HIMMGF 22: Coffee and Conflicts

February 18, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

This started as a Christmas post and ended with existential realizations. Read all “How I Met My Girlfriend” posts here. Our second Christmas together unfolded how I imagined in most ways. And it first started like every morning, the mere waking up together—something that started the day with love for 69 consecutive mornings. (Yes, 69, […]

World Mental Health Day: Living with BPD

October 10, 2019.Reading time 17 minutes.

The title states, living with B P D. World mental health day.

For World Mental Health Day, my girlfriend wrote a short narrative about her experience living with borderline personality disorder.

J&J Chats: Texting through bpd arguments

June 28, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

the title image states, J and J chats. texting through bpd arguments.

Welcome to J&J Chats! A series of advice and discourse discussions from J (Jess) & J (Jas, aka, my girlfriend). Topics sent anonymously via curious cat. Current topic: Should you work through a bad BPD moment via text?

5 Ways to Better Communicate During a Conflict with Someone with BPD

May 31, 2019.Reading time 27 minutes.

A frowning face is divided in half. One half has a thought bubble, one half has a speech bubble. The thought bubble states, I know you're leaving me. The speech bubble states, I'm leaving you first.

Communicating when you’re having a conflict with someone with BPD can be very difficult and often has a “things get worse before they get better” outcome. This post outlines 5 practical steps and tools to strengthen your ability to communicate effectively during a conflict.

HIMMGF–Part 19–BPD Treatment (?) Updates

May 15, 2019.Reading time 17 minutes.

A graphic letter has a header that states, Generic Mental Health Group. The letter states, Congratulations, Jasmin! You have won the right to a mental illness treatment plan! With us, you will have no personalized support relevant to your mental illnesses or home life. In fact, the kind of support we offer is 100% guaranteed to make little to no impact on your mental health whatsoever! Again congratulations! We are very excited to close your case and hand you back to your primary care physician as quickly as possible.

Here is the next installment of How I Met My Girlfriend! Catch up on all HIMMGF posts here.