Validation and Borderline Personality Disorder

Thursday, February 15th, 2007 6:00 -7:30pm

McLean Hospital  deMarneffe Building, Room 132
Belmont, MA

Presenter:  David Greenleaf, Ph.D

Comments

[sara]

I would like to attend a group. I am sincerely ready to drop my societal AND self-induced stigma, to regain my life. I am tired, alone, and while i am making improvements, i am plagued by this survival guilt thing...like i cannot feel ok until I help everyone else "get it" etc. I am a determined, hard worker who is completely preoccupied by the idea of this, by anger and overwhelming compassion and triggering by others who suffer with mental illness, and for fear of connecting with people in the world. I recognize my value, I just don't know how to live healthy without spending every second trying to "control" symptoms, and other people...it has made me a way too serious perfectionist. yuck.

I am an otherwise healthy, smart 29 year old, with so much potential. I am alone, isolated, tired of the retraumatizing fear of my own angst, hypervigilance, and judgement of others.

I am also a student with limited time and income. It is nearly impossible to find support groups, etc in the area, which is extremely dissappointing. Online groups are not real enough.

Please help.