Rare diseases awareness month

Thanks for sharing your heavy story, it's hard to read, mine is about my depression.

Operated at 8 years old, wet in my bed until I was 12. I came from a difficult childhood. I had an eating disorder (binge eating). At the age of 27y I went to the therapist once a month, but that was not enough. At the age of 30y I was admitted for 6 months. An eating disorder was first diagnosed and then at BPD (Borderline personality disorder). Medication does not help, cognitive therapy does. It's because of my age, family history, school, friends, work, and my genes. I have problems with social interactions due fear and neurosis. The only "risk" is that if I fall into a deep depression, that I will harm myself or do suicide. Living with myself is not easy, my signs started showing around age 14, I went out every weekend, impulsivity, risky behavior, emotional instability, feelings of worthlessness, insecurity, impulsive destructive behavior, disrupted social relationships, separation anxiety, unstable self-image, self-harm and mood swings. Eating lots of sweets, fast food, drinking alcohol and taking drugs. I didn't care about the consequences, even though they now affected me as an adult. When I was 16 years I wanted to kill myself. I had about 10 admissions to the psychiatric clinic (in 20 years). Now I am addicted to sleeping pills (benzos). You go from one addiction to another, through the pills (they work 24 hours) and I go out with booze I fall a lot. I am now on epilepsy medication. I sleep a lot and play King games.

Well-known BPD are: Amy Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan, Angelina Jolie, Princess Diana, etc ...

Thanks for the tag @Diamond Lim

@fabke

Thank you for sharing what must have been very difficult for you. There seem to be so many in this Community with different health and other issues and that's what makes it special. You are very brave whether you know it or not. Pray you keep safe and strong.