Shallow, Changeable Emotions What does it mean to have shallow, changeable emotions? Basically, it is to be quick to anger or tears, but not a lot of complex emotions underneath. The emotions seem immature and superficial. I know how this feels. Describing it is the challenge. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a flooding of a…
Tag: HPD
Living With Histrionic Personality Disorder – Introduction & Symptoms & Diagnostic Criteria
Books About HPD Are Scarce There seems to very few books published specifically about Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD). When I search on the internet for HPD books, the selection quickly transitions to personality disorders and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Hopefully, as I develop this series on what living with HPD is like, I can be…
BPD & HPD And Gardening – Both Need Constant Tending To
I have Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder with a blog series about these tragically misunderstood personality disorders as a way to destigmatize, inform and navigate my healing through them. Therefore, I would like to see more information on the destigmatization of Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder. As well, I would also…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Coping With The Inner Critic
That Inner Critic Everyone has an Inner Critic. What does my Inner Critic say? She says things like: People are mad at you. People do not like you. I am in trouble. I have done something wrong. Other people are right and I am wrong – I must defer. I must defer to those who…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Anxious – Ambivalent (Preoccupied) Attachment Style & Fear Of Abandonment
Jennifer May, PhD – Great DBT Resource on YouTube As I prepare for more focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) sessions with my therapist, I found a fantastic DBT resource on YouTube – Jennifer May, PhD. She has a DBT video for every part of the intensive therapy, as well as many other helpful videos such…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Gratitude For A Wild & Crazy Life
If I Could Go Back and Do My Life Over Again… Would I? I think most adults have either had this thought or been asked this question. Recently, while eating my morning snack in the staff room, a teacher asked me if I would go back and do my life over again. I started to…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – Is This Effective, Willing Hands Half Smile & The Middle Path
Is This Effective? Ideas for practicing effectiveness is a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) mindfulness technique from DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition, by Marsha M. Linehan. There is a step-by-step process outlined in the above mentioned worksheets that, as I applied it, truly helped me begin to observe my intense anger and hostility –…
Living With Borderline Personality Disorder – DBT’s Wise Mind & Mindfulness
Wise Mind Practicing Wise Mind is a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) core mindfulness technique from DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition, by Marsha M. Linehan. There are so many ideas for practicing “Wise Mind” in the worksheets, I picked two to focus on for this blog: Photo Credit – Cam’s Kids Mindful Breathing –…