If somebody has been diagnosed with a personality disorder can the ever recover !


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If somebody has been diagnosed with a personality disorder can the ever recover from it?


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I have had mental health problems for most of my 50 years and have been given various labels including 'Borderline Personality Disorder', clinical depression and Bi-polar. (There are many different types under the heading personality disorder). Although I hated the term 'personality disorder' (it just reinforced my belief that I had a horrible personality!) I have, over the last few years, finally found the right kind of help. This has been 'talking therapy' - with a Gestalt therapist - and medication. I have progressed to a point where I now live in a 'reintegration unit' (a big step forward from my many hospital admissions and residential care home placements) and am slowly working towards re-joining society-at-large! As well as the therapy and medication, I also learnt meditation from my local Buddhist centre and there I found a crowd of non-judgemental people who accepted me FOR WHO I AM (the first time in my life). This has helped me to start accepting mySELF, to stop beating myself up for my 'failings', to be more gentle with myself. As a direct result, I have become much more aware of the world around me (instead of being so wrapped up in my own little world) and, although seeing the cr*p of our society can be painful, there is also so much beauty and joy that I had never seen before! Yes, it has been a very long and painful journey but, as I have shown to myself, you CAN recover - maybe not to the point of being totally 'cured', but certainly to the point where it no longer rules your life. I do believe that this recovery will only happen 'at the right time' - i.e. you have to be at a point in your life where you are willing to really look hard at all your issues and to learn how to manage them. I wish you, or the person who has been diagnosed, all the best .......... keep strong, and keep fighting it - it IS worth it in the end!
P.S. Don't go thinking it will take you 50 years to recover - the right kind of help is much easier to access these days! Go look for it now - don't waste any more of your very precious life. GOOD LUCK!




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