Ellen

Navigating EUPD/BPD with DBT. Real talk on triggers and growth. AI-assisted, lived experience guaranteed.

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

I made this because I needed it.

Mindfulness Made Simple — my DBT workbook is out now. Book One of the Self-Guided DBT Series.

For anyone who's been trying to figure out DBT on their own. No jargon. One breath at a time. 🖤

#YoureNotBroken #DBT #MindfulnessWorkbook

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

Emotional dysregulation does not just affect you. It affects everyone close to you.

My Emotion Regulation workbook is for building the skills that change that. Not overnight. Genuinely.

https://t.co/rF6a6p415M

#DBT #BPD

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

"I am fine."

The biggest lie in the BPD vocabulary.

#BPD #YoureNotBroken

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

BPD & impulsivity.

The spend. The text. The decision at 2am that made perfect sense at the time.

#BPD #Impulsivity

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

Rest is productive.

You do not have to spend every ounce of yourself to be worth something.

#BPD #SelfCompassion

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

Fill in the blank 👇

"My favourite person makes me feel ______."

#BPD #FavouritePerson

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

BPD & chronic emptiness.

Not sadness. More like a hollow nothing where a sense of self should be. A boredom that feels existential.

#BPD #Emptiness

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

If you've been lurking on the workbooks and not quite ready, the Mindfulness one is the gentlest place to start. Practical, DBT-based, for real nervous systems. 🖤

https://t.co/C31jtUlGGx

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

The chameleon thing.

Matching whoever you're with so perfectly that you lose track of who you are alone.

And then the silence feels so loud. If you know, you know. 🖤

#BPD #Identity

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

DBT skill: Radical Acceptance.

Not approving. Not giving up. Just stopping the fight with a reality you can't change right now.

Pain you accept hurts less than pain you fight. 🖤

#DBT #BPD

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

Your bad nights deserve a plan, not just willpower.

The free 3am grounding card is one page of DBT-based tools for when the thoughts spiral and won't switch off. 🖤

https://t.co/i0KuzQIRvT

#BPD #Grounding

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

You are allowed to rest without earning it first.

That's the whole post. 🖤

#YoureNotBroken #BPD #SelfCompassion

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

BPD & Hypervigilance.

Scanning every face. Every tone. Every pause before a reply.

It's not paranoia. It's protection. Your nervous system just never learned when to stand down. 🖤

#BPD #Hypervigilance #Trauma

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

"I know what I should do, but in the moment I can't do it."

That's exactly what distress tolerance is for. In-the-moment skills, for when logic isn't available. 🖤

https://t.co/zSyhnl1X3y

#DBT #BPD

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

3am hits different with BPD.

The thoughts get louder. The feelings won't switch off. And it feels very, very alone.

You are not the only one awake. 🖤

#BPD #3am #QuietlyStruggling

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

You survived today.

Whatever it took. However messy it looked.

That counts. Rest now. 🖤

#BPD #YoureNotBroken #Recovery

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

Which DBT skill actually works for you when it counts?

Not the one that sounds good. The one that genuinely helps in the moment.

Drop it below. 🖤

#DBT #BPD #BPDandI

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

DBT skill: Opposite Action.

When the emotion doesn't fit the facts, do the opposite of what it urges.

Want to isolate? Reach out. Want to lash out? Step back. You're not faking it. You're retraining the response. 🖤

#DBT #BPD

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

BPD makes relationships hard. Not because you're difficult, but because your nervous system makes the stakes feel enormous every time.

My Interpersonal Effectiveness workbook: DBT skills for asking, saying no, and staying you. 🖤

https://t.co/fARUcI3YOy

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

You are not too much.

You were just handed to people who couldn't hold what you carry.

The right people will not flinch. 🖤

#BPD #YoureNotBroken #BPDandI

[Ellen @BpdandiEllen]

BPD & an unstable sense of self.

Being a different person in every room. Not knowing who you are when you're alone. A personality that feels borrowed.

It's not shallow. It's what happens when your sense of self never had a safe place to form. 🖤

#BPD #Identity