Out of the FOG was created by people who have experienced a relationship with a family member or partner who suffers from a personality disorder.
Personality disorders are serious mental-health conditions which affect millions of people but are often misunderstood and undiagnosed. Personality disorders affect not only the people who suffer from them but also their family members, spouses, partners, friends, colleagues and acquaintances.
It is our goal to inform and support family members, spouses, partners,, friends and caregivers as they try to work their way out of the confusion, out of the chaos and out of the FOG.
There already exists an abundance of information about personality disorders. However, the emphasis of this site is to discuss personality disorders from a Non-personality-disordered individual's point of view. In other words - what is it like to live with a person with NPD or BPD? What’s it like to have a parent with a Histrionic or Dependent Personality Disorder? How do you cope when confronted with the prospect of caring for someone with Emotional Regulation Disorder?
The descriptions of personality disorders listed on this site are based not on clinical criteria but rather on the experiences of people who have cared for someone who suffers from a personality disorder.
Information about our on line Support Forum for people who care about someone who suffers from a personality disorder.
Our Common Behaviors and Traits Section is packed full of information about some of the different types of behaviors you might encounter when you are in a relationship with a person who suffers from a personality disorder with examples, descriptions of what it feels like and ideas for coping with difficult or challenging behaviors.
The most comprehensive online Personality Disorder Glossary containing definitions of terms and links to more information.
Dealing with a loved-one or family member who suffers from a personality disorder can sometimes feel like navigating through a fog.
People often arrive at our site feeling a range of emotions from trying to cope with the confusing array of behaviors exhibited by a personality-disordered individual.
The acronym FOG stands for Fear, Obligation & Guilt - feelings which often result from being in a relationship with a person who suffers from a Personality Disorder. It is our hope that the information on this site may help some navigate out of the FOG in their own lives.
Dec 30 2009 - Those of you who use the "stay logged in" feature of the Out of the FOG support forum will notice that you unexpectedly had to log in again today. Please don't be alarmed. This was caused by some updates to the board behind the scenes. Please excuse the inconvenience.
Nov 1 2009 - Out of the FOG is celebrating 2 years in bringing information and support to family members and loved-ones of people who suffer from personality disorders. In the two years since we launched, our traffic has grown exponentially and we are rapidly becoming one of the internet's premier sources of information on coping with personality disorders. Happy birthday OOTF and thanks to all our members and supporters around the world.
Out of the FOG Support Forum Zetaboards Upgrade
June 15 2009 - Please excuse our appearance while the Out of the FOG Support Forum upgrades to run on the new Zetaboards software platform. The new software contains a number of new features and improvements over our existing system which should become evident after the conversion is completed.
This upgrade will convert all our existing forums, posts, PM's, memberships and profiles. There should be very little interruption in service or loss of data. The only thing you will notice is changes to the appearance of the graphical interface. It will take 1-2 weeks to complete the conversion.
Our main Out of the FOG information site, here at http://www.outofthefogsite.com will be unaffected by the upgrade. Bookmark this site and visit here if you have any trouble logging into the board. Should any unexpected interruption in our service occur, an announcement will be posted in the "Latest News" Box at at http://www.outofthefogsite.com. Additionally, a temporary discussion forum has been established here which you can use should we experience any long-term interruption of service.
Please excuse any inconvenience you may experience as we perform the upgrade.
June 3 2009 - BPD author A.J. Mahari has launched a new version of her website called BPD INFO which has a section which invites members to submit website articles about BPD. Our own gary submitted an article to her site this week.
