Originally Published: 2025

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2026

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What is my mission?

My mission:

To destigmatize Alcoholism and Cluster B Personality Disorders of Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder.

I live with all three of these stigmatized labels.

I do this by speaking openly about it along with my blog series: My BPD & HPD & Alcoholism

My mission:

To finally be at peace with my life and the journey of understanding it.

To have a balanced outlook of my life, and walk the Middle Path.

My mission:

To live a sober life where I comprehend the word serenity and I will know peace.

My mission:

To settle into a calm existence with a deep connection to my Higher Power knowing I can Let Go and Let God take the lead.

My mission:

To be at peace.

S, 🌻

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2025

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My Mission: To Live A Peaceful & Sober Life & Help DeStigmatize Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder

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As I approach 56 years of life on planet Earth, I want to spend the remaining years I have at peace with myself while sober, free of alcohol and the obsession to drink (one day at a time).

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Also, in some small way, I want to help destigmatize mental health – specifically Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – as I live with both.

I have a blog series called Living Successfully With Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder (see below).

With this I have taken a deep dive into my own Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and the therapy created for it, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

I am currently blogging about my Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD).

I find HPD more challenging as some of its symptoms are similar to BPD.

It takes a bit of digging within to see the symptoms clearly.

S, 🌻

Quick Links To The Blogs In This Series Living Successfully With BPD & HPD:

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Borderline Personality Disorder

Forget Everything I’ve Said – I’ve Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Introduction to Symptoms & Causes

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – Rambling Through Confusion Towards Clarity

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Bits On Biosocial Theory & Learning To Ride Out Intense Emotions Rather Than Focusing On Why I Am Having Them

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Strong Opinions & Identity Crisis

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Not PTSD – It’s Emotions – Borderline Style

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Empathic Abilities & Intentional Interventions

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Overlapping Symptoms & What Type Of & How BPD Am I?

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – DBT’s Mindful Breathing & Participating With Awareness – Grounding Words

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder & Histrionic Personality Disorder – The Stigma & Social Pariah Of Personality Disorders

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Is This Effective & Willing Hands Half Smile & The Middle Path

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Starting EMDR – Creating New Pathways To Calm

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – The Pros and Cons of Medical THC & CBD

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder & HistrionicPersonality Disorder – Amber Heard VS Johnny Depp

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Gratitude For A Wild & Crazy Life

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Anxious – Ambivalent (Preoccupied) Attachment Style & Fear of Abandonment

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Behind My Mona Lisa Smile – What BPD Feels Like For Me

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – The Hulk Uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – DBT Skills Need Time & Everyday Practice To Become A Part Of Me

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Coping With The Inner Critic

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Unstable & Fragile Identities

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Highlights Of DBT’s Mindfulness & Distress Tolerance Skills

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Highlights Of DBT’s Emotional Regulation Skills

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – My Ability To Self-Validate Grows When I Live In Alignment With My Values

Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Highlights Of DBT’s Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills

Living With Borderline Personally Disorder – DBT – Skills Thermometer – A DBT Skills Anchor Chart

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Introduction & Symptoms & Diagnostic Criteria

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Shallow, Changeable Emotions

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Assumed Intimacy With Others

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Hypersensitivity To Criticism 

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Manipulative Behaviour

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Sexually Provocative Behaviour

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – A Compulsive Desire For Attention

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Preoccupation With Appearance

Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Suggestible & Easily Influenced

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