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Cindy Joined: Mar 22, '10 Status: New User	2010-03-22 16:24:11
	Madelaine, you were not protected. That explains a lot.Maybe you feel abandoned. That is hard to overcome,Madelaine, but I believe you can if you start believing in a higher power. For me that is Christ. I don't know if you know this but Jesus loves you. Not trying to offend anybody, but I know that if you could feel that love, you would feel loveable and then change would be easier to accomplish. Good luck.
63katwiz Joined: Mar 22, '10 Status: New User	2010-03-22 20:43:00
	I had a bad childhood years. I was always ignored because my sister got all the attention - because she was pretty, sociable, and confident. I am her complete opposite. My sister is my parents' favorite, not only them but also my aunts and uncles. I was verbally abused when I was a child - this includes curses, insults, and humiliating remarks. I am still unable to control how I should feel in certain situations. I often doubt people and I often do not believe when people give me praises. And I often have mood swings and depression. I feel so bad and low when I think about my bad experiences, yet I keep doing it. I also have lots of difficulties in my relationship. I don't know if i should seek some professional help.
gombik Joined: Mar 23, '10 Status: New User	2010-03-23 21:27:24
	I remember having a bond with my father until I was 5, when he bought us a new swing set and as I swung he whipped me with the wet end of a towel until I was covered in welts. He picked me off the swing and held me close to him telling me how sorry he was, which made me sick to my stomach. From that time forward the beatings and torture became increasingly intense, with bare back whippings with an extension cord until blood was shed, along with bare kneeling on the metal heat register for sometimes hours. Oh yeah, he beat my mother, our dog, and my sister claims he molested her. He finally ran away to another woman when I was 13.
happiness4us Joined: Mar 24, '10 Status: New User	2010-03-24 21:12:15
	Strange im surprised because im trying know what causes it disorder and i reading the posts its all about fathers? looks like everyone who haad no father presence end up with HPD? sorry about my english people im learning.
Cindy Joined: Mar 22, '10 Status: New User	2010-03-24 23:44:50
	I don't know, happiness4us, my problems were mostly from my mother,(a tiny bit from my dad). Mom was wonderful to me when I was little and I admit I was intimidated by my dad because he was very controlling about turning lights off and how I brushed my teeth, etc...but he didn't make me feel betrayed...just we didn't bond for many years. Mom, on the other hand, was supposed to be my best friend, but when the chips were down, she let me down horribly. I was bullied in school and she did nothing, and she asked me to PLEASE not share with her my hurt over the bullying because..."it makes me(her)feel bad"...so I shut down, kept to myself and she wondered why I quit talking to her about anything personal for years. My therory, when a child feels unheard, and uncared for(even if they are loved), then it will come out in the form of a disorder. I am yearning to be heard, is all. I need to be understood, and I think I can work through this and I want to say something else...most disorders can be managed with healthy living, and talking to professionals.
Eeyore Joined: Mar 28, '10 Status: New User	2010-03-31 02:15:18
	Childhood: Father was BPD, alcoholic, physically and verbally abusive. Mother was the peacemaker but not overly affectionate. Father was in my life but no relationship ever formed. No bond. I was hyper-sensitive, the family sponge who absorbed the all the emotional pain. Erratic moods, first attempted suicide at 8 years old. Had a deep loathe for myself and Father. Never felt normal. Adolescence: Got involved with "the WRONG crowd" but satisfied my needs at the time. Mis Spent Youth- drinking, drugs, promiscuity, cutting, burning, lying, multiple suicide attempts. Hated school, didn't like feeling boxed in, classrooms made me anxious, paranoid and awkward in social situations. As an adult I cringe when I see other female children with their Father's. Little Girl Lost
Cindy Joined: Mar 22, '10 Status: Junior User	2010-03-31 06:35:46
	Eeyore, I feel for you. I wrote to you on the second page of the other post.(long post from me) (((Eeyore)))I am sensitive too. I know it hurts but you CAN get through this and find lots of love from people who are deserviing of it.
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