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In a support group, members provide each other with various types of nonprofessional, nonmaterial help for a particular shared burdensome characteristic. The help may take the form of providing relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also provide ancillary support, such as serving as a public relations voice or engaging in advocacy.

Maintaining contact


Support groups maintain interpersonal contact among their members in a variety of ways. Most groups have traditionally met in person in group sizes that allowed conversational interaction. Support groups also maintain contact through printed newsletters, telephone chains, internet forums, and mailing lists. Some support groups are exclusively Online_support_groups.

Membership in some support groups is formally controlled, with admission requirements and membership fees. Other groups are "open" and allow anyone to drop in at an advertised meeting, for example, or to participate in an online forum.

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A Haven For Borderline Personality Disorder - MSN group discusses diagnosis, symptoms, behaviors, and traits.
Meta Description: [ A support group for all people touched by Borderline Personality Disorder. A positive, informative and active group that supports anyone touched by BPD. We understand and recognise the various issues that are related to BPD such as anxiety, self harm as well as mood swings and many more. No bla... ]

Borderlines for Christ - Christian-oriented ecumenical support community for persons struggling with BPD. Provides information about their ministry in Halifax, and supportive mailing lists.

BPD - Partners - MSN message board with a special emphasis on those who have had or are in a relationship with someone who has or is suspected of having BPD.
Meta Description: [ BPD - Partners is a support chat-site for all who are in, or have been in a relationship to someone with Borderline personality disorder. ]

BPD Family Chat - IRC chat room for families of people with this disorder.
Meta Description: [ Borderline Personality Disorder Family Chat MIRC Room: #bpdtoday/fam Channel: Starchat ]

BPD Recovery - Suggested readings and discussion forum.

BPD World - Offers a volunteer-run UK-based help and info line. Advice from professionals is available for paying members only.

BPD411 - For Non-BP's or partners who suffered abuse, want to reclaim their own personal power, and find healing from the trauma inflicted by a borderline personality type.
Meta Description: [ Introduction to the bpd411.org online community of NonBPs, stand up against borderline personality disorder, stop walking on eggshells ]

Coping with Borderline Personality Disorder - MSN message board with chat and informative links.
Meta Description: [ A place for people coping with Borderline Personality Disorder (and those who love and support them). Message boards, informational links and chat room. ]

DBT Self Help - Information about all aspects of dialectical behaviour therapy. Find handouts, worksheets, lessons, and research articles.

From the Inside Out - Find articles on borderline personality, DBT, mailing lists, and recovery.
Meta Description: [ Articles and ebooks on Borderline Personality Disorder ]

Middle Path - Consumer organization dedicated to advocacy, support, and education for those affected by BPD.

500 NUTS - Parents needing understanding, tenderness and support to help their adult children with BPD. The group provides encouragement, friendship, compassion, perspective, and advice through online support groups.

Yahoo Groups: A Borderline's Perspective - Support group is for those who are dealing with a loved one who is suffering from BPD. Persons with BPD are welcome and encouraged to join. The group shares coping skills, and insight from both perspectives, without Walking on Eggshells
Meta Description: [ aborderlinesperspective: A Borderline's Perspective ]

Yahoo Groups: Angry Heart - For those who follow Joseph Santoro's workbook The Angry Heart: Overcoming Borderline and Addictive Disorders. This group is for people who want to work on positive thinking and getting better.
Meta Description: [ 000AngryHeartBPD: This Group is for People with Borderline Personality Disorder that are trying to Help themselves. ]

Yahoo Groups: Bipolar and Borderline - Source of discussion and support for those who have Bipolar disorder and/or BPD.
Meta Description: [ bipolar_and_borderline: Bipolar and BPD support ]

Yahoo Groups: Border Support - A discussion forum focussed on advocacy and awareness through sharing of articles. Members have access to a large collection of files and links.
Meta Description: [ bordersupport: support group ]

Yahoo Groups: Borderline - A safe haven, providing information, referral, encouragement and support to those formally diagnosed with BPD.
Meta Description: [ borderline: Support Group for those Dx'ed with BPD. ]

Yahoo Groups: Borderline Beepers - Unmoderated group for persons with high functioning BPD who believe their symptoms can be conquered, albeit perhaps with occassional relapses.
Meta Description: [ borderline_beepers: Borderline Beepers ]

Yahoo Groups: Borderline Creativity - Many persons with BPD are artistic. In this club, 'borderline artists' share and discuss their creative writings and artwork.
Meta Description: [ borderlinecreativity: Borderline Creativity - Borderline Personality Influenced Works Of Art ]

500 Yahoo Groups: Borderline Partners - A safe place to talk and vent, share personal experiences and tips on coping.
Meta Description: [ borderlinepartners: Borderline Partners ]

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Meta Description: [ borderline_personality_disorder: Borderline Personality Disorder ]

500 Yahoo Groups: Borderline Personality 2 - For anyone who has friends, spouses, significant others, or family members with BPD. Also, for people who have BPD and need support, advice, or just need to talk.
Meta Description: [ borderlinepersonality2: Borderline Personality - A place to talk about BPD. ]

500 Yahoo Groups: Borderline Personality Central - Peer support group for discussion about symptoms, drugs, any treatment, or just to meet other sufferers.
Meta Description: [ borderlinepersonalitycentral: borderline personality central - BPD sufferers talk ]

500 Yahoo Groups: Borderlines and Nons 2 - Light support with a focus on BPD as a neurobiological outcome of childhood trauma.
Meta Description: [ borderlinesandnons2: borderlinesandnons2 ]

Yahoo Groups: Bordertown DBT - Discussion and encouragement for persons learning to use DBT skills.
Meta Description: [ bordertown_dbt: Bordertown DBT group ]

Yahoo Groups: BPD Carers - Support group and national help line for family, friends and carers.
Meta Description: [ BPDcarers: Borderline Personality Disorder, support on line for families and friends ]

Yahoo Groups: BPD Friends - A group of friendly and compassionate people who have been diagnosed with BPD and aim to educate one another about their illness.
Meta Description: [ BPD_Friends: BPD Friends ]

Yahoo Groups: BPD Interrupting Lives - Support group for persons with Borderline Personality and/or Bipolar disorder and those supporting them.
Meta Description: [ bpdinterruptinglives: BPD' Interrupting Lives - A place 4 people with BPD- Bipolars & PDs welcome ]

500 Yahoo Groups: BPD-SupportGroup - Meet people who have been diagnosed with BPD or feel they have the symptoms. Also open to Anxiety and Social Anxiety disorders.
Meta Description: [ bpd-supportgroup: bpd-support group ]

Yahoo Groups: BPDodid - Advocacy group on behalf of persons with BPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), or who suffer from other consequences of (child) abuse, neglect or emotional trauma.
Meta Description: [ BPDodid: BPDodid and the VSAS Advocate/Supporters ]

Yahoo Groups: BPhoenix: Borderline-Bipolars - A moderated support group for persons with BPD and Bipolar Disorder, or for those who care about someone that is. The group does not support self-injury, and encourages discussion of tips for coping with this urge.
Meta Description: [ Borderline-Bipolars: BPhoenix: Borderline-Bipolars ]

Yahoo Groups: DBT Peer Support Provider - Peer-led DBT group.
Meta Description: [ DBT_Peer_Support_Provider: DBT_Peer_Support_Provider ]

Yahoo Groups: DBT Skills Training - This group is for those currently in a DBTSkills group or anyone wanting to learn more about DBT and the benefits of learning the skills.
Meta Description: [ dbtskillstraining: DBT Skills Training ]

Yahoo Groups: Emotion Dysregulation Disorder - This group aims to improve the lives of its members by working towards reclaiming dignity, respect and understanding.
Meta Description: [ Emotion_Dysregulation_Disorder: Emotion_Dysregulation_Disorder ]

Yahoo Groups: Friends 4 BPD (2nd) - For people with BPD only.
Meta Description: [ Friends_4_bpd2nd: Friends_4_bpd2nd ]

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Meta Description: [ LifeOnTheBorder: Borderline Personality Disorder AKA BPD. ]

Yahoo Groups: LOTB2 - Support group for families of adolescent and young-adult children with BPD or BPD traits. Non-judgemental care and concern is shared in the hope to cope better with our loved ones' emotional dysregulation, low distress-tolerance, and maladaptive behaviors.
Meta Description: [ LOTB2: Living on the Borderline, Too ]

Yahoo Groups: Our Family Room - A support group founded on the principle that everyone in the family participates in the BPD environment, therefore each person has the ability to improve the family dynamics and well being. Open to any member of a borderline family.
Meta Description: [ OurFamilyRoom: Our Family Room ]

Yahoo Groups: Over the Borderline - A small, cohesive peer support group that suggests gentle approaches to situations that evoke borderline behaviour.
Meta Description: [ overtheborderline: Over the Borderline ]

Yahoo Groups: The Male Perspective - A supportive group for males who suffer from BPD, whether they are at the beginning of recovery, well along into recovery, or anywhere in between.
Meta Description: [ Free, easy email groups ]

Yahoo Groups: Two Hearts Become One - Group for those with BPD who are in a relationship with a partner who is supportive of the diagnosis. The group seek to provide support to both, as a couple.
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