The time has come for my first “promotion”. Don’t worry, this isn’t one of those paid commercials where I try to feed you things you don’t need. This company is life-changing for me and for my husband. I believe it can be that for many people to come! A small origin story When a man…
Author: Mrs. Vana
How Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) affects my Writing
A few times now I’ve taken an unplanned hiatus from writing and left the blog to its own devices for weeks at a time. In this post, I would like to open up about why I think it happens, and what I plan to do going forward. Why I haven’t been posting? The lack of…
Giving up my treasures
You might recall a post about starting my journey and the things that had to go. Now I’ll tell you what exactly I did with all the stuff. Giving out plushies One of the most emotionally painful things to get rid of was my mountain of plushies. Every single one of them had a story…
Taking it (the blog) in a new direction!
In this post, I would like to talk a little bit about my plans for the future regarding the blog and where I am headed with it. The Big Pause Those of you who read my content on a more regular basis (thank you very much for doing so by the way!) may have noticed…
What happened to NBB?!
I wrote a post in August of 2021 talking about the book I was, and still am, working on diligently. This is a follow-up to that one since as you can probably tell, I did not manage to get it out before the end of 2021 as I had planned. What happened? My friends, it…
One Borderline’s Twisted Body Image
In this post, I will take a look at how I view myself through the Borderline’s eyes, and how my relationship with my body has developed since I started my healing journey. DISCLAIMER: This post talks about topics related to eating disorders and self-harm. My Background For those who are just coming to this blog,…
Going through the residence permit interview in Finland as newlyweds
When I was searching for the things that would happen when we were summoned to be interrogated by the immigration services here in Finland to determine whether or not our marriage was a real one, I couldn’t find much information or experiences related to it. This post reflects on the happenings that day, our experience…
The start of a more minimalistic life
2020 I started my journey towards a more minimalistic lifestyle. For those of you who have been reading my blog, you might know that it corresponds with the time I became a housewife! This, by all means, was not a coincidence. Why did I decide to start the journey? 2019 was ending, and we found…
Tripple Threat of Triggers
In this post, I will talk a little bit about my Triple Threat of Triggers, the TTT, also known as vulnerabilities. These three things have been present throughout my Borderline journey, for better and for worse. DISCLAIMER: Contains talk of substance abuse, eating disorders, etc. Blessed intoxication As many of you may know, BPD (Borderline…
Twitter Tales | The List 2
Continuing to take a deeper look into a thread I named The List. I decided to take this opportunity to talk about toxicity, the meaning of words, and the fragile human ego. Compromise is Key So, after having taken a look at The List, I made my point as per the thoughts I had about…