Healing

Symptoms of BPD
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
Living with Borderline Personality Disorder isn't easy. It affects every single aspect of my life. And when I tell someone I have BPD and I try to tell them the Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms, they say "Huh?". I guess not everybody knows what affective instability or paranoid ideation is. So I've decided to open myself up and explain what each Borderline Personality Disorder symptom means and how it affects me. original article: squidoo.com/borderline-personality-disorder-symptoms-e...

My Secret to Writing: A Manic Mind
It's not what you'd expect
My secret to writing great articles is something not many people can replicate. It's something I can't control and it's something I would gladly get rid of if I could. Don't get me wrong, when this secret tool rears it's ugly head I gladly take advantage of it. I just wish there were another way. Squids telling Secrets

BPD Causes
Cause of Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder is a very complicated mental illness and it's causes aren't 100% known. However, studies have shown that 75% of BPD patients have experienced recurrent psychotraumatic events during their childhood. These events were traumatic enough to literally rewire the pathways in the brain. I am one of those 75% of people who suffered through many, many psychotraumatic events as a child. In fact, I'm a textbook case. I was abused mentally, emotionally and physically. I w...

Treatments for BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment
Are you looking for treatments for BPD? Are you trying to find BPD treatment centers that specialize in behavioral therapy or DBT therapy? Are you trying to find out what DBT therapy is? Then you've come to the right place. Here I've explained the top known treatments for BPD, including dialectical behavioral therapy, medications, and self help.

Let's talk about mental health!
The power of words
One of the things I love most about Squidoo is that I can help educate people about certain little-known mental illnesses. So far, I've written lenses about my experiences with Borderline Personality Disorder and Mysophobia. Both of these mental conditions have a few things in common: Even though they are both diagnosed often, barely anyone's heard of them and almost nobody understands them. I've been trying to use Squidoo to change that.

How to Treat Borderline Personality Disorder Naturally
Treat BPD without prescription medications
If you have BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and you're looking to treat it with natural herbs and supplements, you came to the right place. Here you'll find herbs and natural supplements that have been proven to treat the symptoms of BPD. These can be taken on their own or in some cases, they can be used in addition to the medication your doctor prescribes. Natural treatments usually cost less and they don't require you to get a prescription from your doctor. Some have been proven to w...

BPD Awareness
Bringing awareness to BPD
May, 2011 will mark the 4th anniversary of Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month. I, for one, am proud to do my part in raising awareness because I know what an uphill battle it was to get this far. Although BPD has been used as a diagnosis since 1938, it wasn't named an official mental illness until 1980. But even then, most doctors thought of it as a garbage diagnosis. Because this belief was so widespread, there was very little research done on understanding and treating this di...

Bananas and Health
Banana a Day
Bananas! Bananas! Bananas! Let's give a shout out for the Banana The International Journal of Cancer has shown that daily consumption of whole fruits and vegetables, especially bananas, is highly protective to kidney health. The results show that, over a long timeframe (13.4 years), women eating more than 2.5 servings of fruits and vegetable per day cut their risk of kidney cancer by 40%. Among the fruits, bananas were especially protective Research has proven that just two bananas provide e...

Health by Nutrition
Healthy is Happy
Looking for answers to personal health issues led me to complete the course work needed to become a Nutritional Therapist. My intent with this lens is to share not only what I have learned through my school studies needed for certification, but what I have also learned to be true through the tried and true of personal experiences with family and different clients. I believe that personal health is one of the many building blocks towards a happy life.

Healing from Abuse; How to Make it Through Difficult Days
How to Survive After Escaping a Narcissist and/or Domestic Violence
"How am I going to make it through this day?" Since getting my children and myself out of an abusive situation at home, I sometimes I wonder this. I am not wanting to harm myself, but some days I feels so devastated and hit with so much sorrow. Another long day to face, with my world in shambles. On days like this, I try to do things, but it feels forced. People say life will get easier in time. I believe them. I must go on. It is a lot like facing a shocking and unexpected death in the fami...