BPD Central

Where to Find Online Family Member Support

Having a high conflict family member (often with narcissistic or borderline personality disorder) can make you feel all alone, with no one to talk to who really understands. You may be experiencing anxiety, depression, confusion, and most of all, isolation. And real life support groups are nearly impossible to find.

That's why I (Randi Kreger, author, advocate, and owner of BPDCentral.com) started the Welcome to Oz online family community in 1996. WTO is a sacred place where you'll meet new friends who know just what you're facing because they've been there too. There, you'll experience understanding and comfort and learn tips and techniques that have worked for others. WTO members are wonderfully supportive and can carry you through both good and bad times.

If you would prefer a web-based mesage board, there is also the BPDFamily Message Board. BPDFamily also has an advantage in that it is staffed by a number of volunteers. Formerly hosted on BPDCentral, his site's founders have assembled the articles, message board, and other resources with great care to help families learn about BPD and get back on their feet and feel good about themselves again!

Neither WTO nor BPDFamily are professionally supervised and they do not substitute for professional care.

Welcome To Oz, which I established in 1996, is open to people who have someone with BPD in their life who will live up to the spirit of our Covenant and follow our all-important Guidelines. Because we've grown to more than 20,000 members, we can offer 15 diverse and active groups so you can talk with someone in your own particular situation.

Many discussions on the communities revolve around concepts and tools in Randi Kreger's books The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder, Stop Walking on Eggshells, and The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook. When you purchase those books from this site (you help defray the considerable costs of managing Welcome to Oz..You can find them at http://www.bpdcentral.com/store/?ccUser=f89a0fb9571632f325a6ad1be2fa8cec

For Welcome to Oz, please scroll down these list and join the one(s) that look the best for you. You will find all the live links at the Welcome to Oz section of BPDCentral.com.https://www.bpdcentral.com/support-groups/ Please read the instructions carefully. For confidentiality, create a confidential eweb-based email address at www.yahoo.com or gmail before subscribing. (Please do not use your real last name.) The groups are active and generate 25-100 emails each day. Therefore, you may wish to set your subscription to digest instead of individual email.

Types of Welcome to Oz Groups

Our two Welcome to Oz groups, our largest, are for people who would like to interact with all types of family members. Otherwise, the lists are specialized according to either the type of high conlfict person in your life (blood relative vs. partner) or your situation with your partner (staying, transitioning, or divorcing).

To join WelcomeToOz2, send a blank email to WelcomeToOz2-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or visit our homepage at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WelcomeToOz2

To join the WelcomeToOz group, send a blank email to WelcomeToOz-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or visit our homepage at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WelcomeToOz

Our Specialized Groups

WTOAdultChildren1
This group is for people age 18 and over who have or who had a parent with borderline personality disorder. To join this group, send a blank email to WTOAdultChildren1-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOAdultChildren1

WTOChristian
For people who prefer a Christian environment
Subscribe: WTOChristian-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOChristian

WTOGLBT
For gay and lesbian members who only want to be with other GLBT members
Subscribe: WTOGLBT-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOGLBT

WTOStaying
FOR those who prefer to be with those who are staying with their BP partner or spouse
Subscribe: WTOStaying-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOStaying

WTOTransition
For those ambivalent about staying with or leaving their BP partner or spouse
Subscribe: WTOTransition-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOTransition

WTODivorcing
For people who want to be with those who are divorcing their BP spouse
Subscribe: WTODivorcing-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WTODivorcing

WTOCoparenting1
For people who are "co-parenting" with a BP
Subscribe: WTOCoPparenting-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOCoparenting1

WTOMenOnly
Subscribe: WTOMenOnly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOMenOnly

WTOWomenOnly
Subscribe: WTOWomenOnly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOWomenOnly

WTOParentsOfBPs
For NON-BP parents of children (of any age) who may have BPD
Subscribe: WTOParentsofBPs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOParentsOfBPs

WTOGrandparents
For Non-BP grandparents whose grandchildren have a parent with BPD
Subscribe: WTOGrandparents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOGrandparents

WTOSiblings
For Non-BP siblings of a person with BP
Subscribe: WTOSibling-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOSibling

WTOProfessionals
For clinicians and other health care professionals to discuss BPD. Membership is restricted to clinicians and other professionals
Subscribe: WTOProfessionals-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit our homepage at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WTOProfessionals