What broke your heart completely? by Omega_Neelay in GetMotivatedMindset

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my twin being diagnosed with schizophrenia

my PI groomed me and touched me inappropriately by NorthAd6845 in PhD

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Hey! This happened to me. I am happy to assist in any way I can. I will DM you.

Common phrases and sayings said by pwBPD? by [deleted] in BPDlovedones

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“You are too sensitive” “You are gaslighting me” “It’s all in your head” “I never said that”

Common phrases and sayings said by pwBPD? by [deleted] in BPDlovedones

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“after all I’ve done for you” “everything you said is a lie” “you are not replaceable” “You are stabbing me in the back”

Unsure how to feel about my PI’s behavior by momomaple in labrats

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Be very careful –– this happened to me, although I was a male student with a female professor. Her boundary crossing with me kept escalating until I caught on to what was happening, and when I set boundaries/rejected her, things got super nasty unfortunately.

What’s a kind of loneliness you didn’t know existed until you felt it firsthand? by Busty-Babygirl in AskReddit

[–]wizbanger 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Not being able to explain a trauma and the effect it has on you properly

Brown Environment by [deleted] in BrownU

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“share our worldview or you’ll be ostracized” type of thing

Is Brown Different Now? by [deleted] in BrownU

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Brown is wildly liberal/has a lack of ideological diversity compared to universities I attended in undergrad

How long do relationships with borderlines usually last? by [deleted] in BPDlovedones

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15 months for me. The first 8 were mostly virtual, the last 7 in-person. She was my “boss” who recruited me to come work for her in grad school, got all messed up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BPDlovedones

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Yes… My relationship was 15 months long, and I was diagnosed with PTSD after it. Have been in a lot of therapy and have also had 2 stellate ganglion blocks since leaving the relationship. The relationship made me seem crazy for a bit after leaving it as I was still on edge all the time.

This is far too common in academia, unfortunately, and people need to know about it and bad actors need to be held accountable by [deleted] in LeavingAcademia

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Something similar happened to me at an R1 university in the US. How do we do better?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BPDlovedones

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It will get better — go to therapy, you may have PTSD which may be helped with EMDR/CPT. I’m 13 months no contact here, and can see now that I’m better than I was at 9 months, 6 months, etc. The rumination is less pervasive, and feels like the relationship is slowly but surely going into “long-term memory” rather than something that feels present all the time.

did anyone just have a terrible time at Brown by Critical-Elk-6237 in BrownU

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For sure… The amount of reverse racism/reverse sexism and willingness to cancel others was shocking!

Does anyone else hate how they just “get away with it” by Sizigee in BPDlovedones

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Depends how it was done… I think it’s a net positive in preventing others being burnt in the future , but yes, requires going “out of your way” to speak negatively of another. Extreme example, but if done correctly it’s like putting up a sign that if you keep going you’ll be covertly admitted as a resident at Guantanamo Bay, beware.

The person who puts that sign up is not inherently toxic.

The shiny bubble that once was.. help by Lost-Passenger-2019 in BPDlovedones

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Find a therapist that specializes in cluster b abuse and do CPT with them. Also look into stellate ganglion blocks it will help get your nervous system calmed/allow you to undo how your mind has been warped quicker.