As being new to the world of blogging I probably spend too much time staring at the number of people who pass through this site when the real focus should be on the comments and emails I have received in the last few weeks or so.

A number of different people have added me to their list of sites they visit which is a rather neat thing to see and hopefully it will help against my personal crusade against the stigma that surrounds mental disorders plus offer a real account on what it is like to be struck down by various mental disorders.

Yesterday I received a very nice email from a lady who helps run The Florida Borderline Personality Disorder Association and I went to see the site which is full of a lot of helpful information especially when it comes to treatment. The site also finds negative stigma on the net and attacks it full force which I appreciate.

Well my blog showed up on a forum for non BPD which is basically a site for people who have had a relationship or experience with someone diagnosed as borderline. I am not overly crazy about non BPD sites as they tend to do more harm then good with the passing of wrong information and it seems to many people on sites similar to this one have dealt with a couple of people with BPD and somehow feel qualified to judge the whole BPD spectrum at once which is just wrong in my opinion.

I tried to join a Google group last week and I really did not read the requirements before sending in my so called application to join the group which was promptly denied. When I saw this group all I saw was borderline recovery but after I was denied entrance I figured out .... well actually I read it on their manifesto that people with borderline were not welcome and it was for those who had "suffered" from the actions of someone with BPD, I would imagine there is a lot of bashing going on in there. The groups owner does have his/her/it blog which I spent some time at and realized that no one is actually visiting the site, there was not a single comment to be found and all the articles were ripped off from somewhere else so I can't see the group being much better. When I was five years old a fat kid stepped on my toe and broke it so now I hate all fat people ... nice mentality but a lot of non BPD sites seem to think the same way.

Anyway this was my weekend roundup post and there will be another one later on today but if you really want to see the inner workings of mental health pay a visit to the sites mentioned above. If I forgot to mention you just send me an email. Later.