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Nov 08, 2009, 06:37 AM
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Why do ppl say that bpd is similar to complex post traumatic stress?
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Nov 08, 2009, 10:48 AM
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  what ya'll think?
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Nov 08, 2009, 11:25 AM
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I don’t know much about either but perhaps they have a shared experience and shared traits. Perhaps there is a common thread.
I am diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and at one time carried the diagnosis of DID. Now there are differences yes but I do believe there is a common thread between the both. We share a fragmentation. There are things to be learned by each other to help us all understand our own experience. We should not discount any shared experience between our diagnosis and that of another. There is gold in it. I have to say though I am more interested in your experience and thoughts on this as well as what others feel. Be well. |
 Michah, shezbut
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Nov 08, 2009, 03:12 PM
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Dear Crystalrose,
 DBT skills are very helpful when dealing w/ BPD. DBT(Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) emphasizes learning how to*accept* (not approve) situations & events. First to establish the ability to tolerate and accept distress (a part of life), & secondly to establish desired changes within yourself (ie. decrease impulsivity actions). This aspect of BPD is like PTSD in that you are not attempting to putting demands on an environment or experience to be different. (Also Refer To Cognitive Distortions as "musts & shoulds"). BPD ppl are helped by showing them to *accept * the situation as it is. Experiencing, tolerating, and accepting emotional pain is the way to reduce pain. Trying to repress & supress the pain only creates more painful thoughts. DBT skills, esp. for BPD ppl.remind us events are temporary, we *will* get through this crisis, & seemingly intolerable, & overwhelming situations. DBT teaches self-soothing activites, improving the moment activities and much more. DBT skills & strategies changed my life. I smile a whole lot more!  We have DBT & BPD Chats here on PC! Come join us!!! We would Love to meet You!! Holmes |
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Nov 08, 2009, 10:04 PM
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Hi Crystalrose.....
Not sure about complex PTSD.....but heard rumblings in some of my reading about changing the name of BPD to something that comes under the PTSD spectum as opposed to personality disorder spectrum......might have something to do with the manifestion of the disorder...... Sorry I couldn't be more help....... In stillness  Michah
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