My name is Vicky and I am a 42 year old female.

Twenty years ago I was diagnosed with BPD. It was not easy. But I have made important changes in my life. I have been stable for almost 15 years, no longer meet the criteria for BPD and have a happy fulfilling and meaningful
life. I am currently receiving my MSW with clinical concentration. I have volunteered extensively in day treatment settings working with those with BPD, major depression bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. I have co-led DBT skills training groups.

I have seen BPD from many angles: as a sufferer, as a spouse of someone with the disorder and as a inter clinician. I have seen and felt the agony, fear. loneliness and all the other myriad emotions the disorder causes. I have known the frustration and despair of living with someone with BPD and the questioning of my own sanity which went with it. I have been on the receiving end of the wrath, distrust, suicidal ideation and abandonment fears those with BPD display to their therapists. I want to give back the help I was given and, in any small way I can, help to alleviate the suffering of those touched by the disorder.

My email is: WesZMan@aol.com