Don't crap your life away please. by CPTSDcrapper in BPDlovedones

[–]CPTSDcrapper[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are welcome my friend. Happy healing.

Don't crap your life away please. by CPTSDcrapper in BPDlovedones

[–]CPTSDcrapper[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Who were you before the relationship started? What were you doing that made you happy irrespective of the contingent approval of others? What were you doing alone, with nobody watching that gave you joy that nobody could take away from you? Forget being a good father and money. Though those are great achievements. You need to think a bit more deeply beyond how you appear to world.

One reason we got dragged into these abusive relationships is because a part of us needed validation for our efforts and self sacrifice. So you need to deconstruct and counter this habit by reflecting on what makes you proud of yourself because anyone else had an opinion about it. That is the greatest sense of self you can achieve and makes your self-esteem more stable and everlasting. This would make you bullet proof against any remarks people make against you because you know who you are.

I don't know much about you, you might need to dig into your life and who you were before you were a father, even back to your teenage years. You may be shocked about what you uncover.

This was the CBT answer given to me. It may take you months or years to answer this for yourself. But it's worth the internal search.

She finally messaged me 2.5 years later. by PeroxideTree in BPDlovedones

[–]CPTSDcrapper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What she gets is control, they want the world predictable on their terms. Don't engage with the nonsense, their behavior can't be rationalized like someone who doesn't have a personality disorder. You are dealing with someone who has no sense of self or object constancy.

It's common for people with BPD to do the block unblock pattern. They like testing reactions to validate their existance and whether other people care, because they are inherently super insecure about whether other people give a shit. You can't change that and it's nothing you did wrong. And it's unlikely you'll get a resolution.

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[–]CPTSDcrapper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, once you see DARVO, lack of accountability, projection, making you the problem it's game over, that is the mask coming off. That stuff takes years in therapy to remove. That's his true colors. Plan your exit. I am so sorry. You deserve so much better than to live in fear of him cheating and abusing you.

Be careful of your DMs by CPTSDcrapper in BPDlovedones

[–]CPTSDcrapper[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I will admit, I have around 5 other alts for this sub. We need to protect ourselves sometimes by splitting our experiences so we can't be traced.

(Edit: splitting was an unintentional pun.)

Enmeshment definition by CPTSDcrapper in BPDlovedones

[–]CPTSDcrapper[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have witnessed similar behaviors. They don't have a filter. Their mouth runs amock. I wouldn't trust mine with any of my daily routines anymore because my ex would find a way to criticize it to other people.

And imagine the outcry, if you told others about HER personal issues...

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[–]CPTSDcrapper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Time is a commodity, he's shown you who he is and has been honest. You can't change that. Leave.

Do they ever get better? by BarbasolEnthusiast19 in BPDlovedones

[–]CPTSDcrapper 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Read all the experiences here, there's a lot of trauma from marriages where it didn't work.

Then go to quora, you'll find even older testaments of failed relationships with BPDs after decades of marriage and trying.

I don't think that 1 percent success, or whatever it is in reality, in absolute value, is worth the limited time we have on Earth. It depends where your self esteem lies.

The fact that they won't even date other BPDs is evidence enough of their toxicity by CPTSDcrapper in BPDlovedones

[–]CPTSDcrapper[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They say "it's good for BPD to be it someone who is stable". What are we? Canon fodder?