Stronger Than BPD Quotes

“inconsolable? That’s where I was. I was, for the umpteenth time, unknowingly reliving trauma from my past, incidents that likely helped greatly in setting the stage for my developing borderline personality disorder: trauma involving feeling more alone than any human being, let alone a child, should ever feel. Utterly abandoned. Terrified. Each time that memories or flashbacks from the past trauma would arise in the here and now, as an adult, I would become emotionally”
― Debbie Corso, Stronger Than BPD: The Girl's Guide to Taking Control of Intense Emotions, Drama, and Chaos Using DBT

“deep fears I held about rejection and abandonment from past wounds. These self-sabotaging acts also made it difficult to stick with school, a job, or meaningful relationships with others, for any length of time. I would seem to do well for short periods, only to find myself back in crisis survival “rescue me” mode again and again, essentially fitting the description”
― Debbie Corso, Stronger Than BPD: The Girl's Guide to Taking Control of Intense Emotions, Drama, and Chaos Using DBT

“nodding your head up and down right about now, having been there yourself many times. If you have borderline personality disorder, BPD traits, or are emotionally sensitive, you may also have, as I do, complex post-traumatic stress syndrome (CPTSD),”
― Debbie Corso, Stronger Than BPD: The Girl's Guide to Taking Control of Intense Emotions, Drama, and Chaos Using DBT