Caring For Carers
Sat, Sep 15
|Thrive Massage Therapy & Wellness
Join us for a support and education group aimed to help empower parents, spouses, friends and other carers of those battling Mental Illness.
Time & Location
Sep 15, 2018, 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Thrive Massage Therapy & Wellness, 2289 Fairview St #318, Burlington, ON L7R 2E3, Canada
About the event
Join us for an support and education group aimed to help empower parents, spouses, friends and other carers of those battling Mental Illness.
This week our focus will be on Borderline Personality Disorder and related topics. We will go through an overview of diagnosis and focus on discussing strategies for effective communication, skill building and interpersonal challenges that come with trying to support someone with this diagnosis.
The individual does not necessarily have to have a BPD diagnosis to have qualities and characteristics that are present in people with BPD. Here are some key traits that are present with those with borderline tendencies:
Symptoms
A person with borderline personality disorder may experience intense bouts of anger, depression, or anxiety that may last only hours or, at most, a few days. These may be associated with episodes of impulsive aggression, self-injury, and drug or alcohol abuse. Distortions in thoughts and sense…