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#BPD and money – a constant problem
In 2001, I had over almost a million dollars in the bank. All that money is now gone. What happened? Well, my wife with BPD spent a lot of the money on trips (which were fun), clothes, jewelry and other “non-renewable” things. I’ve found that money and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) don’t mix well. These days money is a constant problem in my household. While I make a decent amount in my day job, it’s never enough. It was impossible for me to prevent my wife from spending large amounts of money on (what I thought at the time) trivial things. I didn’t discover the skills from When Hope is…