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May Is BPD Awareness Month
BPD Awareness Month replaces stigma with understanding, misinformation with evidence, and isolation with community. Established by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008, it brings attention to a condition that affects millions of individuals and families.
BPD remains widely misunderstood. BPD Awareness Month is a time to deliberately share accurate information, highlight effective supports, and foster hope grounded in evidence.
BPD Awareness Month Helps:
Reduce stigma through accurate, evidence-based information
Support families seeking skills, connection, and guidance
Highlight that BPD is treatable, and recovery is possible with the right supports
This month strengthens understanding and expands access to resources that reduce suffering.
Let’s Inspire Understanding – Together
By sharing truth, compassion, and evidence, we help create a world where individuals and families affected by BPD are met with understanding, dignity, and support.
How To Make the Most of May
- Learn and share evidence-based information about BPD (share our educational carousel images)
- Join or refer someone to Family Connections
- Attend an event or webinar
- Share social content to increase awareness (download our quick-share images, add a badge to your site or social media, or customize an image for sharing)
- Amplify stories that reduce stigma and build hope
- Visit our Connected by Hope page to learn about our May campaign
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BPD Relationships
BPD doesn’t just affect relationships. Relationships affect BPD
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BPD doesn’t just impact relationships. Relationships can also shape how BPD shows up and how people heal.
When we understand that, we can respond in ways that reinforce what helps, not what hurts.
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BPD is often talked about as something that disrupts relationships.
At the same time, relationships also play a role in how symptoms develop, show up, and are maintained over time.
Because of that, for many people, healing doesn’t happen outside of connection.
When we understand that our responses can affect someone’s experience of BPD, we can be more mindful in how we show up; responding in ways that support growth, skill-building, and change, not just getting through difficult moments.
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“Fix” BPD
You don’t have to “fix your BPD” before you’re allowed to connect
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“Fix your BPD first” is something a lot of people are told.
The truth is that healing doesn’t only happen in isolation, and connection is part of the process. Support and growth can happen at the same time.
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A lot of people with BPD are told they need to “fix themselves” before being in relationships.
While that idea sounds responsible, it assumes you can fully learn relationship skills in isolation.
Building skills on your own can absolutely help. At the same time, some parts of healing (like trust, communication, and emotional regulation in connection) can only be practiced with another person.
Because of that, for many people, healing doesn’t happen outside of connection.
When we understand that our responses can affect someone’s experience of BPD, we can be more mindful in how we show up; responding in ways that support growth, skill-building, and change, not just getting through difficult moments.
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One Person with BPD
If you’ve met one person with BPD, you’ve met one person with BPD…
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BPD isn’t one experience. Assumptions and stereotypes are part of what keeps people misunderstood, and act as a barrier to healing.
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There isn’t one way this condition shows up.
Experiences can vary widely; from how emotions are felt, to how relationships are navigated, to what recovery looks like over time.
It makes sense to be cautious if you’ve had a difficult experience with someone.
At the same time, when we start treating everyone with BPD as if they are that same person, we risk letting past experiences get in the way of seeing, and supporting, the person in front of us.
Understanding starts with recognizing the individual, not just the label.
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Recovery Is Possible
People with BPD can and do get better. Recovery is possible!
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A lot of people are told BPD doesn’t get better. That’s not actually true, and it’s part of the stigma.
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There’s a lot of hopeless messaging around BPD, and a lot of people are told they can’t get better.
In reality, many people build more stable relationships, develop new skills, and create lives that feel worth living.
Recovery doesn’t look the same for everyone AND meaningful change is possible.
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What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
Here’s a simple overview to help increase understanding and reduce stigma.
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What is BPD?
This post offers a simple overview of Borderline Personality Disorder, including how it’s defined, how it’s understood in different models, and what support can look like.
Better understanding can lead to better support.
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More Context
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex and often misunderstood mental health condition.
This overview provides a starting point for understanding what BPD is, including how it’s diagnosed in different frameworks and what treatment and support can look like.
There are many different ways BPD can show up, and people can and do get better. Increasing awareness and understanding can help reduce stigma and make it easier for people to access care.
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