Life Experiences of Borderline Personality Disorder Survivors in the Recovery Process: A Qualitative Study

Background: Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD is a personality disorder with the main symptoms are emotional instability, impulsive behavior, negative self-concept, and impaired interpersonal function. Recovery in directed at existence of satisfaction meaning life even limited conditions due to that still exists.Purpose: The aim this study explore experiences survivors their recovery processMethod: This research qualitative phenomenological approach. In-depth interviews were conducted 10 from Indonesian Community. Interview transcripts analyzed using Colaizzi method.Result: Six themes extracted study, namely, process not found alone, it difficult understand love oneself, build stable relationships others, journey make peace most painful come closest people experience mental health services Indonesia.Conclusion: self-identification has been first step an individual's process. available support system helped be able adapt resulting symptoms. It necessary increase knowledge nurses about order provide good nursing careKeyword: borderline disorder, experience,