I feel like my internal clock is constantly spinning out of control. I used to be a total night owl, hitting the sack around 2 AM every single night, but now my body wants to crash at midnight. I’ll wake up around 9 AM, only to feel completely wiped out again just two hours later... then I end up napping from 1 PM to 5 PM. On top of that, I seem to need about 10 to 12 hours of sleep to feel human. Maybe it’s my low blood pressure acting up, but it all feels so strange.
I don't know, the movie just didn't click for me. I've always been interested in the topic of suicide, but I tend to prefer much more realistic portrayals of the issue.
My psychiatrist explained it to me this way: since certain behavioral patterns can actually manifest as a completely different diagnosis once you reach adulthood, they advised me to just wait and see how I develop as a person first... It’s a bit of a waiting game. Then there was the second doctor who was convinced it was schizophrenia, while a third one insisted I don't have any disorder at all—just a typical teenage identity crisis.
Yeah, unfortunately, people around them really struggle to cope with someone like that. BPD is typically diagnosed during early adolescence, often when a psychiatrist is either unsure about the specific diagnosis or finds themselves at odds with another specialist's opinion. It’s also incredibly common for BPD to show up alongside other mental health issues. The general idea is that you wait until they move past those teenage years to see how their psychological state settles... but the real catch is that you can never say for certain whether it's a genuine disorder or just an intense adolescent crisis.
Donna Sullivan7 said:In slang, we're talking about that red line—that borderline between neurosis and psychosis. So, "borderline personality"—their moods and emotions are just all over the place, totally unstable. They don't really have a solid sense of who they are, which makes their emotions super volatile and their behavior unpredictable and impulsive. They live with this constant, heavy sense of emptiness and depression... and they can be prone to manipulative suicide attempts. Honestly, a patient like that is a therapist's worst nightmare because once they get into that state, it’s incredibly hard to fix. You've got people dealing with chronic depression, deep-seated addiction to drugs or booze, marriages that are completely trashed, and often a pattern of being hypersexual, jumping from one bed to the next. You see them—the "overpass jumpers" and those sad souls sitting on park benches, fingers interlaced like the seams on a football, carrying these deep psychological scars that just won't heal. Their ego is so fragile, so brittle... they spend all their energy playing parts, trying desperately to be anything except who they actually are. They crave intimacy more than anything, yet they push away anyone who tries to get close. They're rarely satisfied, drifting from one specialist to another, hoping someone will finally hand them a magic pill to fix their shattered feelings and that hollow void inside. They'll follow any guru or messianic type—any charismatic loser promising a quick fix for the pain. Usually, it ends with a premature trip to jail or a psych ward. When they come out, they look fine on the surface, which gives everyone hope... right up until the next crash, whether it's real or just in their heads. But one thing is for sure, they never actually change...
This is a perfectly illustrated example. Personally, I think BPD is the toughest personality disorder to deal with.
I honestly have nothing but praise for Yasmin. I used to deal with those ridiculous hormonal shifts from Diana that caused me to pack on 15 pounds in a single year... plus the mood swings, the tanked libido, all that nonsense. But after using Yasmin for a few months, I actually started dropping weight. I’ve lost 10 pounds over the last 10 months without even touching my diet. No more bouts of depression, my libido is back to normal (actually, maybe a little too high...), no acne, and zero water retention issues.
This movie is incredible, easily one of my all-time favorites. And yeah, the fact that it’s based on a true story makes the whole thing so much more unsettling. It kicks off like a classic horror flick, but then it evolves into this intense thriller that hits even harder... By the end, I was just sitting there in total shock, who would have ever guessed those were just kids.
I’ve been feeling the same way lately... I can't help but wonder if these are just the first signs of depression trying to sneak in through the back door or what...
Man, dealing with women can be such a headache sometimes. I remember when my own best friend totally turned her back on me right when things were at their absolute worst... those are the moments where you really see who’s actually in your corner. Honestly? I find guys make much better friends than women do. I can actually have decent conversations with them without everything getting complicated... we can just talk about real stuff.
Freud leaned way too heavily on the unconscious, making libido the star of the show while ignoring everything else. He completely missed how much our environment or later stages of development actually shape who we become. It’s honestly hilarious to me that he’d tell his patients—and pretty much everyone else—that their dreams were just reflections of repressed sexual urges (we're talking full-on Oedipal stuff in extreme cases)... yet when it came to himself, he claimed he didn't have those kinds of dreams and that his own were just symbols of ambition. He couldn't even practice a little self-criticism, so how could he possibly be objective with anyone else?!
Hey everyone. Does anyone have recommendations for musicians who focus exclusively on the piano? I’m absolutely obsessed with the sound of the keys, but I honestly don't even know where to start my search... Thnx. 🙂