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Self Injury Article on CNN
Uh, duh… Of course it makes them feel better. That’s the point. It’s not effective or productive, but it’s about pain management. Some kids hurt themselves to feel better By Theodore Beauchaine, Special to CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS Theodore Beauchaine says he sees rise in youth self-injury, such as cutting, burning Syndrome crosses culture, class; it’s linked to suicide, yet research funding lags, he says Kids say they self-injure to help deal with negative emotions, he says, but studies are sparse Beauchaine: U.S. must boost funding for study of self-injury Editor’s note: Theodore Beauchaine is the Robert Bolles and Yasuko Endo Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, where…
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Radio Program: Understanding BPD
Here is a transcript of WHYY’s radio program “Understanding BPD”: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder Monday, January 25th, 2010 By: Maiken Scott mscott@whyy.org “I hate you – don’t leave me” is the name of a popular book on Borderline Personality Disorder. The title only begins to describe the intense, rapidly changing emotions and fear of abandonment that people with this mental illness experience. By her own admission, Talya Lewis was a strange child – as early as kindergarten: Lewis: Like I remember one day I came in with white sticky tape wrapped all around my arm, and I told everyone that it was a cast and I had broken my arm.…
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Bon’s Free eBook Downloaded 6,000 Times Last Year
Hi, all. I was looking over some statistics from last year and notice that my 4X4 ebook was downloaded over 6,000 times last year. I really hope it helped you. If you’d like to get and read this free ebook you can get it here: No related posts.
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Hoovering or not? An unexpected gift from someone with BPD
Here is the text from one of my responses to a member of the ATSTP list from several years ago. I am in the process of reviewing some of the advice I have provided over the years and pulling out some of the best of those messages and those that help people understand Borderline Personality Disorder and the family better. This particular message comes in response to an adult daughter of a mother with BPD. The daughter and her mom had gotten into a big row about 2 weeks earlier and hadn’t spoken since the blow-up. Then, an unexpected, expensive gift showed up in the mail from the mother to…
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Blast from the Past – BPD, Shame and Self-Image
This message was posted by me on the “Anything to Stop the Pain” email list way back in September 2006. The message is in response to a member’s message about another member’s husband (who has BPD). The messages in brackets [ ] are the messages of the male member speaking with the female member about her approaching her BPD husband about money. Remember, the husband has BPD and doesn’t work. When the female member approached her husband with questions about money, he blew up and told her that she was criticizing him and calling him a “lazy good-for-nothing.” The male member replied with some suggested reasons why he might rage.…
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On the edge: Group helps families cope with borderline personality disorder
An article regarding family support for BPD… By Suzanne Wilson Staff Writer Published on December 25, 2009 Even when her son was quite young, the woman from the Springfield area said, he often came across as someone with a perennial chip on his shoulder. Though he was a good athlete in high school, disagreements with his coaches would land him on the bench. “His brain doesn’t know when to stop,” she said. “He can’t say, ‘This is stupid.’ ” Though her son, who is now 39, can be a good, hard worker – he has worked as a landscaper, she said – his behavior has resulted in his going from…