Blogs Posts on "Mental Illness"

New Location for A.J. Mahari's Ask the BPD Coach Interactive Blog by Ask The BPD Coach on Nov 18, 2009A.J. Mahari, BPD Coach and Life Coach, now has a new location for her Ask The BPD Coach A.J. Mahari, Interactive Blog. Mahari shares her substantial in depth expertise when it comes to Borderline Personality Disorder with those with BPD and loved one...

Radical Acceptance – Pathway to Emotional Freedom by Soul Self Help, Recovery & Personal Growth on Nov 12, 2009Whether you have a mental illness, personality disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, love and care about someone who does, or whether you are stressed out, often anxious, or if you have been sexually abused or had a traumatic or even a merely di...

Compassion for the Narcissist? by Soul Self Help, Recovery & Personal Growth on Nov 12, 2009Narcissistic Personality Disorder has become synonymous with pejorative vilifying stereotypes that paint everyone diagnosed with it along with others with varying degrees of narcissism as monstrous people without worth. Rarely, in life, is the sum to...

Personality Disorders and Relating by Soul Self Help, Recovery & Personal Growth on Nov 12, 2009Those with personality disorders either are not able to, or have tremendous difficulty, with the dialectical dyad of healthy relating. Personality disordered individuals are for the most part very black and white. They live in painful inner-worlds of...

The isolated and desperate need help by Soul Self Help, Recovery & Personal Growth on Nov 12, 2009There is stigma attached to both mental illness and suicide. Therefore, on top of what people feel by the time they are in crisis, there is the double bind of shame that leads so many to suffer quietly until they cannot bear what they feel any longer...

Andre Agassi: What a rich man’s discontent can teach us all about living an authentic life by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 12, 2009They say money can’t buy happiness. The same also goes for celebrity, and even the status that accompanies being among the best in the world at your profession. We’ve had ample demonstration of this in recent days. Robert Enke, the goalte...

Inside The Borderline Mind: Beyond BPD Jargon – Deeper Understanding For Loved Ones by Borderline Personality Disorder Inside Out on Nov 11, 2009The many distorted and wounded aspects inside the borderline mind means that there is much for loved ones to learn about the inner-workings of BPD so that they can further understand how to best cope with someone in their lives with Borderline Person...

Abuse In Lesbian Relationships by Soul Self Help, Recovery & Personal Growth on Nov 9, 2009Contrary to the myth that women are only abused by men, some lesbian women abuse their female partners. Lesbian abusers perpetrate violence, and all types of abuse. Lesbian abusers perpetrate sexual abuse, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, domestic viol...

sunday times again by walking on water on Nov 8, 2009It is Sunday again. The same morning ritual – church service at 10.30am. My cell group met at Melvin’s place after church for lunch, after which we had a brief encounter with the volunteers at Doulos (a private, non-profit, charitable pas...

BPD Recovery and Lost Relationships by Borderline Personality Disorder Inside Out on Nov 6, 2009Does recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder mean recovering lost relationships, friendships, or even family connections? In my experience the answer is often - no. It is important to grieve, let go and move on and to learn from past failed int...