BPD, Stress, and Your Weakened Immune System
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If you're struggling with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), your immune system may be too weak to handle the stress of the disorder. In this video, Dr. Fox explains how BPD and stress can damage your immune system, and how you can manage stress to protect your health.
We all have some degree of stress tolerance, some high, some low, and some just right for you and some have what is called stress immunity. In this video we are going to discuss both and I’m going to give you some tips to help you increase your stress tolerance and strengthen your stress immunity.
Stress tolerance is the ability to endure pressures and strains and the resulting ability to function effectively with minimal anxiety under conditions of stress. Some people are able to develop what is called stress immunity, which is that they possess a highly developed capacity to tolerate emotional strain and tend not to react to stressful situations or events.
Some stress is good, such as for an upcoming test, an interview, or even a date. It gives us the energy to prepare. However, too much is harmful. It gets in our way of preparing, managing, and even negatively impacts our health over time. We cannot avoid stress and many stressors are individualized.
Some people are able to develop stress tolerance because they have been taught to use these skills to get through their days. However, those that haven’t and those with low stress tolerance really feel the hit of instances that don’t go the way they expect and they try to predict consequences of such situations. When they’re stuffers it’s even worse (discuss stuffers).
These low stress tolerance and stuffing folks are at risk to develop anxiety and depressive disorders as well. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can increase your stress tolerance and build your stress immunity. I’m gonna tell you how.
Self-soothing is calming yourself down when you’re triggered, anxious, depressed, or stressed. I’m going to tell you 4 self-soothing techniques, but don’t only try these during stressful times. You should be building your stress tolerance and immunity when things are calm. Ice skating Olympics example.
Self-soothing includes:
Breathing, exercise, music, relax your body, PMR, and another technique comes from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). It’s called Distress Tolerance. Watch video to learn more.
Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and a multi-award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 15 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. His specialty areas include personality disorders, ethics, burnout prevention, and emotional intelligence.
He has published several articles in these areas and is the author of:
The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your BPD. Available at: goo.gl/LQEgy1
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner): goo.gl/BLRkFy
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox: 55 Practical Treatment Techniques for Clients, Their Parents & Their Children (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner):: goo.gl/sZYhym
The Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders: goo.gl/ZAVe9v
Dr. Fox has given numerous workshops and seminars on ethics and personality disorders, personality disorders and crime, treatment solutions for treating clients along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum, emotional intelligence, managing mental health within the prison system, and others. Dr. Fox maintains a website of various treatment interventions focused on working with and attenuating the symptomatology related to individuals along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum (www.drdfox.com).
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I can't believe this man just puts all of these priceless tools online for us for free. What a gift.
@Teresa18565
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr Fox
@oceanhayes1649
Жыл бұрын
Because Borderlines are a minority and many of us don't live very long.
@jennylynnculbertson9086
Жыл бұрын
Life saver
This man needs at least 1 million more subscribers
@binkybunsssss
3 жыл бұрын
True! His contents are the most informative and he speaks very clearly and succinctly!
@artsmith4285
2 жыл бұрын
No DOUBT .!. So many of US don't know we CAN feel better .. and .. So many of US don't know of a doctor who knows BPD .. and .. So many of US don't have the dollars to feel better .. Has He , in Heaven , sent US an Angel .?. MGB and keep us all
@thereishope1111
2 жыл бұрын
Art, you literally couldn’t have said it any better. Thank you!
@joanolisa1
2 жыл бұрын
His compassion is what I adore. ❤️
My advice for everyone: the more self-worth you have - the more positive self-regard you have, totally independent of whatever *anyone* thinks or says of you - the more stress tolerance you will feel. That's my experience, lesson, journey.
@zzulm
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, I'm listening to self worth subconscious affirmations.
@colnohman5255
3 жыл бұрын
But how do you get more self worth..We cant just change the way we look. Im sure that people who are very popular and valuable to others have sky rocket self esteem, Im sure of that..
@ryana411
3 жыл бұрын
@@colnohman5255 @Col Nohman i have started self validation... not sure how recommend that is but I have recognized some of my triggers and buttons ( I crave a feeling of value) so I have just started telling myself I did good when I complete my task and move onto the next and if I cant complete a task I say S*** Happens I can come back to this later and move on to either a new task or rest some... it has made a big difference in my self worth image.... like 1 thing I can say all the time is im a D*** good cook... even though I mess up sometimes I just say live and learn and move on to a new task... I hope you find the answer that makes the most sense for you to utilize for your specific needs
@belle3055
2 жыл бұрын
@@colnohman5255 you need to find self worth / self esteem inside yourself. Not from others.
I dissociate bad and when I get stressed, i get overly stressed to the point where I cant eat or sleep. Oh and then there is the negative thoughts and paranoia 🥺🙄
@colnohman5255
3 жыл бұрын
🥺
@alexaleuropa
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Me too it’s hell on earth
@33Shaunna
2 жыл бұрын
Yes…
@danas5846
2 жыл бұрын
same here bud
@ptycat
Ай бұрын
Same
I’m 49. I had a mental breakdown 5 years ago that led to psychotic break, followed later that day with a suicide attempt (eh, a typical Monday : ). 10 day stay on mental health unit. Resulting in end of my 15 year marriage, and relationships w my three beautiful kids, my home; my walls collapsed. I have BP type II, and was diagnosed with BPD about 18 months ago. If one wants to go deeper than even the skills Dr. Fox identifies here, get into DBT! Get into DBT! Whether it’s a formal program, or you get your own workbook, it will give/teach/remind you of many skills to take control of, change, manage and “live a life worth living.” And when practices/uses the skills, they are empowered and enlightened. It is life-changing. Follow the spiritual path it might put you on too...
@Chelsealynnism
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry. Really. That is so hard to go thru thank you for advocating for DBT. 🌻🌻🌻
@TheWOGTANG
3 жыл бұрын
Wish you well mate, It sounds like you've found some of the help you needed!
@colnohman5255
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Regular mid-Life Crisis. ..I wonder if Sarcasm is a typical symptom of bpd..
@myyinyang
3 жыл бұрын
@@colnohman5255 The best reply to a fool is silence.
@colnohman5255
3 жыл бұрын
@@myyinyang Dam. Then u failed..Almost had it.
I have an extremely high stress tolerance for things such as work, etc. where most people I know get overwhelmed. However, other situations where most people are fine such as maybe not hearing back from someone after a certain amount of time (usually not very long), etc. drive my stress barometer off the charts. It’s so frustrating.
@Bronx-baby
4 ай бұрын
Same!!!!
I live in Hawaii and def get stressed often; however, I’d rather experience stress on an island than in my homeland. 💙
Perfect timing. I have BPD, I'm about to get hit by a hurricane, I own an outdoor plant nursery and I'm out of my meds. The stress energy is helping me prepare, get all the plants inside, but I'm having mini melt downs every minute. "Radical acceptance, don't explode Laura "😬 I love your workbook and videos, thank you for the tips on stress- I wrote them down to help through this.
@DrDanielFox
3 жыл бұрын
be safe!
@BunnyUK
3 жыл бұрын
I don't have BPD or a PD but in times of extreme relentless stress, I asked myself, "Can I cope for 60 seconds?". My answer was, yes. Then I coped for another 60 seconds, etc.
@KatJ3st
3 жыл бұрын
YOU SO ROCK!!!
@Alex-kk8is
3 жыл бұрын
What are the meds for BPD? I thought it was only helped with therapy! Omg I want meds
@FLHerbologistLaura
3 жыл бұрын
@@Alex-kk8is lololol but we have BPD! Don’t you know how much crazier that makes everything 🤣🤣🤣. Jk. Lol kinda 🙄. I’m on an antidepressant, add stimulant (my depression makes me sleep for days but I’m also being tested for narcolepsy, I’m not functioning) but it helps, I take a low dose anti seizure med, but most people prob take a mood stabilizer (used to be called antipsychotic- like serequil ) I can’t take those, they make me sleep even more. I also have c-ptsd and maybe concussion shit. Dr fox says anger is bpd, but I’ve been a scary rager since I was 12. I also take a low dose of subutex- apparently a low dose helps depression, and a long time ago I was an opiate user caught up in the pill mill crap in Florida (where I live). I’m on a lot of meds right now 🤪🤪🤣🤣😂😂 don’t go by my list!! Omg! Ketamine infusions save my life when I’m in a crisis I can’t get out of. I’ve been going to that clinic for a few years. Shit is hard right now, and I can’t even work. I’m the only parent of a 10year old and my parents help a lot. I’m putting all my energy into feeding him, loving him, etc. but I can’t do anything else. Meds help but what I was saying in the very beginning.... when I go into psychosis, I’m known to throw them all away because I totally self Sabotage like that. I get sick af lol 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ ughhhh Im waiting for dr fox workbook from amazon, and I just got approved for a psilocybin trial in Miami. Yes, I love tripping, but that’s not it. The next morning I wake up BEFORE my alarm with a smile on my face. The sun is brighter, my life isn’t hopeless. Problem is psychedelic therapy only lasts a few months for me (different for everyone) but I’ve gotten 9 months out before! You just have to keep searching until you find a good doctor like dr fox. Someone that will talk to you for an hour snd prescribe meds, that specializes in BPD. Don’t waste your time with anyone else. On a good year I’m flourishing with healthy food, lots of sunshine, no psych meds, just plant medicine.... this year is ... 💩☠️ You said “omg I want meds” 🤣🤣🤣
I can't remember which video, but doc said sleep is very important especially for people with BPD. And I've noticed big difference in productivity, energy levels and mood when getting up earlier in the morning. I was in a bad place lots of depression and stress and it's definitely improving. Also, by cutting out eating so much sugar. I use unhealthy foods to numb me out and deal with stress, but unhealthy eating does worsen depression and stress so I end up in this cycle. I've been trying to break out now. I also had this big realization that endlessly complaining isn't a good thing hahaha. I have this good friend who has struggles too and while it is very cathartic and nice to just complain together and let it all out and give each other this unconditional acceptance, I've noticed it's enforced a pattern of negative thinking. So, I've been trying to focus on positive things that happen and it has been working in improving my mood too. Another thing is making your wellbeing a priority. My brother is almost a polar opposite of me. Very much focused on himself whereas i spent a lot of time thinking of other people's wellbeing and not so much my own. He's teaching me to be less of a people pleaser. Whenever I say no to things or stick to what I want instead of doing what somebody else might want, it gives a good feeling. It increases my confidence I would say. I base my entire self worth on being a good person and that means being good to others. And my brother rightfully said that makes your self value a fragile thing. I guess now I am trying to figure out what to base my self worth on instead.. It's scary trying to change your way of relating to others and yourself, but I figure change always comes with levels of discomfort
I wish you could be my therapist 😭
@laurenmarie9332
3 жыл бұрын
@@priscilla8888 i love how empathic his is for us who suffer with bpd. 💗 he just knows how it is
@wendyleeconnelly2939
3 жыл бұрын
@@laurenmarie9332 I think it ends up being hard for the people in a BPD sufferer's life to be as empathic towards it as this... as they experience the BPD sufferers anger as abusive and hurtful. There's a lot of learning and tolerance that it takes to understand a BPD's anger, and many are unwilling or unable to develop the ability tyo take it without personalizing it... many feel they should not have to do that kind of work or tolerate the snappy answers or the yelling or whatever they experience from the BPD sufferer in their life... and since many people don't know about or understand mental health, they don't even take it that far... they just don't like the anger expression and will not tolerate it. Luckily there is information and help out there to help the BPD sufferer learn to moderate their expressions of anger.
@laurenmarie9332
3 жыл бұрын
@@wendyleeconnelly2939 yes. Very well said
@laurenmarie9332
3 жыл бұрын
@@wendyleeconnelly2939 im starting dbt soon 🙏
@laurenmarie9332
3 жыл бұрын
@@wendyleeconnelly2939 ive had enough of living with this crap.
I've been working on recovery for almost 10 years and some days I feel like I've really made an unbelievable amount of progress, but when I get stressed out, I feel like I'm in free-fall. I think I'm reaching out for help but I'm actually only flailing. I will sometimes manage to grab a branch to stop my fall, but it's a mesquite branch, thorns and barbs and bees. It breaks off. It's falling with me. I swing it to try to get it to snag something to slow my descent. It hits people standing cliffside. They get super angry that I'm swinging a thorny branch at them, hitting them with it, so I hit myself with it, instead. Still falling. I think to myself: "Ok, I'm supposed to stop this myself." Yet there's nothing to grab on to but myself, so me and me just fall until we either magically stop somehow or hit the bottom. Hard. I can't find a way to stop hating myself. I can find reasons to not hate myself but the reasons that I DO are so much more impactful. I don't like feeling this way.
@pamelatoombs4150
3 жыл бұрын
I relate to that 100%😔
I have a hard time dealing with stress at work. It can feel overwhelming sometimes because I have to be there for 8 hours a day trying to manage.
@colnohman5255
3 жыл бұрын
I have the same feeling...and I sumtimes have to stay for 9-10. My question is how could anyone get ahead if this is already just enough to take...
@clareneale99
3 жыл бұрын
I broke out in crazy excema on my feet and couldn’t work from stress at work -horrendous-I dont like when psychological stress manifests physically
@belle3055
2 жыл бұрын
♥
I was 10 seconds away from losing my temper from business stress, and did an guided anger meditation, it helped a bit but still didnt de-escalate me, then I started watching this video and it seems to have calmed me down, thankyou I share all your videos because they always help me
hi dr fox. im having an increasingly hard time.(I have been diagnosed with BPD, GAD, MDD with psychotic features, PTSD) my husband and I are separated(because immigration, not cuz we want to be) he is in India and our 2 kids and I are in America. I have kept our kids safe and im very strict about social distancing and I only go to the grocery store when I have to. my husband leaves home to visit ppl and goes to church and goes to birthday parties. I have cried and begged and explained and im just so sorry...I cant get him to listen and its a HUGE trigger. he and our girls are all I have. hes the more Adult adult in our relationship. I can be very immature and I know this and im trying very hard to keep myself together and I even asked him to not tell me if he goes out because it bothers me so so so badly. what can I do that I haven't done? what am I doing wrong? I know I cannot control him and I know hes not trying to hurt me. hes a good man I have explained how the virus spreads but he doesnt seem to understand. how can I keep myself in order while he is so chaotic? I am the only parent right now for our girls and my responsibilities are huge. please help me. I also have no work. this situation is bad bad and im doing my very best and im trying to keep everything as calm and normal as I can
Anxiety is a big liar, that's so true, a real talented liar. I like the idea to build skills; I tend to skip this step and try out any skill straight during emotional storms, and it usually isn't very beneficial... but the comparison with ice skating is on point! I should practise more regularly. You are so sassy and facetious in this video, it's nice, that made me smile! I wish everyone a nice weekend :)
Can I ask a question about lying and the BPD sufferer? In an effort as a learned behavior from childhood, I use lying almost as second nature to diffuse stress, skirt responsibility and present a false self because I don't think I am worth it to folks around me. Is this common in BPD sufferers? How does this happen and how do you combat it?
@colnohman5255
3 жыл бұрын
I had encountered this problem a lot with bpd others..all I can say is it was always the Source of the problems. And I would always try to get through to them that Lying makes destroys relationships and if they just admit, and Stop lying it would fix Everything. LYING MAKES EVERYTHING WORSE!
I am reacting to this video because it is more likely that you will see the comments. I have seen two videos on BPD and I really want to thank you for your effort. I read a lot online and in books about BPD but this channel gives much better information, much more detailed and in an interesting way. You tell everything clear and direct, without all the bullshit because you summarise it all. You truly make my life easier. Thank you.
Lol, in my psych class we are talking about stress this week & I just got hit with some pretty stressful news🤣 perfect timing
There is one thing, that will, "take me down". If my cat, dies before me. , but I can't kill myself, because I have to take care of him. I am so afraid of what I'll turn into..., when he passes. Tank. , but I can't die before him.., that would devastate, him. We live, for each other. Having a beer.., but not cutting myself. 🐾
@relaxation-Corner
3 жыл бұрын
Get a second cat then
@EvaLDrake
3 жыл бұрын
@@relaxation-Corner Eva L. Drake Tank's , KZread channel. That's him in profile pic. Then you would see, that .. your comment would not be feasible. Once you've had the best...,why try anything, anyone else
Just a tip for those who struggle to breath with their belly: lay down or put your back (from head to lower back) on a wall, legs a little bit away from wall. Then place a hand on your chest (top of the rib cage) and the other on your belly. Try first to relax your belly, make it super big! And then try to inhale by inflating your belly, and exhale by deflating it. The hand on your chest shouldn't move so much, and the one on your belly should come and go with the diaphragm. It's easier with the back against a surface. Give it a try, I wasn't able to belly breath before, with this tip it helped 👋 We're so used to contract our bellies, I don't know if it's to make it thinner, but it really helps to relax to breath with the belly!
No matter how many times i feel alone and no one understands how i feel you nail it on the head and i just how them your video! Thank you for everything you do seriously, you make dealing with everything and learning so much easier
It's when I have to interact with toxic people... My stress and anxiety levels go up... I go above and beyond to try to avoid interacting with toxic people... But sadly they are EVERYWHERE in 2020.. Narcissists are everywhere (Or people who score highly with Narcissistic traits are everywhere should I say) Walking around with their poxy mobile phone glued to their face taking "Selfies" and posting them on social media getting "Likes" to boost their ego and prop up their "False self" There is no easy way to say this so I am going to have to be blunt ..I can't stand interacting with people...They suck! OK and one more "Red flag" to watch for in a person ... It is someone who is talking bad about EVERYONE they know behind their back..What this translates to is this ..When you are not there, They WILL be talking bad about you also.. PEOPLE SUCK.
@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206
3 жыл бұрын
@Babs Franklin 100% AGREE... I do NOT care what "Other" people think... They SUCK so why should I care what they think.. I got rid of all the toxic people in my life that are bringing NO VALUE to "My table" ... Life is so much better without toxic people in your life... Kind regards Brian
@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206
3 жыл бұрын
@Rita Cruz Same here Rita ... Your family are some of the biggest bullies out there ... I am sorry that people..SUCK Kind regards and take care
@colnohman5255
3 жыл бұрын
Thought I was the Only one who felt this way...
It took me eight years to figure out my ex boyfriend has BPD. I was so confused and frustrated. Every three days he would drum up some crazy drama, declare he hated me, then take 3 days to come down off the ledge when he claimed he loved me more than anyone in his entire life. He couldn’t handle ANY stress. I never could get across the idea of assertive over aggression. I found these videos and the scales fell from my eyes. I’m sad for the loss, but so relieved it has a name.
This is so timely as I recently started a DBT program and we're currently covering distress tolerance. I am really impressed with DBT so far, especially since Dr. Fox's videos helped "prep" me for some of the major concepts I'm learning. Hang in there everyone!
@Zisjejk
8 ай бұрын
Thank u I’m having my 1 st session tomorrow
Love the videos! I'd love to hear more about how the body/brain reacts during stress, during BPD rage episodes, during fear responses. Physiological responses and brain/body reactions.
They say that we perceive that the society in which we live is more stressful than earlier societies but that that is not actually true because of wars, famines, lack of contraception etc. I think the difference is the needless stress, because although we live in an affluent society in the west we are sleep deprived often because of noise, pollution and poor diet also affects our mental health. Even using a car is stressful compared to living in a city where one doesn't need one. And walking, bicycling is very de-stressing. Increasing noise pollution really adds to stress. I really appreciate Dr Fox's work and the ACCEPTS concept is great but often unnecessary societal stressors are responsible for our stress and the problem with accepting our stressors means we don't have to act against them...
I have BPD, PTSD, and I find my tolerance for major stesser’s is far beyond what most people consider “normal”. I can deal with death, stressful family members, health issues, and most things outside of my control. It’s the small, little stresser’s that I find myself obsessing over. Like if I said the right things to a hurting person, does a speeding ticket make me a bad person, did I put the thing back where it’s meant to go… small stuff.
Stress makes me panic...bad. I'm just so used to having drastic punishment that I anticipate it pretty much every time... regardless of who my stress is associated with.
Cheers Doc!
I just need to "get a grip " in the world I live in. And forget what surrounds me. And keep to myself, cause I'm all I have. There is no life, in today's world.... Best to make one for yourself. And the one's you love.
Thank you!!!
Thank you!!
Thank you for the worksheet!
This could be just me (and it probably is…) but when I’m faced with a particularly difficult and/or stressful challenge, “accepting” the situation kind of feels like giving up and “losing” against something… for instance, in my head I could be thinking that I’m “losing against an unfair situation”, and that makes me EXTREMELY mad. It makes me feel like a victim who can’t do anything about what’s happening to her. I hate it and that’s why I become so stubborn and infuriated when I don’t find any viable solution to the problem at hand. Accepting it feels like failing.
Love this man 💜👍
Needed this. Very helpful.
Thank you
Right on time. Thank you, sir!
really helpful
Thanks Dr Foxx
Thank you so much for this.
Thank you doc. 💜💜💜💜
Thank you for all your videos ☺️
Once again right on time.. really needed this. Thank you Dr. Fox 🔥
Thank you so much! ❤️ i really needed to hear this! 🙂
Thanks for the links to the worksheets. I’m going to print them and work on them.
Very useful video. Thanks.
This is how I, deal w/ true addiction. BLADES/ sharp knives. Pills. I just dont have it around me. I do other things. But I dont need to have pills/ blades around me. Dont need the pressure of that option. Always feel like I'm barely holding on to life. I realize no Dr. Can help me. Someone like me. I will always be my own, worst enemy. And no one can help,me.. but myself. Can honestly say.. I live life, just day to day. Cause its always different. So, I mainly confine, myself. To not feel the world 's mood. C-Virus, confinement, does not phase me. Use to being, locked up. Too, much chaos, in society, for me to want to be around. Great days here, hanging out w/Tank. Wonderful cat, he's only reason, I'm not in prison, now. He truly keeps me saint. It's ok, to live for your pet. 😺
I appreciate you so much, my dude.
I love the way he said chill 🤩
I listened to this four times! It just helped so much! I love you Dr Fox!
I've just found your videos, thank you for doing this, they're amazing. Whenever I find videos trying to teach us how to deal with stress I find them to be unhelpful usually, too obvious or just things I've already been doing but have not helped. Your videos are different, I feel like you actually give a detailed enough explanation for me to learn the theory and to apply these skills in practice- without being unengaging or overwhelming. I really really appreciate your time and videos. Thank you. So much.
You've been saving my life thank you so much!
I cannot even put in words how much I appreciate what you do! You have changed my life in more ways than I can even say. Thank you thank you thank you for your time and your words and your education.
I feel like I can handle a lot of stress.. but my stress is around relationships which affects every part of me, especially because I rely on others to feel okay. I’m completely aware of this... I can’t control it. It’s affecting me physically. Thank you for this Dr. Fox.
@raider3c3k
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Priscilla.💕😘 I really try.
Thank you, Dr Fox! I always rewatch your videos and this one is one of the best since I think majority of ppl are struggling with stress or handling stress. Thanks for making us understand stress why it happens and let us think/contemplate to understand ourselves more. Continue sharing! You are a gift!
Thank you for videos and your kindness, patience and understanding.
This was extremely helpful. Thank you! You are a lifesaver.
Thank you for this! Ive been struggling with stress a lot. Im trying my best to not cope, but to deal with it. Wow is that a hard thing to do.
Love u doctor fox another great video 😻🤩😍😻 xxxxx thanks for your work UV changed my life xxxxxx
Thank you Dr Fox. You are a truly kind, good and healing Doctor and a credit to yourself and your parents. Mary xx
You've got a really nice voice 👌
I love Dr. Daniels. He always hits home. I really want to see him in Woodlands. I’m not that far away.
This man is amazing - like he just knows me - wish he was my doctor x
Grumbling to myself over computer problems while watching this video 😶 really gonna need those worksheets!
let me start by saying i love your humor if no one else has stated that already just know it doesn't go un noticed lol sec.... i don't live on Maui lol but i do live on the big island in hilo and yes lol there's stress even in paradise lol this video helped me see I have learned alot of these skills without knowing and is probably why ive come so far in my mental health .... i call them self boundrys ...... i make sure i try to power walk daily ...... i make my bed every moring ( didn't used to ) do my dishes daily ( didn't used to ) do anything to keep me feeling productive and not focusing on my inner voice ... like you said even with MDD and other things out side BPD just doing it will most likely keep you positive for some time ... expecully when i get mad and separate before i snap i power walk to help me not feel so weird with my heart racing as it starts to feel normal once i stop lol so really alot of these are super needed skills i still working on radical acceptance but i still use it alot i just slip sometime to my fellow peeps with mental health don't let the inner voice trick you into believing its pointless to do these they never worked and wont work as i used to say these all the time till i actually stop letting that be the reason i didn't do it ....over time its become like why did i ever not want to do these things ..... keep working and never give in to the hopelessness
@DrDanielFox
Жыл бұрын
I’m glad you found the video helpful.
I try so hard to redirect my emotions around my chronic pain and polyneuropathy and waiting forever to see a specialist about it but it’s always there. Everything I try to do it’s reminding me that I can’t and it hurts. I don’t even have a diagnosis and it’s literally making me crazy, not knowing. My self soothing only goes so far and I keep getting redirected to these negative body sensations. Arg.
Dr. Fox I donot know what I would do without your videos.....you've helped me know and remember that all my unsolvable bpd created problems have solutions🌼❤
Wow, thank you
@DrDanielFox
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome. Be well
What can i say... So many effective methods to control stress. Only one step needed just follow them👍
thank you...
@DrDanielFox
Жыл бұрын
You're most welcome
Cause we both know, Dr. FOX. in order too, truly help a Borderline. , is too be one yourself. So, in great respect and admiration, of a technique, that works for you.. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, to the internet world. You do... help people. Best you can. Thankyou.
Thank you so very much! I find this incredibly insightful and gives me some hope to reducing my own stress!
@DrDanielFox
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Dr Fox, I purchased Your Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook. I am all about recovery and looking forward to sharpening my skills and using the tools to better deal with overhelming emotions. Thank You for the Step-By-Step guidance. Looking forward to the hidden treasures contained inside.
Doctor gives a concise description of stress related situations.I appreciate the insights. But when it comes to the prescriptions (methods, or tricks) to get away, i'm a bit skeptic of those. How could a mind already burdened with long time stress could possibly engage with this list of preventive actions? A part of the brain has created an image of a person who is weak,who can't cope with stress which is opposed by another part of the brain which judges,despises this fact.At least i so observe it and i assume that most people can relate to this. In this case i see that any mental action against this fact, in other words talking myself anyway out if it only further consolidates the issue and i always find myself at the place where i had started.
Hi Dr Fox please can you explain what causes BPD? Is it trauma? How are CPTSD and BPD linked?
My kids, ex parter, my friends etc say I'm unbelievably relaxed and chill 99.99% of the time... So if I actually become stressed people know that something must be serious lol I see stress as a motivation tool.. Not much else... Though its not stress that motivates me
@DrDanielFox
Жыл бұрын
Great insight. Thanks
And their are those moments, when you need to go to extreme, to escape yourself.. escape life. Have it be "put on hold". For a moment, so you, I can handle the day. Just be safe. Safe in your environment.. and dont drive. If you need to "really " escape . And that is ok, too. It's alright, to let go. Briefly. Till you/I can regain enough strength within yourself, to handle the next challenge. In life..., in yourself .
I need to print out this work sheet for easy access. Thank you.
@wendyleeconnelly2939
3 жыл бұрын
if you follow the link you will get to a page with other links, the link for this one is on top, and it leads to a pdf, which you can print from your own computer.
Thank you so much for all your videos! Is there any research done for the relationship between HSP/ little tolerance for sensory information and BPD? I would love a video on that. I feel like I get overwhelmed and anxious more easily then other people by crowds, loud noises, bright lights etc. and wondered if there is any overlap between HSP traits and BPD traits.
@DrDanielFox
Жыл бұрын
I’m not really sure I would have to look at the research. Great question thank you
The last thing, any true Borderline. , needs to feel, !, is additional stress. It may trigger, vices.. to use?. Just to deal with life. Any added conflict, or stress. If doing a vice? Helps you? Just dont take it to the extreme. You can teach yourself that. I understand about, " taking the edge off". So I dont stop anything. Just curb my amount. Cause I still want to enjoy tomorrow. What it may bring. Hopefully fucken, drama free.
Hi doc. Can u do a video on what's the proper amount of social energy one should exert because I find i get drained easily if its not w ppl I rly vibe w.... Bt r just like okay with....??
Dr. Fox about the A.C.C.E.P.T.S. concerning Emotion, can i listen to Metal music? I know that it's not very positive, but i use it for catharsis, it's kinda uplifting for me and it relaxes me.
Where do I find the worksheet? I too wish Dr Fox was my therapist. If insurance ever paid for it would you ever consider doing telehealth appointments?
I believe I have BPD and the therapists I've seen agree, though no official diagnostic. And I'm struggling with sleeping well. I wake up 3 times a night for the past year. I tried sleeping pills for a bit but they stopped working so I stopped taking them. I've sort of accepted it. Some times I take Melipass to relax a bit. What else can I do to sleep better?
My stress tolerance is dreadful. I very easily become agitated and overwhelmed. When this happens I get very irritable and feel horrible for being irritatable with my elderly (quite deaf) mother and I sometimes end up exploding very briefly at my tween daughter. I always apologise and we work together at not snapping at each other. I hate losing my temper when I'm overwhelmed, it's so unlike me the rest of the time. Usually I'm very gentle and patient. 😪
@DrDanielFox
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the comment. Be well and take care.
Can you talk about stress related to lack of stimulation cause im at home all day and my BPD is really getting the best of me?
Hi Dr Fox Do you do online therapy?
I have been looming for a video from u that I can put to my situation at the moment soy son died and was traumatic how I found him he was 14 month old its his birthday in 2 days he died in 2009 but I can't radically accept as I don't have answers also I'm bpd I have np idea how to calm my in this situation
I wish i can get a mini dr fox and take him with me everywhere 😂😂♥️😂
So that's what I have to do when I can't find any self-soothing things? I have to learn the skills when I'm not stressed so I can used them when I'm stressed later on? I see.
@ Dr. Daniel Fox What would you recommend for people who are on the disagreeable end of the spectrum and possibly have a learning disability? Nerves that shoot up for no reason and occasional hypoglycemia... It's not exactly reasonable to expect someone to accept the circumstances of whatever situation they find themselves in when it's the last kind of situation they'd ever want to be in. It's like YOU believe we have a choice in our beliefs???
How the hell am I just finding this godsend of a person now??
I have a question, and i was wondering if you could make a video out of it? I have borderline. I got out of a relationship that wasnt doing well the beginning of this year. I do still have "episodes" of frustration and anger but they're small. Other than that I havent seen any borderline traits in myself the past few months including the main issue of abandonment. Can borderline get better and then come back? Since it's mainly triggered by relationships is it only affected by relationships?
Are you able to do evaluations on zoom with people in other states?
Is it normal for someone with bpd to remember things incorrectly or not at all when under extreme stress? I had an incident a couple years ago where I got in a fight(super violent unpredictable guy came into my work and I was told to eject him from the premises) and I continued to beat the man for over 4 minutes after he was down, I only remember hitting him maybe twice but I know this is not true because I seen the surveillance video. I didn't beat this man for no reason I could have died he was about 2 inches away from a giant butchers knife in our kitchen and was acting like he was gonna use it, what frightened me is that I have no recollection of what actually happened and still only remember maybe 5 seconds from the beginning and then my memory is a waitress yelling thats enough your gonna kill him, I have a hard time going out because of this, I don't want to hurt anyone.
When Tank was born,, . 10 yrs, ago. Happiest, night of my life. Early morning. His birth gave me a purpose. And what a great purpose it has been. A 10 yr. Purpose. I am completely terrified, what I will turn into, when he dies. Goes before me Hopefully we will die at same time.
@colnohman5255
3 жыл бұрын
I thought my neighbor may hav been bpd..cuz she kept A Lot of animals..but when our cat died she said "jus get a new cat"..
@EvaLDrake
3 жыл бұрын
@@colnohman5255 I've had society, say that to me before, .. To just get another cat! Like you can just replace a kid! Very sorry, for your loss... Eva L. Drake... Tank's, KZread channel. He is cordially inviting you, to watch his channel . If your neighbor, watched it...she/he , would see.. Some cat's can be, irreplaceable! Have lovely day. 😺
I have no stress tolerance. I snap very quck. Have BPD and PTSD
Hello Dr. Fox is there a way I could get in touch with you I have some topics I would love to discuss with you . That I think need to be shared to everyone.
Got a flat tire, can't to work got 0$. Waiting at the garage and hoping my Brother Will sens me some cash. Didn't pay my rent either. Life is good..... 3 questions - Is it serious ¿ - NO - Will I remember this 5 years from now¿ - probably not - Do I have Power of action on this situation - NO and yes I accept the situation Please no more rain for me