Dat Bahamian Borderline

I know I’ve been gone for forever but I’m back… Here’s an unsolicited recap…I moved islands. Yup that’s right. I currently live on another island. I got a job as a counselor and resident advisor at a tertiary institution and I jumped on that. I’m ankle deep in DBT (dialectical behavior therapy). I’m doing okay. I still get very overwhelmed and anxious but I can tell when I’m splitting now and I can give myself a minute to recoup. Maybe too much of a minute cuz I gained like 3

People don’t always have the extensive color palette you do and trying to get them to see your vibrancy may not turn out as well as you hope.

How has culture influenced the way you interact with mental health and Borderline personality disorder ?

…I hope to feel loved next year.

Who do you think is the most despicable character in this story and why?

I may need to be medicated again.

What is it like to have quiet BPD? Having quiet Borderline Personality Disorder is like choking, having a completely obstructed airway and not being able to breathe or make a sound, not being able to articulate that you're dying of the pain that is stuck in your throat. What you're choking on is the pain of abandonment, loneliness and emptiness.

There is no “may.” I have hurt me. My apology does not lie in the word “sorry” but in the steps I’m taking to be whole and healthy.

There’s a story that goes: a young writer with depression wrote about all that was on her heart and mind and became a best selling...