Better, Not Perfect Podcast

In this episode I discuss suicide as it relates to BPD. It's okay to need support. National suicide hotline: 1-800-273-8255.

In this episode of the mini-series BPD & Me, I discuss the diagnostic criterion for Borderline Personality Disorder; Stress-Related Paranoia or loss of contact with reality.

In this episode I discuss identity disturbance as it relates to Borderline Personality Disorder.

I have received a lot of questions about what it's like to be hospitalized on a psychiatric ward. I answer some questions I have gotten and hope to breakdown the barriers that exist to getting care.

In this episode I discuss my own symptoms of impulsiveness and the medication that helped me control this symptom. This is not medical advice and please talk to your own physician or advanced care provider about your own health. 

In this episode I discuss the symptom of fearing abandonment in those who live with BPD. As I discuss this often evolves due to not having had the proper nurture and consistent care as an infant, thereby, not being able to trust others. However, you can never be abandoned by your current caretaker (Hint hint: yourself).

Welcome, to my mini-series on living with Borderline Personality Disorder. In this introduction to my mini-series I give an overview of the condition and discuss the nine diagnostic criteria for the disorder. In the episodes to follow I will be discussing the symptoms one by one. 

I recently got engaged to someone I met while involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital. Here's our story.

In this episode I talk about my own healing journey which includes a combination of medications, therapy and group therapy.

In this episode I will discuss the moment in which I was finally able to open up to a medical professional about my Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self and how transformational this was in my healing journey. TW: Suicide, self-harm