The world is believing lies. Lies that there are good and bad people. There really are not.
Lies that there are good and bad emotions. Lies that a person's worth is dependant on their job, relationship, income, appearance.. take your pick, so many lies.
The truth? All human beings are doing their best at life. All human beings are unique. All human beings have pain.
Don't believe the lie that you could be "better." Life is an interaction between genetics and experience. Thats really it.
You do not have a stamp on you, good or bad. You are human.
You can believe lies or the truth. Stigma is lies wrapped in ignorance, double dipped in judgement.
A lot of us happen to have been born with high sensitivity. Combined with invalidation, this results in BPD.
But there is more to our extreme sensitivity than pain. We are more sensitive to everything in life. We live rich life experiencially. We have opportunities for insights and awareness that cannot be gained by an average sensitivity.
Being Borderline is painful, but through that pain we can learn more about ourselves. Learning is always winning. Borderlines are exquisitely vulnerable. Vulnerability is beautiful because it is the truth. Humanity exposed. Our needs are out on display. They are the same needs as all other people but we are more expressive, focused on relationships.
The secret is that there is strength in vulnerability. And amazing potential for rich communication. The truth is that we are human beings with needs and pain, and our vulnerability can enable other people to share their pain. Ironically we can be the safe place we need from others.
We are challenging for the world because we are expressing needs that the world is trying to pretend do not exist. The world is full of people sadly believing that idea that showing pain is weak.
Our pain is a valuable mirror for the less sensitive, less expressive people in our world. We can be empowered by owning the truth of the pain that we have survived. The lies that have been exposed.
We have the truth about our emotions. Emotions are not wrong.
Emotions do not require justification, ever.
All emotions are valid. All emotions are valuable.
We are empowered here at Borderline and Brilliant to share the important, life-enriching facts that our journey have brought us.
You only feel shame if you believe the lies. There is no shame without lies. Noone choses BPD. No human being seeks out pain.
We didn't seek out extradinary challenge in life but we are proud of lives.
We have zero shame about dealing with drug addiction, eating disorders, self mutiliation or chronic suicidiality. We have pride in being able to share these intensely difficult issues in a world than belittled, ignored and tried to shame us into hiding.
We are proud of what we have been through. We are grateful for the insights we have. We are happy to stand up and let the world throw mud, nothing the world can throw could be worse than believing the lie that we are not enough.
Lies that there are good and bad emotions. Lies that a person's worth is dependant on their job, relationship, income, appearance.. take your pick, so many lies.
The truth? All human beings are doing their best at life. All human beings are unique. All human beings have pain.
Don't believe the lie that you could be "better." Life is an interaction between genetics and experience. Thats really it.
You do not have a stamp on you, good or bad. You are human.
You can believe lies or the truth. Stigma is lies wrapped in ignorance, double dipped in judgement.
A lot of us happen to have been born with high sensitivity. Combined with invalidation, this results in BPD.
But there is more to our extreme sensitivity than pain. We are more sensitive to everything in life. We live rich life experiencially. We have opportunities for insights and awareness that cannot be gained by an average sensitivity.
Being Borderline is painful, but through that pain we can learn more about ourselves. Learning is always winning. Borderlines are exquisitely vulnerable. Vulnerability is beautiful because it is the truth. Humanity exposed. Our needs are out on display. They are the same needs as all other people but we are more expressive, focused on relationships.
The secret is that there is strength in vulnerability. And amazing potential for rich communication. The truth is that we are human beings with needs and pain, and our vulnerability can enable other people to share their pain. Ironically we can be the safe place we need from others.
We are challenging for the world because we are expressing needs that the world is trying to pretend do not exist. The world is full of people sadly believing that idea that showing pain is weak.
Our pain is a valuable mirror for the less sensitive, less expressive people in our world. We can be empowered by owning the truth of the pain that we have survived. The lies that have been exposed.
We have the truth about our emotions. Emotions are not wrong.
Emotions do not require justification, ever.
All emotions are valid. All emotions are valuable.
We are empowered here at Borderline and Brilliant to share the important, life-enriching facts that our journey have brought us.
You only feel shame if you believe the lies. There is no shame without lies. Noone choses BPD. No human being seeks out pain.
We didn't seek out extradinary challenge in life but we are proud of lives.
We have zero shame about dealing with drug addiction, eating disorders, self mutiliation or chronic suicidiality. We have pride in being able to share these intensely difficult issues in a world than belittled, ignored and tried to shame us into hiding.
We are proud of what we have been through. We are grateful for the insights we have. We are happy to stand up and let the world throw mud, nothing the world can throw could be worse than believing the lie that we are not enough.
