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My experience with BPD and suicide as a kid entailed suicidal ideation, but I made a promise to myself not to do it. Learn more at HealthyPlace.

All too often borderline personality disorder (BPD) and suicidal ideation go hand-in-hand and I am no exception. I am grateful today that I survived my childhood and early adult years, but it was not easy. This is my experience with suicide before I knew I had BPD. (Note: This post contains a trigger warning.)

Trips home with ADHD-induced impatience are common for me, but I figured out a way to work with or relieve my impatience. Learn how I do it at HealthyPlace.

Living with Adult ADHD

Trips Home Are Difficult Because of ADHD

It's hard to decide how honest to be about my mental illness in dating apps, but after reframing a few things, I know I can do it. Find out how at HealthyPlace.

Relationships and Mental Illness

Being Honest on Dating Apps About My Mental Illness

Understanding our brain-what it is and what it is not-is important. What is the role of your brain? Why is understanding its role important? Find out at HealthyPlace.

Living a Blissful Life

Understanding Your Brain: In Between Mind and Matter

Does your homework load make you feel anxious? I struggled with homework anxiety in middle school. Get five strategies to help you get through it at HealthyPlace.

Getting Through Tough Times

5 Strategies That Reduced My Homework Anxiety

Creative Schizophrenia

Introducing Rebecca Chamaa, Author of ‘Creative Schizophrenia’

Mental Illness Overview

Information on methods to pay for mental health services plus mental health resources for the uninsured.

Mental Illness Overview

How To Pay for Mental Health Services

Mental Illness Overview

Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness

Relational frame therapy is a complex approach to psychology that's also considered controversial. Get detailed info on RFT at HealthyPlace.

Mental Illness Overview

Relational Frame Theory in Therapy (RFT): Why the Controversy?

Several types of residential treatment centers exist and costs vary based on services offered. Learn about psychiatric residential treatment facilities.

Mental Illness Overview

Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers: Types and Costs

Homelessness and mental illness can go hand-in-hand. Why? Does one cause the other? And what support is available? Check this out for answers and info.

Mental Illness Overview

Mental Illness and Homelessness

Mental Illness Overview

What Is Emotional Health? And How To Improve it?

Recent Mental Health Articles

Teen Sex

Your Budding Daughter: Some Practical Suggestions for Parents

What? Already? Puberty in Girls, Step By Step

Body Image

Being Overweight Affects Your Sex Drive

Being overweight hampers your sex life Add a bad time in bed to the list of ways

I eat lots of food, drink more than I should and the weight is hurting my sex life. I don't even find myself attractive and I'm afraid to have relationships with women. Time for rehab.

Body Image

Lots of Food. No Sex. Time for Rehab

I'M AN ADDICT.

You can stay centered when external problems rock you to the core. Learn how to be centered when life is at its worst at HealthyPlace.

Mental-Health-Newsletter

How to Stay Centered When Life Feels Out of Control

What's Happening at HealthyPlace?

Self-advocating for your mental health is an important skill to learn. But sometimes, it can be intimidating to talk to your doctor. Learn to get past it at HealthyPlace.

Mental-Health-Newsletter

Self-Advocate for Your Mental Health: How to Talk to Doctors

Self-Advocate for Your Mental Health: How to Talk to Doctors From the HealthyPlace Mental Hea

What we pay attention to matters. We're hardwired with a negativity bias, but we don't have to stay in negativity. Learn what to pay attention to at HealthyPlace.

Mental-Health-Newsletter

Choosing What We Pay Attention to Affects Our Mental Health

What we pay attention to matters. We're hardwired with a negativity bias, but we don't have to stay in negativity. Learn what to pay attention to at HealthyPlace.

Wondering: Do I have?

Experiencing symptoms of mental illness but are unsure of what they mean? Get trusted information, take a psychological test to help determine possible causes and treatments.

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Wondering: Do I have?

Experiencing symptoms of mental illness but are unsure of what they mean? Get trusted information, take a psychological test to help determine possible causes and treatments.

More conditions >