They tend to say that the first step to learning to deal with BPD is accepting it; accepting what it does, how you act, how you feel, and that it's going to be a hard journey. I was diagnosed in around August time and I always told myself I'd never be able to accept it: I felt so hopeless, I couldn't see a future where I'd be able to deal with this, I felt like I'd never get better. 

I moved away for uni in September. my family was honestly nervous because they thought my mental health would get so much worse. In the start it looked like that and I was worried I'd have to leave. Well a few months later and I feel like I'm finally starting to live again! while I still have mood swings and stuff, I know it'll pass and I don't fight it anymore. In my day to day life I've been having less mood swings and when I do, I know how to manage them now... Seeing how far I've come without DBT makes me so hopeful for the future: I just know that with proper therapy I could make even more progress. I no longer feel so hopeless for the future... sure, I'll have to manage my BPD forever now, but that's no longer a thought that sends me into a spiral but one that I see as a goal :)

Just felt like sharing my positive progress as it's so easy to forget how far you've come, And to remind everyone here that things can get better x