Dear Cat:

You are welcome. Thank you for communicating to me your appreciation in a whole paragraph and the first paragraph of your recent post. It is kind and thoughtful of you.

What an exciting and promising post! Gigs for the next four months! Reads like it is a passion of yours and that you are good at it, creating a positive atmosphere in these events, encouraging others. Excellent.

And moving to Bristol in two days!

And Noel, a new relationship.

Regarding you exhibiting in the past BPD traits, please see to it that you-do-no-harm to Noel, that no matter how you feel, that you do not mistreat him with aggression. I was diagnosed myself with BPD in 2011. I fit that diagnosis since my early twenties. I no longer do.

Back in 2011 my therapist’s first priority, following his diagnosis, was to teach me interrelationship skills as well as emotional regulation skills, so that I do not mistreat others. I will be glad to share with you bits and pieces of these things with you, if you need me to, so to increase the chances of your relationship with Noel being a positive experience for the two of you.

Glad you are back to your thread, and looking forward to read from you again… and again.

anita