Singer47 I'm not nesesarily afraid of possible borderline traits just trying to figure out if my problem truely is chemical or if it's more of a personality thing that's best treated with psychotherapy. I don't want to take meds unnecessarily. I have a lot of emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, irritability, anxiety, somewhat disordered eating, self harm & suicidal thoughts. Not at this very moment obviously but since noticing a problem.

I am very concerned about stress but it's unavoidable & I want to reduce avoidance behaviours & face my fears. As an RN it's stressful regardless but I value it as a job with so much reward. My concerns about the stress in my current role are more to do with careless mistakes & being unconfident, overworked & overwhelmed easily. I think mental health will be a different kind of stress. Also my plan is to enter community so less acute again. My treating team is aware of my plans. Half are for it, the other have reservations. So i feel like maybe just take the plunge?

In regards to tackling the issues affecting my work I feel like the team has focused only on suicidal thoughts & manic symptoms. We haven't had time to delve into everyday functional coping mechanisms.