Trigger warning: inpatient treatment, restraints, nursing experiences, etc. 

Andrea Acosta joins the podcast to discuss her experiences as a psychiatric nurse who has worked with many patients with BPD. We discuss the stigma in the health system, the importance of supportive trauma informed and client centered care, and shifting perspectives from assuming manipulation to identifying unmet needs. 

This episode will likely be triggering but we feel that it is important to hear both sides of the story of accessing health care. We hope Andrea’s story provides some comfort that there are some amazing nurses in the health system. 

This episode featured Laurie Edmundson who previously was a co-host of this project. You can find her at https://www.laurieedmundson.com and on IG @laurieanned where you will find ways to access The Super Feelers Club and other projects she works on.

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