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.
Working through a revelation I just had about myself, regarding the ME I show and ME I am... I had read that high-functioning borderlines have a tendency to have unique identity crises because of the face they show making the true self become like a misunderstood stranger, and I didn't know what that meant. Now I do.
I'm a weird ass bastard; that could just very well be my natural self. I have a taste for darker, macabre, and twisted things. It helps give my writing more color, but when I wondered if I was brave enough to show off what I'm working on to just anyone, that's when I discovered the conflict.
I work at a law firm, and though I'm not known as the most sane and friendly individual (at least just a little on the bohemian side), I've developed a somewhat congenial facade. Even members of my family noticed a change, though they considered it a positive change, and I thought it was as well. Now I don't know. Now I fear this "improvement" really only drew me away from my true self in order to "fit in" and be more accepted by others. I've noticed a chameleon aspect in me back when I was in high school, and if ever I could notice it, I'd try to fix it. It's best to be yourself, but I'm really scared to be myself. I'm too afraid I have nowhere I truly belong, and instead, I have to be something others would more easily understand.
I'm a weird ass bastard; that could just very well be my natural self. I have a taste for darker, macabre, and twisted things. It helps give my writing more color, but when I wondered if I was brave enough to show off what I'm working on to just anyone, that's when I discovered the conflict.
I work at a law firm, and though I'm not known as the most sane and friendly individual (at least just a little on the bohemian side), I've developed a somewhat congenial facade. Even members of my family noticed a change, though they considered it a positive change, and I thought it was as well. Now I don't know. Now I fear this "improvement" really only drew me away from my true self in order to "fit in" and be more accepted by others. I've noticed a chameleon aspect in me back when I was in high school, and if ever I could notice it, I'd try to fix it. It's best to be yourself, but I'm really scared to be myself. I'm too afraid I have nowhere I truly belong, and instead, I have to be something others would more easily understand.
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
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Has anyone tried these supplements? Do they give MGers more quality of life by improving memory and overall well being?Thanks!Barbel
And no matter how hard I try, I find that others try to get me to go their way. Perhaps it's just easier for us to go our own direction and tell everyone else to go fly a kite. We just might be a bit saner for doing so.
I'm not in any therapy now. No DBT. But I'm going to check out a local support group next week, though it's generic and not geared toward any specific illnesses, so I don't know. It's something though, I guess.