Next Meeting – July
Our next Sanctuary meeting will be on Tuesday, July 8, at 6.00pm, in the Marjorie Black Room at SACOSS, Unley, South Australia.
Surviving Christmas and the Silly Season
With the end of the year nearly upon us, we look forward to celebrating with family and friends. But for many, this is a difficult time. Helen van Roekel has some helpful tips for planning for BPD Carers who are christmas.
Mental Health Plans for South Australia
In September we were very lucky to have South Australia's Chief Psychiatrist, Dr John Brayley, as our speaker. He outlined a new standard of treatment for consumers diagnosed with BPD in SA (still under development)
Calling for Help – Ambulance? Police?
Have you ever had times when the person you care for has been so dysregulated that you worried for their safety, or yours? Did you wonder if you might need to call for an ambulance or the police? Two Mental Health Co-Responders were our guests in August.
Building Resilience – Self Validation and Boundaries
Self-validation helps to lessen our own distress, and better cope with the ups and downs in our life of supporting someone with BPD. Setting limits can help us build resilience and avoid carer burn out.
Suicidal Ideation and Self Harm
I wish it was not so, but most people with BPD face a mental health crisis. We asked a psychologist to explain suicidal ideation and self harm. What can carers do in a mental health crisis?
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Living with Borderline Personality Disorder is painful and difficult – many turn to alcohol and other drugs in an attempt to cope. When addiction is added to the burden of illness, the cycle is very difficult to break
The Power of Validation
You often hear us say that the best way to help someone with BPD is to validate their feelings. We always say, look at the feelings behind what they are saying/doing. Listen carefully and validate the emotion you think they might be feeling at that moment. Validation does really work to calm a situa
Repairing Relationships
Living with the symptoms of BPD is difficult and often this manifests in ruptured relationships. How might we reconnect, repair the relationship and start down the path to recovery?
BPD and PTSD
We watched "Understanding the intersection between BPD & PTSD" from Dr Skye Fitzpatrick