24-09-2019 01:22 PM - edited 26-09-2019 12:33 PM
24-09-2019 01:22 PM - edited 26-09-2019 12:33 PM
From October 1 - October 7 is the National Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Week! For this weeks Topic Tuesday we will be talking all things BPD with special guests from Spectrum
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01-10-2019 07:00 PM
01-10-2019 07:00 PM
Hey everyone! Thanks so much for joining in on tonight’s special Topic Tuesday event for BPD Awareness Week which is running from today until October 7!
This is such an important discussion for so many of our members at SANE - and tonight we are lucky enough to have two practitioners from Spectrum Vic
@AndrewSpectrum & @JulianSpectrum 🙂 Welcome both!
Also a very special welcome to those who wanted a reminder of tonight's event:
@outlander @Angels333 @Suzy @Former-Member @Shaz51 @roses1 @saturnzoon @Permacultura @FleurdeLis @Mezz @eth @cutiepiekitty @Appleblossom @BlueBay @Lise07 @Former-Member
Tonights group discussion will be around notions like stereotypying, stimga reduction, and therepeutic modalities. I'm here to faciliate and prompt questions for us all to share thoughts, ideas and strategies. If you are having trouble at any point and find that you feel triggered by this topic, please engage in self care and reach out to a helpline - there are a few listed when you scroll up at the right hand side of the page 😊
For more info on BPD Awareness week check out the link here!
Whilst everyone settles in I will get @AndrewSpectrum and @JulianSpectrum to say a quick hello 👋
01-10-2019 07:02 PM
01-10-2019 07:02 PM
@Former-Member Great to be here, looking forward to the discussion 🙂
01-10-2019 07:03 PM
01-10-2019 07:03 PM
Hi @Former-Member I’m so looking forward to tonight. I’m a BPD sufferer.
Hi @AndrewSpectrum abd @JulianSpectrum 👋
01-10-2019 07:03 PM
01-10-2019 07:03 PM
Hi everyone! Thanks for having us along!
01-10-2019 07:03 PM
01-10-2019 07:03 PM
hello @Former-Member , @JulianSpectrum
01-10-2019 07:03 PM
01-10-2019 07:03 PM
Hello @JulianSpectrum and @AndrewSpectrum
01-10-2019 07:04 PM
01-10-2019 07:04 PM
hello @AndrewSpectrum , @cutiepiekitty , @BlueBay
01-10-2019 07:06 PM
01-10-2019 07:06 PM
Hey @BlueBay so good to have you here! We will get started pretty soon 🙂
01-10-2019 07:06 PM
01-10-2019 07:06 PM
@Shaz51 A pleasure as always
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