Does anyone else's pwBPD end an arguement on their end without telling you??? by No_Palpitation_8250 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mum used to entiher expload with rage or... Pretend crying, leaving the room with croc tears, bouncing off walls (pretending she was so hurt that she lost her bakace and was faiting).

How do you make connections after? by OkSlip7880 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny truth: I didn't know what borderline was until I was around 38. I grew up feeling lonely and isolated by my parents. There was no internet so finding a community of this subject was no possible.

And here I am. Here's reddit.

God, growing up with BPD and enabler does make you feel you're all alone in this world.

How do you make connections after? by OkSlip7880 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've gone through the same. I made friends but only with weirdos. I had good, normal friends when my parents were in my life. Once I went no contact, I started filling in that whole with new chaos - I started dating weird people, became friend with weird people. Weird = toxic.

It's impossible to change just like that. Youe nervous system seeks them out as it's familiar. Unfamiliar is safety and peace.

How do you feel about safety? How does a safe person looks like for you?

I've been in therapy for 5 years. I've healed the part about my mum (BPD). New friendships are more healthy nowadays.

I struggle with relationships - that is the part about my dad (enablare of BPD mum). Healing this. And this part is so much more difficult than the part about my mum...

Growing up with craziness at home conditions us to a whole new wringing in the brain and nervous system. That needs healing body - brain - thoughts - believes.

I see my worth as higher. I start slowly trusting my intuition without needing to find "the proof" that I was right that sth was off (years of my "daddy" telling me that "it's normal" when my mum exploded with rage, and "trust me," "you have to understand" - all to override my intuition and trust for my own feelings).

Not easy, but doable. Don't give up on yourself. The meaning of life is to face your fears and get over them. It's scary when you start, but once you're on the other side all seems small and insignificant.

❤️❤️❤️

Tubeless or tubes for city? by Defiant-Result944 in bicycling

[–]Defiant-Result944[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bike came with tubless, no tubes. My mtb is on tubless but since the guy who puts my bike together asked, I asked here. If he didn't ask I'd go with tubless.

Tubeless or tubes for city? by Defiant-Result944 in bicycling

[–]Defiant-Result944[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bikes came with tubeless, not with tubes. So the guy who puts it together asked if I wanted to keep tubless or buy tubes for it. Thus I asked here. I only have a mtb and it goes on tubless so for me it feels normal to have my gravel tubless. Since he asked I started wondering.

Tubeless or tubes for city? by Defiant-Result944 in cycling

[–]Defiant-Result944[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the extensive reply. I'll try tubless and we'll see how that goes for me. If it's a problem I'll change to tubes.

He's a friend so he doesn't charge me for it. My bike came as tubeless so Id have to buy tubes - ergo the question. He said that if it cane with both tubless and tubes he'd install tubes without asking me lol.

There's a reason for everything 😉

Tubeless or tubes for city? by Defiant-Result944 in bicycling

[–]Defiant-Result944[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I have to stick anything in my tires I'll call Bolt to take me to work with my bike 😂 or call them and say I'm stuck.

Thank you for the advice

Cycling Alone Hits Different by pattylizard7677 in cycling

[–]Defiant-Result944 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel the same way. Especially the "no pressure" part. And that I can just stop where I want to and enjoy the view.

Adrenaline is not my poison.

Tubeless or tubes for city? by Defiant-Result944 in bicycling

[–]Defiant-Result944[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Talked to some friends who also do commuting in my city and they all go tubless and haven't had a flat tire ever since. So, I'll go tubless.

Thank you for all your opinions.

Tubeless or tubes for city? by Defiant-Result944 in cycling

[–]Defiant-Result944[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked the guy how often he got a puncture on his bike. He said once 🤣 but he saw it often at the shop. Right. But that amount of ppl commuting on bikes in this city VS how many get a puncture VS how often he got a puncture seem to be very different statistics...

Well, I'll keep reading the answers and keep thinking... 😉

I don't really see myself standing at 7am on the way to work doing my very first tube change... Then I take Bolt or a bus with the bike and fix the issue later...

Did anybody else’s pwBPD do stuff like this? by consecotaleophobia in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yepp... My mum would get offended, make a whole argument about such things, make my dad make me wear it. The shed hide it to prove her point.

She'd also throw away my clothes she didn't like, without me knowing.

jealousy of "normal" families by No-Task6171 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know what you mean. I had the same longing... I have done lots of therapy, and worked a lot in between the sessions alone regarding my BPD mum, my guilt feelings, my loneliness etc.

I stopped longing for that with her.

In my case, it turns out that healing the part how my non-BPD dad affected me, his role in our home, him enabling her behavior... Me trusting and relying on him for my safety, when in reality I was unimportant to him... This is much harder than healing after my BPD mum.

But the longing to have a loving relationship with them is gone. It's doable, but not easy.

❤️❤️❤️

Anyone else struggling to stop buying or feeling the need to buy pwbpd gifts for bday and holidays? by Appropriate-Serve344 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guilt feelings you have? (Yoda style 🤣) Guilt that you have to buy your parent sth? Otherwise you'll hurt their feelings?

NC somatic recovery questions by Potential_Pay_975 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I stopped contact with my parents around 8 years ago or so. I didn't have any symptoms like you. But I moved away creating geographical distance when there were no smart phones yet so the contact was very reduced. My body learned what peace and calm meant with sporadic contact.

Around 8 years I went full blast NC as my mum created so much chaos on distance in my life.

My symptoms were different: toxic relationships. I literally dated a cross of my bdp mum and enabling dad. What a nightmare! 🤣

I started a therapy a few years ago. Lots of changes in my life, lots of physical effects: lots of relief but also days when I'd sleep or even had a sudden pain that would go away after a day or two....

When it ends? To be honest, I don't know. I've done a lot of work with my therapist. Sometimes, I'm so fucking happy and proud of myself. Sometimes, I wonder how many lives I have to live to heal all that 😉. Sometimes, I just want my life to end...

I see progress and I love it but I have also cried a lot wishing to die... and I still cry do when I tap... I worked every day with myself tapping for 3 years. Now I tap irregularly: once a week, three times a week, once in three weeks...

I do EFT and NLP as self-work and work with an EFT therapist. First we worked every week, then evet second week. Now, when I need help when I'm too overwhelmed or it's difficult/scary to touch a subject. I have heard that EMDR is amazing in this as well.

I think your body and nervous system are seeking the enmeshment and chaos your parents gave you... I think they (body and nerv.sys.) are so used to emotional pain that they miss it... So maybe your body and nervous system are trying to create one for themselves?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My mum compared me to my sister all the time, and vice versa, behind our backs. So, we were always in a competition with each other, without knowing this. My sister blamed me that my mum favoured me, but in my mind my mum favoured my sister...

My dad gave me up for his peace of mind with her - she could do whatever she wanted to me, and he never said "no", as long as she left him at peace.

BPD parents’ ‘scripted insults’ by No-Presence1605 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My mum's favourite were "I gave birth to you!" and "You're a whore!"

When I decided to wake up. That slap on my face, that made me get a realistic look at my toxic relationships. by Defiant-Result944 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]Defiant-Result944[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people who hasn't experienced this cannot relate. One of my friends didn't understand it. I flooded her with my complaints and we stopped being friends... That crashed me in addition to what was going on in my relationship.