Aust BPD Foundation

We are a group consumers, carers & clinicians seeking to improve the lives of people living with Borderline Personality Disorder. Retweets are not endorsements

[Parvaneh Heidari @ParvaneHeidari]

Fantastic talk by Rita Brown at @SpectrumBPD Conference discussing group interventions for carers of people with a diagnosis of BPD
#spectrum2024
https://t.co/ciWihyux8T

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

Dr. Lois Choi-Kain (Director of the Gunderson PD Institute) will be the keynote presenter at Spectrum's annual conference ‘Beyond specialisation: Exploring generalist treatment approaches for people with personality disorder and complex trauma.'
Registrations now open

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

@SpectrumBPD On tomorrow. Looks like a great program.

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

Thanks to the @AdelaideCC for lighting up in PURPLE to mark the beginning of BPD Awareness Week.
Let's spread the word that BPD is treatable and is a legitimate use of mental health services. @BPDAwarenessWK

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

#bpdawarenessweek2023 is here! Much change is needed in the way many professionals respond to people who live with BPD. Get involved, join us for events and share information. Together we can BE THE DIFFERENCE-Principles of Care https://t.co/BdELxSPa0K

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

Join us at our Melb #BPDawarenessweek2023 event to be held on 3rd Oct 2023. Presenters living with &/or supporting a person living with BPD) will share their experiences & insights on what it’s like to live with BPD & some strategies they found helpful. https://t.co/b1NmkO670f

[Emotions Matter BPD @embpd]

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) affects a wide range of communities and populations differently. To learn more about how BPD affects adolescents, Check out our infographic:https://t.co/7Z67BWuNl0
#bpdcommunity #bpdadolescents #bpdrecovery #bpdhealing #bpdinfo #bpdeducation

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

Acknowledging Mother's Day is difficult for some.
On this Mother's Day, we want to take a moment to acknowledge that this day can be filled with mixed emotions for many. While it is a time to honour and celebrate motherhood, we also know that it can be a difficult & painful day.

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

@glografik @Mon4Kooyong @NMHC @SpectrumBPD Hi @glografik please email us at [email protected]

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

Paul Edmundson talks in this article about his recovery from BPD and the work that he is doing to help break down some of the barriers – especially for men with lived experience of BPD. https://t.co/Wa7rCNzm3s

[Australian BPD Foundation (SA Branch) @BPDFoundationSA]

Final chance to participate - We're well on the way to getting our goal of 150 participants 🙂
BPD and Sleep Study
Is there a connection between sleep quality and BPD? If you identify with having BPD, please participate in a ground-breaking study https://t.co/MsPsrrYMHv

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

Transgender Awareness Week is November 13-19, The days help raise awareness of trans and gender diverse people, the issues they face, and the ways people can get involved as allies. What to do when your child comes out https://t.co/W6H2lMeFU8

[Spectrum BPD @SpectrumBPD]

There is a clear need to improve the narrative around BPD for a shared understanding between consumers and clinicians and move away from deficit-based language.

#Spectrum2022

[Spectrum BPD @SpectrumBPD]

“BPD is what she has not who she is.” On the importance of seeing the person instead of the diagnosis.

#Spectrum2022

[Spectrum BPD @SpectrumBPD]

Carer experience of inpatient admission "what was remarkable- but shouldn't be, were those staff who were respectful, who smiled, were responsive... this conveyed its own hope." #Spectrum2022

[Spectrum BPD @SpectrumBPD]

Carer states that we need to confront the myth that short term inpatient admissions should be avoided- "it acted as a circuit breaker" and allows the family and individual a reprieve from the "pressure cooker" and exhaustion of keeping them safe.

#Spectrum2022

[Spectrum BPD @SpectrumBPD]

Consumer perspective: being able to regulate emotions comes with connection, not isolation. See the behaviour as communication. Staff must be educated on how to respond to challenging behaviours in a therapeutic way.

#Spectrum2022

[Spectrum BPD @SpectrumBPD]

Set the expectation that people with BPD can recover, live satisfying and successful lives. Maintain a sense of hope, particularly when the person can't feel it themselves.

There is always hope- people can and do recover from BPD.

#Spectrum2022

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

A reminder to use supportive language, always. Applying curiosity, offering compassion and seeing the person alongside any current survival skills can make a world of difference to those living with BPD. Words have power!Developed by those with lived experience.⁠ @BPDAwarenessWK

[Aust BPD Foundation @OzBPD]

Who better to listen to than those with expertise. People living with BPD, carers who support & people who love those living with BPD share with us the supports that are most needed and most effective. ⁠
⁠We ALL can make a difference to those whose lives are most impacted⁠