Personality Disorders Support Group
Personality disorders form a class of mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and behaviour. Personality disorders are seen by the American Psychiatric Association as an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it.
so i've just recently been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.. it doesn't surprise me i've kinda always known i have it.. any advice on how to cope with disassociation? sometimes i feel like i'm slowly losing my grip on reality and it scares me because i have the urge to cut off everyone and be completely anti-social and hurt myself really badly because i get tired of being me sometimes.. i want to hurt people too so they can feel the pain that i'm feeling but that's not fair so i distance myself from people.. i usually cope with this by doing drugs because it hurts me and everyone around me hit 2 birds with one stone but i've just been diagnosed with hepatitis c and my health at the moment does not permit me to get wasted.. i dunno what to do i feel helpless.. any advice?
See five colors, hear five sounds, smell 5 smells, touch five textures, taste five foods.
You have to do it slowly and with intent. Take your time and really FEEL each thing while reconnecting yourself to reality.
It is something like the mindfulness techniques that DBT teaches but I don't remember where I learned it. It does help a lot.