Free BPD Resources – Access supportive, stigma-free BPD resources rooted in real experience. This collection includes emotion regulation tools, identity work, and recovery-focused posts created to help make sense of the intensity and support healing over time.
On Sundays—we study the sun! As some of you may know, I've started using Substack for my philosophy and spiritual writing, as it feels right to have a platform separate from the mental health side of things for this deeper work. I'll still be keeping up my work here-but feel free to tag along with… Continue reading Sun-Day Studies: Honouring Solar Deities & the Seasons☀️🌞
DBT Mindfulness is one of four modules in the therapeutic approach developed by psychologist Marsha Linehan. DBT stands for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Linehan developed it to help individuals regulate their emotions, reduce distress, and improve relationships with others.
If you were to ask me what BPD recovery looks like, I could only speak to my personal experience of recovery. I have to admit, reading back through this post from almost 2 years ago on my recovery journey, it strikes me how far I have come in that time. It stings a little and I still notice a hint of shame, but I’m so glad it exists. Since I first wrote...
Something that I’m only just starting to realise, after struggling to "fix" myself for over 10 years with no success, is just how instrumental physical and emotional safety actually are to healing. We’ve all heard the phrase “You can’t heal in the same place that hurt you.” But how do we apply that expression to… Continue reading Why Healing Trauma Starts With Creating Safety (& How to Feel Safe Again)
Why Does Shame Feel So Big? Today has been a little bit of a rollercoaster for my nervous system. It’s safe to say that out of all the emotions I experience, none hit me quite as viscerally as shame does. Even when its intensity absolutely does not fit the facts of the situation. But why… Continue reading Why Does Shame Feel So Big?
Eliza Blooms 