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someone with suspected bpd here! I feel like I always hear advice about it being dealt with stables partner but not much with having a partner who is also unstable and I'd say this..having a mutual understanding of each others behaviours and splitting moods/thoughts and communicating brief words whatever they might be to assure or warn eachother is diffinitely a long process to reach but is no doubt insanly helpful in the long run. Personally, understanding my own behaviours and emotions even slightly and slowly being able to pick on on signs and feelings when I feel like they might be arising or learning how to communicate it while going through intense emotions helped loads. Just a brief sentence, a random word or two, to let her know why things are this way right now. Here's where the unstable part and self accountability comes in, having to understand that she also may go thru similar stuff (other than bpd that is) and taking it upon myself at times where I can recognise how I won't be able to receive the quick reassurance and response from her since she is also going thru something at tge moment, then going away for a while, cold showers, singing a song over and over, hanging around other people, anything to get myself back into reality and calm down the intensity of things and later returning with clear communication is my way to go. This obviously isn't always, some days I can 100% depend on her, sometimes she has to do this with me. It takes alot of work between both of yourselves, a clear understanding of your own mental illness as well as open communication with your FP. Im not fully there yet, but these help me personally. (before anyone comes at me for claiming bpd, I really don't, though I have been getting checked since 15 but couldn't be official till 21+ to be 100% sure, currently 18 taking CBT/DBT, taking prozacs, vyvanse and mood stabilisers and diagnosed as "mdd, bulimia, traits of anxiety, dissociation and symptoms of bpd", basically, subclinical)
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