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Nato Coles's avatar

This post is fantastic, as is the previous one regarding the same topic. Thanks Molly! I'll add that my partner suffers from a version of bpd/anxiety, and my taking a "Friends and Family DBT" course was useful for me and for both of us. (They attended regular DBT classes and now have also found a great medication for their illness, and they're doing very very well.)

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Philip Portelance's avatar

Thank you for sharing. I have suffered from depression and anxiety for 30+ years. It was only this year that I finally sought help and was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. It's amazing but the diagnosis alone seemed to provide relief as many of my issues were finally explained. I have since begun taking anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medications that thus far are proving to help. I have not yet taken the step to try CBT but it is at least on my radar. I don't believe I would have taken these steps if not for reading many first person accounts, such as yours, over the past few years. It is so important for these stories to be told.

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