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Apr 6, 20203 min read
Coping with Anxiety
Anxiety is a common experience for people with BPD. We are also naturally in anxious times, with routines disrupted and danger being...
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Grace
Apr 6, 20203 min read
Coping with Anxiety
Anxiety is a common experience for people with BPD. We are also naturally in anxious times, with routines disrupted and danger being...
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Grace
Mar 1, 20163 min read
Distress Tolerance
The distress tolerance skills are a set of tools that will help you manage intense emotional states without doing anything destructive....
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Grace
Feb 23, 20164 min read
Self-Sabotage
Self-sabotage is when one part of your personality acts in conflict with another part of your personality. When you engage in self...
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Grace
Feb 16, 20161 min read
Website: Supporting Safe Therapy
As many of you are waiting to start a therapy or may do in the future, and probably have questions and queries surrounding it, Supporting...
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Grace
Feb 9, 20164 min read
Anger and Coping!
There are many situations within our days which may cause us to get anger. Anger is a healthy emotion but the issue arises when the...
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Grace
Jan 26, 20161 min read
Assertive or Aggressive?
In everyday life we are often faced with frustrating situations and everyone reacts to different situation in their own way. Some people...
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Grace
Jan 5, 20162 min read
Setting Goals
It’s that time of year again when people jump on the ‘self-improvement’ bandwagon! New Years resolutions can range from wanting to lose a...
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Grace
Dec 8, 20151 min read
Changing
Change can be a daunting experience for anyone, but for those with BPD it can cause huge emotional stress. We go through stages of change...
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Grace
Nov 17, 20151 min read
Schemas
Everybody has Schemas and they usually help us get through the overload of information from the outer world. When a schema becomes...
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Grace
Nov 10, 20151 min read
What shapes who we are?
When it come to what makes us who we are, it is often a combination of factors. It is the relationships between our Biological factors,...
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Grace
Nov 3, 20152 min read
Building Self-esteem
Do things you enjoy- Work- work can provide a source of identity, friendship, routine and a salary. A job can be a distraction, with some...
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Grace
Oct 29, 20152 min read
Self Esteem
Self-esteem is the view we have of ourselves due to internal and external influences. Having a negative view of ourselves can affect many...
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Grace
Aug 26, 20153 min read
Emotion Regulation
Emotion regulation skills can help us learn how to manage the way we feel and cope in situations. Breaking the cycle can start a change...
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Grace
Aug 19, 20152 min read
Anger and Coping
Anger is a healthy emotion but it can become unhealthy if it affects your life or the lives of others. It can also be the most resistant...
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Grace
Aug 12, 20152 min read
Guilt
The feeling of guilt is supposed to let us know when we have done something wrong. But this is not always the case. Guilt prompts us to...
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Grace
Aug 3, 20153 min read
Being Assertive
Being assertive means getting what you need/want or protecting yourself from what you don't want to do whilst still respecting other...
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Grace
Jul 14, 20153 min read
Loneliness
There are four main coping strategies for loneliness: Active solitude Spending money Social contact Sad passivity Active solitude:...
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Grace
Jun 22, 20151 min read
BPD Diagnostic Criteria
BPD is manifested by a pervasive (unwelcome) pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image and affects, and marked...
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Grace
Jun 12, 20152 min read
Setting Healthy Boundaries
Personal boundaries are there to keep us and other people safe, like an invisible fence. We are all responsible to know and communicate...
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