal the aspects of Asperger's that are more pervasive...females hide it much longer...used to having to "copy" behaviours of others..etc. Thus which parts might have harder time with uncovering these traits...etc.
I hope you have wonderful loving supportive and knowledgeable people arround you all, like AL to help you adjust and move on with healing...
huggles for all...
WB
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Thank you so much for this, and you are right, aspies are cool
But the fur was flying here and it has taken me quite some time to calm it all down again - still doing so in fact. When abusive people have spent so long destroying your ability to believe in your sanity and your perceptions, taking on board something like this is hard! It frightens me how easy it is for people to get bad feedback or even misdiagnosis, at times in their lives when they need clarity most - or in the case of DID to be told that it doesn't exist at all! There is a lot of research involved in healing, I often feel a need for one of those huge libraries, with green shaded lamps studious folk shushing you, but the internet has made it all easier to access.
