[Special Guest] Stephanie from Sane Australia on Life with Borderline Personality Disorder

[Ben-RO]

On Thursday the 27th of July at 8:00pm we’re going to talk about living with Borderline Personality Disorder with Stephanie; a forum member from Sane Australia.

Stephanie was diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorder when she was 23 years old and is here to talk to us about how she has learned to not just survive, but live an amazing life.

Here's some things we'll talk about: 

• How to help peers/family other people who aren't living with a personality disorder understand what it's like and how they can best offer support
• Distress and big emotions - skills for getting through it okay and what you can practice over time to work at managing and expressing big feelings
• The recovery journey and how to keep going when sometimes it can feel pretty tough
• The services and professional supports that are out there to help

You can ask Stephanie an anonymous question right now by filling out this form. Or come and chat to her live in this thread on Thursday the 27th of July at 8:00 pm AEST. 

[scared01]

im up for this

ive just been diagnosed with it

[Steph_SaneAustralia]

Really excited to answer everyone's questions tonight.

[scared01]

im super glad your here @Steph_SaneAustralia 

[Ben-RO]

Yay! Welcome to RO Can't wait to jump on and chat @Steph_SaneAustralia!

[letitgo]

Looking forward to hearing your story/insights @Steph_SaneAustralia. Thank you for joining us for this chat!

[Ben-RO]

Hey, i just thought i'd tag a few of our newer members to let you know about this chat, feel free to join in! 

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[Ben-RO]

Tonight is all about living life with Borderline Personality Disorder (which some people might refer to as BPD).

Remember this is not a thread for 1 on 1 support. So while it's cool to answer the discussion questions and talk about other people's answers, if you need help with what's happening right now, then head here and click start a topic 

If at all you find this conversation distressing or you feel like you need to talk to someone, about an issue then it's time to get some help!. You can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 or use their webchat and email services found on their respective sites. The link s can be found here. If you are new here then welcome! Have a quick peek at our community guidelines you can find them here!

[j95]

Hi everyone!

[Steph_SaneAustralia]

Hey everyone