u/Responsible-Read5516

after seeing a former crush at our pharmacy last night, she completely fell down a spiral thinking about the connection we had with him. a shitload of dots connected all at once, reaching beyond just that connection, and she ended up realizing we might have BPD. he was likely a favorite person for a bit.

every time something bubbles up to show her that we’re more hurt than she knew, it hits her at like 1000x intensity, and it’s even worse if it hits her quickly. processing our systemhood happened over a few weeks to a month+, but this all happened in the span of 2 hours yesterday. she’s completely overwhelmed now with all the feelings this has brought up, and has been walling herself off all day today. if any of y’all have been through anything similar, can we get any pointers for helping her until therapy tomorrow?

hey everyone. we're a newly-discovered system here, and i'm one of the protectors fronting right now. we're still figuring out with our care team if it's OSDD or DID, but nonetheless, our host is feeling a bit crushed underneath the realization of all this. is there anything in particular that's helped you guys feel less alone in struggling with this? none of our friends know yet; the only people we've told are our therapist and our psychiatrist. i think it would help her (and us by extension) a lot to find some semblance of community support, but she's been really scared to reach out to anyone. can anybody advise?