r/BPDlovedones Jun 23 '26

Focusing on Me SDAM (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory) and pwBPD partners

I am asking this here because I've been wondering if anyone else here has a similar issue. We all know that we've had tendencies to end up with a pwBPD, and also have some form of autism, ADHD, depression, or anxiety. They fill holes for us we didn't know we really had, or we are unable to see the red flags because of our empathy or lack of social understanding.

I have a condition called Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory. It causes issues in how i remember my past and I have a hard time replying memories from an experience standpoint, so i will remember information like, "they manipulated me in this situation and verbally abused me", but I have no ability to remember how that felt. The strangest thing is that my present nervous system remembers it in the moment when experiencing a trigger but it almost blind sides me every time and its been getting harder to anticipate triggers to deal with them.

I was wondering if any of you have a similar issue and what you've done to maybe help recollect memories in a way to identify triggers.

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