Borderline Personality Disorder Today Chatroom

  Borderline Personality Disorder Today Chat

This new chatroom is located directly on the Borderline Personality Disorder Today Bulletin Board. You will see "Join Live Chat" above on the bulletin board. Also listed are the number of people chatting.

This is NOT mIRC chat and no commands are necessary unless you want to ignore someone in chat and chatroom instructions are located here.

You must read the Chat Rules below before joining the Chat.

***To assist in helping to find each other, try Sundays - 3:00 PM  -4:00 PM EST and Thursdays - 9:30 PM  - 11:00 EST

Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

This chat room is for RECOVERY purposes. If you're feeling suicidal, the need to self injure, or experiencing extreme crisis, this room is not for you. You need to be on the phone calling 911 or your local suicide or crisis hotline. If you're not comfortable with that than you can use our hotline page for people to talk with. This room is not equipped to handle these crises. Discussing suicide is extremely upsetting to everyone in the room.  If you come in and discuss these topics in the room or in private, you will be given suicidal resources and be invited back when you are not in crisis. If you come back and continue, you will be kicked and banned.

Adults Only

Borderline Personality Disorder Today Chatroom Rules

5. Many times you will be warned that you could be kicked or banned. However this is not always the case. There are times where people will receive absolutely no warning. What determines the difference is the type of behavior involved and the call of that particular op or ops. 

I have noted behaviors disrespectful and so upsetting to the room that it was in everyone's best interest to remove the instigator quickly.

6. Here at BPD Today, we do not become involved with power plays. Our moderators do not play those games. If you are coming in the room to just look for trouble chances are you will quickly be kicked without emotion on the ops part.

7. Sexual discussions and innuendos I believe take place in most any chat room. As long as this is very very mild, it can be tolerated not to offend even one person.

However open flirtation in the main room is not tolerated. This is not a single's club.

8. You may discuss self injury ONLY if it is in terms of recovery and you must ask the permission of the room. If the room objects you need to ask permission form someone in the room to private message them. 

Moderators are not trained to deal with self injury. You are responsible to get help for yourself. I encourage you to call 911 if needed or your Dr. or therapist, or your local hotline. We also have our hotline here.

Anyone who is at risk for Self Injury should call 911 or their local crisis intervention group. This is not the group for them as the person needs a trained specialist.  Some methods of dealing with this behavior can be found here. There is inpatient facility expressly for those who self injure which can be reached at 1-800-DONT-CUT The ops in the chat room have been flooded with people coming in saying they are harming themselves. You are responsible for your own actions and to seek treatment. The moderators are not trained to deal with this behavior.

9. Anyone who is at risk for suicide should call 911 or their local crisis intervention group. This is not the group for them as the person needs a trained specialist.  The ops in the chat room have been flooded with suicidal people coming in. They are NOT trained to deal with this. When this happens, no time can be spent with others in the chat room and this discussion is upsetting for everyone. People who are feeling suicidal will be referred to these resources, where they can receive the proper guidance and assistance. They do not belong in the chat room as it is not a safe place for suicidal people and again ops are not trained for that.

Mental Health Today provides a list of volunteers who will accept telephone calls from people who are feeling suicidal ideation and/or are in crisis. Also available is an on-line email support group called BPD - Self Harm/Suicide List This is a list for those with Borderline Personality Disorder who struggle to cope with self-harm and either feeling or being suicidal. It is an unmoderated list in which anything and everything can be discussed. On the BPDSHS list there are no rules. List members can post about details of both self-harm and suicide attempts. This list must be used at the list members own risk and each person should be aware before joining that there are no rules being enforced on this list. Click here to join this list. Thank You.

Borderline Personality Disorder Today Chatroom Mission Statement

The BPD Today Chatroom is designed to assist those with the borderline personality disorder or those with traits in understanding that they are not alone and to provide them a place where they can discuss their disorder and their lives without judgment.

This is a supportive environment where chat members will receive emotional support, a listening ear, resources as needed, and the opportunity to talk with others with the same disorder.

Here at BPD Today, chat members are not given advice other than general advice advising them to seek help with a Dr. and/or a therapist. Also no therapy takes place in this chatroom.