Answering BPD Relationship Questions While Eating Spicy Wings

Xannie and her husband, Casey, answer your questions about BPD relationships while attempting the @FirstWeFeast hot ones challenge! 🌟 Love what we do? Your support fuels these important conversations on BPD and mental health. Consider joining our Patreon community to help us continue this valuable work and unlock exclusive content. Every contribution makes a difference! 🌈✨ 🔗 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebpdbunch ________

Terms from the episode:

DBT STOP Skill: a helpful tool from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) that helps you manage strong emotions. Using the STOP skill can help you stay in control when you feel overwhelmed. Here’s what it stands for:

- S: Stop what you are doing. Take a moment to pause.- T: Take a step back. This means to give yourself some space from the situation.

- O: Observe your feelings and thoughts. Notice what is happening inside you without judging it.

- P: Proceed mindfully. Think about what you want to do next and choose a calm response instead of reacting right away.

Splitting: Describes a way of thinking where people see things in black-and-white, or all good and all bad. For example, someone might think a friend is perfect one moment, but then feel that the same friend is terrible the next moment over a small mistake.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:32 - Quirky traits

00:03:18 - Dealing with BPD when your partner can’t validate you

00:04:33 - How to respond to splitting

00:08:45 - Unstable identity in relationship

00:13:50 - Dealing with parentification

00:17:25 - How to recover from breaking points

00:21:36 - How to trust things will get better

00:25:29 - Finding the balance between accountability and compassion

00:28:06 - How to support the non-BPD partner

00:30:37 - Fine tuning the relationship ________ About Us: The BPD bunch is a YouTube talk show, featuring a panel of people who are in functional recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder. Each week we discuss BPD-related topics to help give you insights into the different ways BPD can be expressed in someone’s life. We also cover the different paths we followed on our recovery journeys to give you hope and direction for your own ❤️ Thank you for being on this journey of healing with us! ________ Disclaimer: Although several of our panelists work in the mental health field, we are all coming to you as people in functional recovery from BPD, and are not here to provide professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.