Borderline? Don’t Wait to Avoid This
Published: Wed, 04/21/10
Hi ,
How's it going?
I hope you're doing well today.
In fact, I hope you've avoided this
situation today, because if you haven't
then you are probably very stressed
right now.
The situation is one that none of us like
to find ourselves in, but most of us have
no problem getting ourselves into them!
Does that make sense?
It doesn't to me, but when I stop and look
at the way things are, it usually adds up
right.
For most people, the situation looks
something like this:
It starts off with a nagging feeling in the
back of your head.
This nagging feeling tells you that you
should really get that task done that isn't
due for another two days, just so you
know that it is done and out of the way.
More specifically, it starts off with you
ignoring that nagging feeling.
Maybe you see where I am going with
this now?
The nagging feeling grows as the due
date gets closer, but you continue to push
it off.
Now you start to reason with yourself: if
you don't get it done later on tonight,
you still have tomorrow morning.
If you don't get it done tomorrow morning,
you still have after dinner tomorrow.
If you don't get it done after dinner
tomorrow, well it's not the end of the
world if it's a little late.
Pretty soon the nagging feeling is taking
over your life, because you've allowed
a mole-hill to become a mountain.
You've allowed a problem to become a
crisis.
You've unknowingly allowed this problem
to temporarily take over your life.
All when you could have listened to that
nagging feeling when it was still small.
This is a universal problem for everybody.
In fact, it's so common it has a name.
Procrastination.
I've seen lives be taken over by it.
I've seen companies go under because of
it.
I've seen something that I consider even
sadder, still:
I've seen supporters risk their loved one's
well beings and lives because of it.
How sad is that?
I know that they don't do it intentionally.
In fact, they usually don't realize that
they're doing it at all.
But procrastinating on things like making
an emergency plan or making a recovery
plan can do just that.
There are other things that can risk your
loved one's well-being if you procrastinate
on them, also.
These include getting them into treatment,
getting them to emergency services when
needed, and getting them to follow the
treatment plan that was laid out by them
and their recovery team.
The longer that your loved one's recovery
is prolonged, the more they are at risk
when it comes to their mental state, their
well-being, and even their life.
Many people who have borderline
personality disorder will attempt or commit
suicide at some point in their lives.
With proper treatment, any future attempts
can be prevented or minimized.
But when the treatment that they need is
not given as quickly as it needs to be,
then they are at higher risk for attempting
or even completing suicide.
They are also at higher risk for
misinterpreting the situations they find
themselves in.
They are at higher risk for leading a
miserable life.
They are at higher risk of prolonging
recovery.
Does that sound bad to you?
It does to me.
And there's a simple way you can avoid
this.
Although it has more to do with the timing
that you do it in.
The timing is now, and the thing to do now
is whatever your loved one needs you to
do, whether they realize that they need it
or not.
Don't wait until tomorrow to do what
needs to be done today.
And don't let anything convince you to
wait when it comes to your loved one's
recovery.
Your Friend,
Dave
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