http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com Help for partners and parents of people with Borderline Personality Disorder - Non-BPs Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:21:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, Amy Winehouse is in the news again. This type she supposedly threatened suicide. Some times it makes you wonder if she or Pete Doherty will be the first U.K. celeb with (possible) BPD to burn out completely. Here an article from "Now" (who knows how much truth there is ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/10/06/amy-winehouse-threatens-suicide/ From Bloomberg... Mental Health Coverage Expanded by Rescue Package (Update2) By Aliza Marcus Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Health insurers that provide mental- health benefits will be barred from providing less coverage than they do for other medical services under the $700 billion financial-markets rescue package approved by Congress. The plan was backed by ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/10/06/congress-adds-mental-health-parity-act-to-bailout/ This is an editorial from the NY Times... October 1, 2008 Editorial Oh So Close to Mental Health Parity Congress is within a whisker of passing a sound and fair-minded bill to require that group health insurance coverage for mental illness and substance abuse be provided on the same terms as ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/10/01/mental-health-parity/ Well, I haven't updated my stats in a while so I thought it might be interesting to do so. The last 30 days I had the following stats: Celebrities with a PD rose to 53% of the traffic - it's amazing what people are interested in. BPD General rose to 26% of ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/09/18/updated-stats-from-search-engine-keywords/ I have discovered some resources on the web that may help those with BPD (and those nons who are in a relationship with someone with BPD). These resources are: Mass General Hospital Mood Charting (thanks to Tides...) DBT Skills Help: Emotional Regulation Skills... from dbtselfhelp.com ... from Borderline Personality From the Inside Out Mindfulness ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/09/17/some-resources-on-the-web/ Often in my Internet group people mention that they feel that the difference between people with BPD and Non-BPs is that they have different “value sets.” I disagree with this understanding of BPD. It’s not about values. It’s about emotions. In my opinion, emotions will trump values just about every ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/09/16/values-vs-emotions/ Many times I've seen Non-BPs mention that couples counseling doesn't really work for them. One member of an Internet support list I used to be a member of posted a message about his BP "snowing" the couple's therapist. In fact, just about every message (of hundreds) was about this subject. ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/09/05/couples-counseling-and-bpd/ Often I see in the support groups on the Internet (especially the “Welcome to Oz” or WTO groups), people providing the “3 C’s” of understanding your role as a Non-BP. I’ve seen it quoted on BPD support websites too. These “3 C’s” go as follows:   I didn’t cause it I ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/08/27/a-critical-analysis-of-the-%e2%80%9c3-c%e2%80%99s%e2%80%9d-of-being-a-non-bp/ When Hope is Not Enough (WHINE) is my "staying" book for Non-BPs. Did you know that it is available as a downloadable eBook? Yes, that's right, for $7.50 you can get a copy of the book about which one Amazon reviewer said: I have read the book and it amazes me ... http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/08/25/whine-available-as-a-downloadable-ebook/ My Book, "When Hope is Not Enough," is now available in Canada via Amazon: http://www.amazon.ca/When-Hope-Not-Enough-Dobbs/dp/1435719190/ BTW, it has been available in the UK for a while now:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/When-Hope-Not-Enough-Dobbs/dp/1435719190/Share This http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/08/15/when-hope-is-not-enough-available-in-canada/