Misc
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Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop
Read more: Waiting For The Other Shoe To DropWe’ve cleared out the cupboards, and the wardrobes. Something has shifted. But who knew that things feeling a bit easier could be so challenging?
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Why You Feel Dreadful (When It’s Not You Who’s Ill)
Read more: Why You Feel Dreadful (When It’s Not You Who’s Ill)Your loved one is the one with BPD — so why do you feel so dreadful? The answer might be in your body, not your mind.
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They Offered Me Tea
Read more: They Offered Me TeaHere’s what stays with me from that morning: we were both dysregulated. Both of us. I was crying, you were shouting. Both of us were overwhelmed, both of us struggling to cope. But my distress was palatable. Yours was not. I got tea. I got kindness. I got sympathy. You got told to stop.
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When It’s Not Just BPD: What We Know About Overlapping Conditions
Read more: When It’s Not Just BPD: What We Know About Overlapping ConditionsHaving BPD and nothing else is the exception, not the rule. So why is most support still built around single diagnoses?
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Bold Beautiful Borderline
Read more: Bold Beautiful BorderlineA podcast on a subject I find really challenging. Rage.
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The Pecking Order of Distress
Read more: The Pecking Order of DistressA conversation with my daughter about an NHS statistic turned into something bigger: how we rank suffering, how social media shapes diagnosis, and why invisible pain so often needs proof.
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A Dive Into The APMS
Read more: A Dive Into The APMSA new NHS survey suggests almost 1 in 10 young women screen positive for BPD — and nearly half of those screening positive report getting no treatment at all. So what is this really measuring: a disorder, or the pressure young women are living under?
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Me and the Voice in my Head
Read more: Me and the Voice in my HeadMe and the Voice in My Head is a brave and darkly funny documentary in which comedian Joe Tracini explores life with Borderline Personality Disorder.
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Borderline Personality Disorder – What’s In A Name?
Read more: Borderline Personality Disorder – What’s In A Name?A look at how one of the most misunderstood mental health diagnoses ended up with multiple names and why the language we use still matters.
