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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 579206" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>TL, they didn't make any distinction between young men and young women with the disorder. I was surprised, though, at how many of the families had sons with the disorder. For some reason, I always thought it was much more predominant among women. I did notice that as the families described their loved ones, aggression came up frequently with the families with sons but really wasn't an issue with the families with daughters. </p><p></p><p>The facilitator also said that borderline has become the "in" diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>Nancy, yes I am taking notes. They also send notes for each session by email before the session. Another thing that I was happy to hear her say was that Borderline (BPD) is a good diagnosis since research shows that borderline's get better over time. That was the first time that I heard that. </p><p></p><p>She also emphasized that DBT has shown exceptional results with borderlines and that they are moving it into treatment with other disorders such as eating disorders. She said that the good thing about DBT, which is a subset of CBT, is the acceptance factor. According to the facilitator, borderline's rarely feel listened to or that they are being taken seriously so they have to feel accepted before they are willing to listen and make changes.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, she stressed that relatives have to have a healthy balance between their needs and the needs of the borderline family member. </p><p></p><p>Here are the Relative's Bill of Rights:</p><p>1. We need to have "healthy selfishness" (balance)</p><p>2. We need to learn to say "no"</p><p>3. We need to have our own emotional support network</p><p>4. We need to accept that we cannot solve our relative's problems</p><p>5. We need to accept that we will lose our "cool" at times.</p><p></p><p>TL, both NAMI classes that I am taking seem to be moving away from parental blame and causes such as trauma or abuse in borderline personality disorder. Last week's class in the general NAMI course was about brain chemistry and the progress that scientists are making along that line in diagnosing and treating almost all mental illnesses. I have said this before but I remember when frigid mothers were considered the cause of Autism. Now that is laughable. I think the same will be said someday about blaming parents for Borderline (BPD).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 579206, member: 1967"] TL, they didn't make any distinction between young men and young women with the disorder. I was surprised, though, at how many of the families had sons with the disorder. For some reason, I always thought it was much more predominant among women. I did notice that as the families described their loved ones, aggression came up frequently with the families with sons but really wasn't an issue with the families with daughters. The facilitator also said that borderline has become the "in" diagnosis. Nancy, yes I am taking notes. They also send notes for each session by email before the session. Another thing that I was happy to hear her say was that Borderline (BPD) is a good diagnosis since research shows that borderline's get better over time. That was the first time that I heard that. She also emphasized that DBT has shown exceptional results with borderlines and that they are moving it into treatment with other disorders such as eating disorders. She said that the good thing about DBT, which is a subset of CBT, is the acceptance factor. According to the facilitator, borderline's rarely feel listened to or that they are being taken seriously so they have to feel accepted before they are willing to listen and make changes. On the other hand, she stressed that relatives have to have a healthy balance between their needs and the needs of the borderline family member. Here are the Relative's Bill of Rights: 1. We need to have "healthy selfishness" (balance) 2. We need to learn to say "no" 3. We need to have our own emotional support network 4. We need to accept that we cannot solve our relative's problems 5. We need to accept that we will lose our "cool" at times. TL, both NAMI classes that I am taking seem to be moving away from parental blame and causes such as trauma or abuse in borderline personality disorder. Last week's class in the general NAMI course was about brain chemistry and the progress that scientists are making along that line in diagnosing and treating almost all mental illnesses. I have said this before but I remember when frigid mothers were considered the cause of Autism. Now that is laughable. I think the same will be said someday about blaming parents for Borderline (BPD). [/QUOTE]
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