Post Office Box 1122
Commerce, Georgia 30529
Commerce, Georgia 30529
This page is dedicated to someone very important in my life! I have decided to created Faeries in honor of BPD Awareness.
Let me begin by explaining that BPD stands for Borderline Personality Disorder. By a vote of 417-0, the House of Representatives on April 1, 2008 passed H.Res. 1005, urging recognition of Borderline Personality Disorder thus making May BPD Awareness Month!
I strongly encourage you to research BPD and become familiar with the syptoms. They are serious, dangerous and in order for people who have BPD to handle life better they need treatment and GroupTherapy.
I have came up with a way to help celebrate May being BPD Awareness month. I will be making Faeries in Black and White, who will also be carrying a black and white ribbon symbolizing BPD Awareness. The Faeries will not have names and will all have the same message. I wanted everyone who purchased these faeries to name them on their own or if you are purchasing it for someone who has BPD, let them name it. The faeries will sell for $25.00 each and shipping will be a flat rate of $5.00 (I will cover all expenses after $5.00) Out of the $25.00, $10.00 will be donated to someone you know who has BPD and they can put this amount toward their group therapy expenses. Until I can figure out another system, this will be based on the honor system. If you just want to purchase one of the faerie because you like it but do not know of someone with this disorder, email me and I will give you a name (with that persons permission of course) that you can make your donation too.
I will keep everything up to date on this page the best I can so you can be well informed of what is happening. I would greatly appreciate it if you could also pass this link onto other people you know that may be interested in helping with this project!
Starting off I will be adding the adoptive faeries with their new names, the person the faery went too and the date she was adopted on this page. With that being said, Let me introduce you to the first little BPD Awareness Faerie.........
Let me begin by explaining that BPD stands for Borderline Personality Disorder. By a vote of 417-0, the House of Representatives on April 1, 2008 passed H.Res. 1005, urging recognition of Borderline Personality Disorder thus making May BPD Awareness Month!
I strongly encourage you to research BPD and become familiar with the syptoms. They are serious, dangerous and in order for people who have BPD to handle life better they need treatment and GroupTherapy.
I have came up with a way to help celebrate May being BPD Awareness month. I will be making Faeries in Black and White, who will also be carrying a black and white ribbon symbolizing BPD Awareness. The Faeries will not have names and will all have the same message. I wanted everyone who purchased these faeries to name them on their own or if you are purchasing it for someone who has BPD, let them name it. The faeries will sell for $25.00 each and shipping will be a flat rate of $5.00 (I will cover all expenses after $5.00) Out of the $25.00, $10.00 will be donated to someone you know who has BPD and they can put this amount toward their group therapy expenses. Until I can figure out another system, this will be based on the honor system. If you just want to purchase one of the faerie because you like it but do not know of someone with this disorder, email me and I will give you a name (with that persons permission of course) that you can make your donation too.
I will keep everything up to date on this page the best I can so you can be well informed of what is happening. I would greatly appreciate it if you could also pass this link onto other people you know that may be interested in helping with this project!
Starting off I will be adding the adoptive faeries with their new names, the person the faery went too and the date she was adopted on this page. With that being said, Let me introduce you to the first little BPD Awareness Faerie.........
Links of Interest-
National Institute of Mental Health:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder.shtml
Anything to Stop the Pain-BPD
http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/04/04/for-my-100th-post-house-passes-bill-making-may-bpd-awareness-month/
Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center
http://www.bpdresourcecenter.org/
An interesting book to read is:
I Hate you, don't leave me! Understanding Borderline Personality
by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus
National Institute of Mental Health:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder.shtml
Anything to Stop the Pain-BPD
http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/04/04/for-my-100th-post-house-passes-bill-making-may-bpd-awareness-month/
Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center
http://www.bpdresourcecenter.org/
An interesting book to read is:
I Hate you, don't leave me! Understanding Borderline Personality
by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus
BPD-Borderline Personality Disorder
(Faerie-02) This Little faerie was created
April 18, 2008
All of the BPD Awareness Faeries are created in honor of the May being BPD Awareness Month. This is first time this disorder has been recognized for what it is. There are no cures as of yet, there is no scientific reasoning how it starts. The facts of this disorder are very known to those who have it.
When you give one of these Faeries to someone who lives with BPD, you will be showing that person that you too are aware of the dangers and that you do care. All of these Faeries represent love and show the support for May being BPD Awareness Month!
Price $25.00
April 18, 2008
All of the BPD Awareness Faeries are created in honor of the May being BPD Awareness Month. This is first time this disorder has been recognized for what it is. There are no cures as of yet, there is no scientific reasoning how it starts. The facts of this disorder are very known to those who have it.
When you give one of these Faeries to someone who lives with BPD, you will be showing that person that you too are aware of the dangers and that you do care. All of these Faeries represent love and show the support for May being BPD Awareness Month!
Price $25.00
One of my biggest things today is creating Squidoo Lens. If you click on the Squidoo Lens' one will take you to a Lens I did for BPD Awareness and the other Lens will take you to a group that I created to list on line and outside resources for BPD.
I am Cindy. I am 38 years old and I suffer daily from Borderline Personality Disorder. This is something I have lived with as long and as far back as my memory goes. I cannot explain to anyone that does not live with it just how horribly it can effect your life and those who share in your life. It is like a huge wrecking ball blasting through every aspect of your life on a daily basis and leaving you to pick up the pieces over and over again.
Those of us that live with this disorder are the true meaning of survivor. One of the things I have found so very frustrating along the way is how the mental health industry really on so many instances do not really care to deal with borderlines as many feel there is so little that can be done for us and to make matters worse insurance companies often times will not want to pay for the needed care of a borderline as it has an axis 2 level on the DSM manual and it requires a great deal more care than insurance companies are willing to pay.
If you have BPD and you go in for help please know that there is a great deal of work you must be willing to do in order to get yourself a little more able to deal with life. I am in intense psychotherapy 1 time per week and DBT group therapy 1 time a week right now and I can see a difference in how I am responding to things that trigger my emotions.
I will be the first to admit that there are still times that I do not care to try the skills I am being trained as I am just so all consumed in the rage or the intense sadness or sometimes I am just so lost that there is just no reaching me but I am happy to say that in all, I do feel a little more comfortable with myself and who I am as I am able to identify the emotions and feel them coming on before they consume me on many occasions.
I highly recommend DBT Therapy for anyone that has BPD as this is one of the most promising things out there for you and our beloved Marsha Linehan created this just for us and so much research has proven that there is success in learning and mastering it. Please know there will be days that things are so bad that you feel that going to another therapy session or another DBT group session is just a lost cause but know that is just your emotions controlling your thoughts and that is what BPD does to you......Right???
I do not really know what else to say as I am not a writer but do seek some mental help and look for a place that specializes in the type of care that is required in treating someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. Make sure they also have a way to get you access to DBT Therapy. Also if you are going through therapy and DBT please understand that in therapy it will always have the times along the way where you will get worse before getting better as your reaching the core matter of what has created the person your trying to treat. Never give up and keep going as long as it takes for you to get better as this is hope for you!
I will point out also that I found a great place here (in the South) to get my therapy and DBT therapy group. In the clinic they have an area just for BPD care and they stay up on all of the newest things coming out for helping those of us with BPD. Stay proactive in getting yourself or your loved one the care that they so badly need and if it means making allot of noise to get what is needed then do it! One thing to keep in mind also and this is something I have learned along the way in finding the right care for myself is that not all places that offer care for borderlines is created equally. I was attending DBT therapy groups at one place and could not stand the way it was being run; so it steered me away from continuing my care for over a year. I put myself back into the getting myself care mode and found the wonderful place I go to now and it has so far been so much worth the effort. So please be very selective in your choice!
I am here to offer my support and encouragement. If you have questions or need some encouragement then I am here to offer that but please know up front I am not a professional in this field but rather just a survivor that is fighting the big fight to get better.
With Love, Blessings And Encouragement,
Cindy----- I Have BPD But BPD Does Not Have Me!
In my research on BPD, I have found that there are several herbs that aid in helping to relax. I have personally tried the combination and I know it has helped to take the edge off of days when I am more unbalanced then others. The combination I used is: Bergamot/Bee Balm, Vetivert, PassionFlower, Lemon Balm and Chamomile. I have decided to sell this group together in a package for one price instead of individually. Regular price would be $11.00 separately, this package sells for $7.50.
