Picture this: Entangled in a web of manipulation and control, you wonder if the narcissist in your life truly comprehends the havoc they wreak. It was United’s fifth defeat in their opening ten Premier League games and leaves them down in eighth — 11 points behind early pacesetters Tottenham. Suffering in silence does not mean you tolerate bullying, an abusive relationship, or a grave social injustice like the national debt. It is a long term solution and since depression is not a physical illness it needs to be treated in a non-physical way which includes using hypnosis and Cognitive therapy for depression.

Always blaming yourself contributes to low self-esteem, which can also result in a tendency to self-sabotage.

We must treat suicides with the same urgency that we treat any other major killer and take determined action that reflects the changes and progress that we all want to see in society. It’s important to recognise and pay attention to various warning signs such as increased risk-taking behaviour, addiction, loss of enthusiasm and changes in diet or routine, remember warning signs can be multiple or singular. Or, Even when others show deep empathy for the trauma you have gone through, you are not able to feel anything or show signs of upset.

If you have been relationally wounded and have an avoidant personality characterization,person-centered, process-driven, relational/ intersubjective therapy or a novel approach known as RO-DBT have the potential to offer something different and effective. Do you often find yourself thinking, “I must have said or done something wrong,” or “I must have been at fault”?Quiet BPD is more dangerous than the classic form of the disease because it’s tough to fathom the emotional distress inside you. But in your heart-of-hearts, you know that something is amiss, and if reading this article has laid bare your internal strife, then you may be on the verge of an epiphany. Many survivors feel guilt or shame, torturing themselves with questions like why they didn’t somehow fight off their attackers.

To resolve issues without the need to complain means you have a strong will and the ability to shoulder life’s burdens. We know that mental illness is still a taboo subject, and this is very much the case with children and young people who tell us that they don’t feel able to talk to their friends, families or others if they are struggling. Although this mechanism might have been necessary when you were a small, dependent child who had to cope with emotionally volatile parents, it is not sustainable and creates other psychological turmoil later in life. When you are able to do healing work in a therapeutic space, carefully crafted and held with compassion, you will realize processing trauma from the past is not only safe but essential for you to move forward in life. This unconscious survival strategy creates a set-up for Quiet BPD: Not only was your trauma invisible, but you were also trained to remain silent about it.You might have the belief that this dark cloud will never disappear from over your head, but it can. This can be used to provide immediate emotional support as well as advice to those suffering in silence. As Alex Feis-Bryce, head of SurvivorsUK – himself a survivor who, aged 18, was drugged and raped like Sinaga’s victims – puts it: “A lot of men feel completely emasculated after being raped.