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Question by tafe: Is my ex with borderline personality disorder likely to contact me again?
i’m pretty sure my ex has bpd. He’s dumped me 3 times abruptly with no real reason. First time he Just stopped contacting me for 2 months (after telling me he loved me days before) 2nd time he finished with me to spend time with his teenage kids, again after 2 months he resurfaced telling me he’d thought about me every day, we reconciled, now this time after 7 months of things running smoothly hes just dumped me abruptly again saying i lied about something? (but won’t tell me what) i definitely didn’t. He did everything for me before leaving me. helped me move house, in fact there was nothing he couldn’t do for me. he was declaring his love for me just days before. At first i asked to talk about his decision to end it with me, he said no. After a while anger set in and i thought i’m fed up of this repetitive behavior he can b*****r off. So i told him he’d kicked me to the floor too many times and i’d had enough. I still love him but recognize his behaviour is destroying me.i’m a shadow of my former self. he’s a bit of a loner,so i’m sure no other woman was involved. i’m struggling to understand his behaviour and whether he ever loved me. 2 months have passed now with no contact, this is the first time i’ve got angry with his behaviour and told him so. Is it likely he’ll still contact me to try and win me round? i’m automatically on edge. i know i won’t have him back.but its hard to understand the disorder.
thanks so much for your in depth answers i thoroughly appreciate your advice. Is my ex (with this likely disorder) likely to not have any idea of the time that passes since our separation? What i’m trying to get at i guess, is could i expect contact tomorrow or 6 months down the line? last time we separated i’m sure the idea of me getting over him helped drive him to contact me. I know the idea of me with another man got to him. He has almost everything that has been described below. Neglected childhood, cannabis abuse, a chilly approach to his children. His eldest son has mental health issues. He has only two friends. Acts as if the world owes him a favour. Lack of education. Poor motivation, everything, i mean everything that i’m not, yet he keeps yanking at my strings! (i do suffer low self esteem though which may answer alot) people say i’m extremely attractive (i’m not bragging)and he is average Joe,yet he always knows what to say.
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Daughter's heroin problem instructs Skokie police
Newberg is in the midst of a six-week training session with the police department, where she presents her family's story of heroin addiction as well as statistics about the severity of the problem. Also a certified drug counselor, she has been taking …
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Gazette opinion: Community remedies for health care gaps
It was no coincidence that the second highest need, according to the group, is substance abuse. Many, though not all, mentally ill people abuse alcohol and other drugs as they attempt to “self medicate” to deal with the symptoms of their mental …
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Question by Cesar: Can I fight a “diagnosis?” [Alcohol/drugs]?
Ok so I went to a drug/alcohol evaluation. I answered various answers of previous drug use.
The woman told me I have to do 6mo out-patient, cause I clearly have cannabis,alcohol and opiod problem.

I have not done drugs in a year or drank alcohol I’ve had realizations of this, I left my so called friends, and all of it behind. I do not have time or money to do go through this. I have my family and my own priorities to take care of. I abused drugs in the past to help me with social anxiety. Well I took it head on and have improved various social skills, I can now speak up and I feel as if this is being forced upon me.    Read more...

To Kiss or Not To Kiss Nicholas Kristof, Mental-Health Policy Wonk
But Nicholas Kristof, like so many reporters who have written about this subject, would have us believe that the mentally ill simply cycle in and out of homelessness, incarceration and addiction. However well-intentioned Kristof may be, his piece sadly …
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Support Groups Erie Times-News
Lake Erie PRIDE is a local team affiliated with PRIDE Youth Programs, which is the nation's oldest and largest peer-to-peer organization devoted to drug abuse and violence prevention through education. The local team is comprised of over 50 high school …
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Mental disorders up risk of teen pregnancy: MDs
The study found pregnancy rates among girls with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or major depression were not only three times higher, but they also have been declining at a far slower pace than those for adolescent females without a mental health …
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More Than Zero: Reclassifying Marijuana Could Have A Significant Impact On …
Schedule I ostensibly is reserved for drugs with a “high potential for abuse” that have “no currently accepted medical use” and are so dangerous that they cannot be used safely, even under medical supervision. …. the hoops required to get marijuana …
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Addiction, Poverty and the Myth of Willpower
The first will focus on what it means to be an addict. How the disease grips your brain. How the mentally ill or unstable will often self-medicate with drugs and alcohol to lessen or dull their pain. How the science behind addiction is documented. How …
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A new probation program in Hawaii beats the statistics
JUDGE STEVEN ALM: Make sure you call the hotline every weekday morning. Hawaii … MEGAN THOMPSON: The HOPE program targets probationers at highest-risk of violating the rules, and Alm estimates around 80% of them abuse drugs and alcohol.
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Monsters Hiding in Plain Sight (Guest Voice)
In reflecting on my life I have been fortunate to survive the devastating effects abuse victims suffer such as increased rates of drug abuse, alcoholism, incarceration and suicide. In my darkest days I sat alone in a self-imposed desolation thinking no …
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Warren woman writes of her struggle with bipolar disorder
A huge step in moving her life forward occurred in December 2000 when McCurdy Montagna landed a job at Help Hotline Crisis Center as recovery-program coordinator for the mentally ill. She is now program coordinator of recovery … BRIDGES is a free, 10 …
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