“those borderlines:” removing stigma and facilitating recovery
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“Those Borderlines:” Removing Stigma and Facilitating Recovery. Reneé Kopache Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board. Agenda. Recovering and Facilitating Recovery Hope Empowerment Self-Responsibility Meaningful Role Issues to Contend With Stigma Co-dependency - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
“Those Borderlines:” Removing Stigma and Facilitating Recovery
Reneé KopacheHamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board
Agenda
Recovering and Facilitating Recovery Hope Empowerment Self-Responsibility Meaningful Role
Issues to Contend With Stigma Co-dependency Substance abuse Trauma Self-Injury and suicidal actions
Recovering & Facilitating Recovery from BPD
Stages of Recovery*
HOPE
Empowerment
Self-Responsibility
Meaningful Role
--------------------------- Recovered
* Village Integrated Services, Inc.
Hope
Becoming rational thinkers:
Hope is basically an attitude (influenced by thought).
Those of us with BPD struggle a great deal with irrational thought patterns, which hinders our sense of hope.
To obtain and maintain a sense of hope, we have to change (control) our thoughts…
…we have to become rational thinkers!
The Role of the Provider - Hope Engagement
Trust Dialogue
Don’t hide the diagnosis from the consumer
Education Help the consumer understand why they do what
they do and think the way that they think
Separate the illness from the individual Avoid Stigma
Teach rational thinking…instill a sense of Hope!!!
Hope Con’t Helpful Coping Skills/Techniques:
Support from a trusted, third party observer Journaling mood logs Positive self-talk and/or affirmations medications
Barriers: Stigma & discrimination from having a mental illness
“We’re difficult, manipulative, and nobody wants to work with us because we’re so bad off - - how can we have hope when the system has no hope for us?”
Fears (change, abandonment, emotions, etc.)
Empowerment Become Knowledgeable
know your illness & yourself learn to distinguish between
symptoms and you
warning signs
Triggers
rights
Utilize Support Professional Peer Friends/family
Become active in your treatment Medications alone will not
improve your life
Your treatment providers cannot fix you
The Role of the Provider - Empowerment Educate
Support the process of gaining self-awareness Homework assignments
Boundaries Consistency Avoid getting trapped
Support Begin to assist the consumer with the process of
developing a healthy support system
Empowerment Con’t Helpful Coping Skills/Techniques:
Continue using skills from previous stage Read, read, read Self-Assessment
strengths, weaknesses, needs, wants, goals, etc. Let people help Exercise….pursue hobbies
Barriers: Stigma Triangulation Fear of abandonment Trust
Self-Responsibility Changing Behaviors/Regulating Emotions
Advanced recovery critical stage where we shift from an external to internal locus of
control taking responsibility for our lives…being willing to do whatever it
takes to get better for some, progress in recovery stops here
Anger is not the only emotion we have taking on responsibility for our well-being opens the door to
feeling the positive emotions
Creating a positive lifestyle change, change, change risks, risks, risks
The Role of the ProviderSelf Responsibility
Support the efforts to change Provide tools and techniques Cheerleader Sounding Board Expect failure and be ready to deal with it
Help the consumer improve self-esteem and sense of self
Help the consumer deal with co-dependency issues
Self-Responsibility Con’t Helpful Coping Skills/Techniques:
Continue previous skills as appropriate
Identify the problems as well as reasonable solutions…then, develop a plan to implement the solutions (Impulse Control Logs)
Physical Thought/Emotional Relationships
Barriers: Self-sabotage (fear of success) Fear of failure Low self-esteem & poor social skills
Meaningful Role Integrated life in the community
Life extends beyond mental illness and the mental health system
Valued Role in the community Employment/volunteering Faith community Family Friendships/relationships Community organizations Giving back
Pursuit of interests/hobbies (outside of MH)
The Role of the Provider
Meaningful Role
You’re job is just about done!
Encourage activities in the community Help the person connect to natural supports
Help the individual transition out of services Be prepared for self-sabotage
Meaningful Role Con’t
Helpful Coping Skills/Techniques: Keep doing what’s worked Try new things Give back
Barriers: Old habits are hard to break returning to the comfort zone Self
Issues to Contend With Stigma
Co-dependency
Substance Abuse
Trauma
Self-Injury and suicidal actions
Overcoming Stigma Stigma from others (external)
Mental Health System Providers Peers
Community (family, friends, neighbors, etc.)
Self-stigma (internal) Serenity Prayer Self-Esteem Empowerment
Co-dependence & BPD
"Codependence is about giving away power over our self-esteem.” (Burney, Robert)
It is this lack of a "self" that leads the person with BPD to continually set and re-set themselves up as victims. (Mahari, A.J., 2000).
Robert Burney From his Column "Codependence vs Interdependence”-- In an article by A.J. Mahari (2000) titled: “Co-dependence: Where Borderlines and Non-Borderlines Often Meet.” www.borderlinepersonality.ca/bordercodepdance.htm
Codependence Cont’ Recovery from co-dependence
is about knowing that you want and deserve healthier relational reality…It’s about meeting your own needs!
“you NEED to learn to validate yourself from the inside out and you must stop seeking others to define you and or to meet your needs for you” (Mahari, A.J., 2000).
Recovery from BPD involves overcoming co-dependence and becoming an
emotionally healthy adult by taking responsibility for oneself, and building a sense of self (identity), self-esteem and self-worth.
Substance Abuse
54% of those with BPD have a problem with substance abuse (bpdcentral.com).
Individuals with BPD who abuse substances…
are at greatly higher risk for suicide and for death or injury from accidents.
often abuse substances in an impulsive fashion contributing to a lower threshold for other self-destructive behavior.
Trauma Research suggests that between 40% and 70%
of individuals with BPD are victims of trauma (NIMH website).
Approximately 25% of individuals with BPD are also diagnosed with PTSD (NIMH website).
Challenges to treatment due to trauma Threat to therapeutic alliance Issues with transference Traumatic memories Splitting
Self-Injury and Suicidal Actions Approximately 70-75% of patients with BPD have a
history of at least one deliberate act of self-harm.
According to Linehan et al, the mean estimated rate of completed suicides is 9%.
Self-mutilation is distinct from suicidal behaviors, but such behaviors double the risk of actual suicide
Purpose: most often those with BPD self-mutilate to punish themselves, but some are seeking relief of dysphoric states
http://www.afsp.org/education/gund_ridolfi.htm
Self-injury and suicidal actions Managing Suicidality
Split treatment (multiple providers) Identify the Primary Clinician
Contracting for safety
Responsibility for reporting feelings/thoughts falls on the consumer
When the crisis has passed, process it how you felt about it how the consumer felt about it plan to respond differently in the future
http://www.afsp.org/education/gund_ridolfi.htm
Resources: Books I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me
Kreisman, Jerold
Managing Intense Emotions and Overcoming Self-Destructive Habits: A Self-Help Manual Bell, Lorraine
The Angry Heart: Overcoming Borderline and Addictive Disorders : An Interactive Self-Help Guide Santoro and Cohen
Life at the Border: Understanding and Recovering from the Borderline Personality Disorder Heller, Leland M.D.
Books Con’t Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline
Personality Disorder. Linehan, Marsha M.
Eclipses: Behind the Borderline Personality Disorder Ford Thornton, Melissa
The Feeling Good Handbook Burns, David M.D.
Pathways to Recovery: A Strengths Recovery Self-Help Workbook Ridgway, Priscilla; McDiarmid, Diane; Davidson, Lori; Bayes,
Julie and Ratzlaff, Sarah
Resources: Websites Borderline Personality Disorder
http://www.bpdcentral.com http://www.bpdresourcecenter.org/ http://www.laurapaxton.com/ http://www.biologicalunhappiness.com/ http://borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com
General Recovery Websites http://www.mhrecovery.com http://power2u.org
