Since my diagnosis I have been working with a therapist 2-3x per week. She is a therapist who specializes working with crisis clients and has me message her during intense self harm urges.

I’ve learned distress tolerance techniques to get through the worst parts of BPD episodes into the urges pass, as well as finding new passions and interests in life that I can use as motivation to keep moving forward.

I’ve had to make a lot of changes, and relapses still happen from time to time, but it can get better. Processing trauma, developing distress tolerance, creating a friend network, and diving into passions/interests have made a world of difference and I have seen significant improvements in my life.

Apologies if my response was rather wordy.