Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is not only possible it is on the increase. It has been overlooked and is still much disputed by some. I, like many others, have recovered from BPD. Therefore the reality of this possibility is indisputable in the lives of many of us. It is possible to journey from the active throes of this personality disorder to wellness and congruent mental health.
Many who have loved ones with BPD write to me and ask if recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is really possible. The answer I give is yes recovery is absolutely possible.
The truth however is that not everyone recovers. There are many reasons for this. Some don't choose to. Some people don't seem to be able to gain the insight necessary to begin to develop the kind of awareness necessary to open up to the process of recovering and getting professional help.
It must also be made clear here that in order for anyone diagnosed with BPD to recover they have to want to. They have to take responsibility for getting into therapy for sticking with it. If you are a non-borderline, you absolutely cannot control or influence someone with BPD to get help or to stick with or, in fact, to do what is necessary to recovery. This is up to each individual diagnosed with BPD.
Sadly, for many of the total number of those with BPD who do seek professional help they do not meet with the kind of treatment they need and deserve. They do not find the kind of treatment, in some cases, which would make it possible for them to recover. While there are many competent and caring therapists there are also some therapists who do not seem to want to look at the reality that recovery from BPD is possible. They continue to believe that those with BPD will not get better.
If you have BPD and your therapist believes this please seek out a more skilled, affirming therapist who will validate your efforts to recover. Recovery from BPD is indeed possible.
Recovery is definitely a process. Like anything in our emotional lives, there is no one single destination defined, recognized, and categorized as "all perfectly healthy". Even after recovering from BPD all of us will still experience pain, anger, and the other emotions that exist that make us human and let us know that we are alive.
The difference when one has recovered from BPD is that when emotions are felt they are dealt with in an here-and-now adult manner and not with the reactions of a wounded child.
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