A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma is an interview podcast that explores how we live with, treat, advocate for, write about, and conceptualize borderline personality disorder, as well as common co-occurring challenges like complex PTSD, eating disorders, and substance use disorder, all of which I’ve experienced. My guests and I will also discuss how literature, film, television, photography, dance, philosophy, the history of medicine, feminist and disability studies, nature, and bioethics reflect, illuminate, and impact the experience and cultural perceptions of BPD. The podcast’s goal is to increase access to effective, compassionate care. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:05:20 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Health & Fitness:Mental Health 1440 episodic A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma is an interview podcast that explores how we live with, treat, advocate for, write about, and conceptualize borderline personality disorder, as well as common co-occurring challenges like complex PTSD, eating disorders, and substance use disorder, all of which I’ve experienced. My guests and I will also discuss how literature, film, television, photography, dance, philosophy, the history of medicine, feminist and disability studies, nature, and bioethics reflect, illuminate, and impact the experience and cultural perceptions of BPD. Episodes are released twice a month, starting on April 19, 2024. Cynthia Gralla Cynthia Gralla No false https://feed.podbean.com/arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18418731/Podcast_cover-1400x1400_tdghnp.jpg A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com 144 144 Communication strategies for people with BPD and their treatment providers Communication strategies for people with BPD and their treatment providers https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/communication-strategies-for-people-with-bpd-and-their-treatment-providers/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/communication-strategies-for-people-with-bpd-and-their-treatment-providers/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:05:20 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/fa76ad67-4cac-3bb9-a426-a8c502de311e How can people with BPD and their clinicians communicate more effectively and compassionately with each other? In this solo episode, I draw on my personal experiences and my study of narrative medicine to offer tips for people on both sides of the doctor-patient encounter, especially during the initial visit and collection of the patient’s history. I explain why self-advocacy is so important, particularly for those who identify as women.

 

Rita Charon, Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness 

Maya Dusenbery, Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

Edvard Munch, The Scream

Columbia University narrative medicine program

University of Toronto narrative-based medicine program

]]> How can people with BPD and their clinicians communicate more effectively and compassionately with each other? In this solo episode, I draw on my personal experiences and my study of narrative medicine to offer tips for people on both sides of the doctor-patient encounter, especially during the initial visit and collection of the patient’s history. I explain why self-advocacy is so important, particularly for those who identify as women.

 

Rita Charon, Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness 

Maya Dusenbery, Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

Edvard Munch, The Scream

Columbia University narrative medicine program

University of Toronto narrative-based medicine program

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1346 29 full “You can't necessarily compare your trauma to someone else's”: Social worker Samantha Dellosso “You can't necessarily compare your trauma to someone else's”: Social worker Samantha Dellosso https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/you-cant-necessarily-compare-your-trauma-to-someone-elses-social-worker-samantha-dellosso/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/you-cant-necessarily-compare-your-trauma-to-someone-elses-social-worker-samantha-dellosso/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:48:57 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/9be80d98-be0f-3299-8156-d1a944531055 How does the health care system condition how we see our mental health treatment and diagnoses? In this interview—an excerpt from a much longer conversation—I talk with Samantha Dellosso, a social worker, health administrator, and friend of forty years. She and I discuss Medicaid in the U.S., viewing personality disorders along a spectrum, and how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) don’t necessarily determine who we turn out to be.

Alexander Kriss, Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

]]> How does the health care system condition how we see our mental health treatment and diagnoses? In this interview—an excerpt from a much longer conversation—I talk with Samantha Dellosso, a social worker, health administrator, and friend of forty years. She and I discuss Medicaid in the U.S., viewing personality disorders along a spectrum, and how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) don’t necessarily determine who we turn out to be.

Alexander Kriss, Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1996 28 full “You’re talking about me”: Sara from the Bold Beautiful Borderline podcast “You’re talking about me”: Sara from the Bold Beautiful Borderline podcast https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/you-re-talking-about-me-sara-from-the-bold-beautiful-borderline-podcast/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/you-re-talking-about-me-sara-from-the-bold-beautiful-borderline-podcast/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:37:23 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/7a38f5b6-07e2-316b-a6cd-10f0dfe25b3a How does BPD impact reproductive choices? In this candid interview, Sara Abbott, the host and producer of the #1 Bold Beautiful Borderline podcast, talks with me about how BPD is affecting her decision to have children. We also discuss intergenerational trauma and the stigma she encountered while getting her Master of Social Work degree.

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

]]> How does BPD impact reproductive choices? In this candid interview, Sara Abbott, the host and producer of the #1 Bold Beautiful Borderline podcast, talks with me about how BPD is affecting her decision to have children. We also discuss intergenerational trauma and the stigma she encountered while getting her Master of Social Work degree.

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 2032 27 full Still Life: The Posthumously Published Diary of Lara Gilbert Still Life: The Posthumously Published Diary of Lara Gilbert https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/still-life-the-posthumously-published-diary-of-lara-gilbert/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/still-life-the-posthumously-published-diary-of-lara-gilbert/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2025 09:28:36 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/05532f65-b879-3dde-b2b8-adcdb9eab62c What can we learn from the posthumously published diary of Lara Gilbert, a young Canadian woman with BPD traits who suffered from complex PTSD in the 1990s? In this episode, I read excerpts from I Might Be Nothing: Journal Writing, a selection of writings from the 3200-page diary of Lara Gilbert, which I read in the archives of the University of Victoria. Lara was a brilliant and talented writer, and I wanted some of her words to be heard. While her story is tragic, her experience is a reminder that life is always hard, no matter which era you live in, but we have far more treatment options for BPD and complex PTSD than we did 30 years ago. It is also a reminder that our words live on.

This episode concludes the first year of the podcast.

Trigger warning: This episode talks about CSA, rape, and suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”

Jennifer Douglas et al., “‘Treat Them with the Reverence of Archivists’: Records Work, Grief Work, and Relationship Work in the Archives”

Lara Gilbert, I Might Be Nothing: Journal Writings

Cynthia Gralla, “Boxed Memories,” Room, Vol. 46, No. 3 (“Ghosts” issue), September 2023

Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu, The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu

Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder

 

]]> What can we learn from the posthumously published diary of Lara Gilbert, a young Canadian woman with BPD traits who suffered from complex PTSD in the 1990s? In this episode, I read excerpts from I Might Be Nothing: Journal Writing, a selection of writings from the 3200-page diary of Lara Gilbert, which I read in the archives of the University of Victoria. Lara was a brilliant and talented writer, and I wanted some of her words to be heard. While her story is tragic, her experience is a reminder that life is always hard, no matter which era you live in, but we have far more treatment options for BPD and complex PTSD than we did 30 years ago. It is also a reminder that our words live on.

This episode concludes the first year of the podcast.

Trigger warning: This episode talks about CSA, rape, and suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”

Jennifer Douglas et al., “‘Treat Them with the Reverence of Archivists’: Records Work, Grief Work, and Relationship Work in the Archives”

Lara Gilbert, I Might Be Nothing: Journal Writings

Cynthia Gralla, “Boxed Memories,” Room, Vol. 46, No. 3 (“Ghosts” issue), September 2023

Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu, The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu

Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder

 

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1581 26 full "I learn about resilience from my garden": Solara Goldwynn of Royal Roads University "I learn about resilience from my garden": Solara Goldwynn of Royal Roads University https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/i-learn-about-resilience-from-my-garden-solara-goldwynn-of-royal-roads-university/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/i-learn-about-resilience-from-my-garden-solara-goldwynn-of-royal-roads-university/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2025 08:07:51 -0800 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/59363663-f11b-3da2-92d9-9c7c6a2ce551 What is the relationship between BPD and food security? BPD and food insecurity are prevalent among university students, and research shows that poor diets, both in terms of insufficient calories and an overreliance on ultra-processed foods, fuel mood dysregulation, depression, and suicidality. I believe that most universities could do more to support student food security, food sovereignty in the community, and overall mental well-being through food gardens. In this interview, I’ll be speaking with Solara Goldwynn, the farm and food systems lead for a food-growing initiative at Royal Roads University, which is dedicated to sustainability and partnerships with local Indigenous communities. She also explains how gardening can increase resilience.

Solara’s food garden business: www.hatchetnseed.ca 

Community Food Centres Canada: https://cfccanada.ca/en/Home

Diane Ackerman, Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden

Richard Dal Monte, “How Does This Garden Grow . . . Community?” https://www.royalroads.ca/news/how-does-garden-grow-community

Bonnie Kaplan and Julia J. Rucklidge, “Junk Food and the Brain: How Modern Diets Lacking in Micronutrients May Contribute to Angry Rhetoric: https://theconversation.com/junk-food-and-the-brain-how-modern-diets-lacking-in-micronutrients-may-contribute-to-angry-rhetoric-170863

The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Community: https://www.feedopportunity.com/

Nathan Sing, “The Fight to End Hunger on Canadian University Campuses”: https://education.macleans.ca/feature/the-fight-to-end-hunger-on-canadian-university-campuses/

Sue Stuart-Smith, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature

Prudence Vivarini et al., “Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in Individuals with Eating Disorder: Association with Severity, Psychological Distress, and Psychosocial Function”

Jan Zwicky, Once Upon a Time in the West: Essays on the Politics of Thought and Imagination

]]> What is the relationship between BPD and food security? BPD and food insecurity are prevalent among university students, and research shows that poor diets, both in terms of insufficient calories and an overreliance on ultra-processed foods, fuel mood dysregulation, depression, and suicidality. I believe that most universities could do more to support student food security, food sovereignty in the community, and overall mental well-being through food gardens. In this interview, I’ll be speaking with Solara Goldwynn, the farm and food systems lead for a food-growing initiative at Royal Roads University, which is dedicated to sustainability and partnerships with local Indigenous communities. She also explains how gardening can increase resilience.

Solara’s food garden business: www.hatchetnseed.ca 

Community Food Centres Canada: https://cfccanada.ca/en/Home

Diane Ackerman, Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden

Richard Dal Monte, “How Does This Garden Grow . . . Community?” https://www.royalroads.ca/news/how-does-garden-grow-community

Bonnie Kaplan and Julia J. Rucklidge, “Junk Food and the Brain: How Modern Diets Lacking in Micronutrients May Contribute to Angry Rhetoric: https://theconversation.com/junk-food-and-the-brain-how-modern-diets-lacking-in-micronutrients-may-contribute-to-angry-rhetoric-170863

The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Community: https://www.feedopportunity.com/

Nathan Sing, “The Fight to End Hunger on Canadian University Campuses”: https://education.macleans.ca/feature/the-fight-to-end-hunger-on-canadian-university-campuses/

Sue Stuart-Smith, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature

Prudence Vivarini et al., “Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in Individuals with Eating Disorder: Association with Severity, Psychological Distress, and Psychosocial Function”

Jan Zwicky, Once Upon a Time in the West: Essays on the Politics of Thought and Imagination

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1740 25 full “We need a society where we don’t step over mentally ill people”: Discussing bioethics with Lucy Yanow “We need a society where we don’t step over mentally ill people”: Discussing bioethics with Lucy Yanow https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/we-need-a-society-where-we-don-t-step-over-mentally-ill-people-discussing-bioethics-with-lucy-yanow/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/we-need-a-society-where-we-don-t-step-over-mentally-ill-people-discussing-bioethics-with-lucy-yanow/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2025 10:26:28 -0800 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/83ef9f85-3c7b-3cff-a3ce-220fbfeb4b0d Why do people living with mental illness, including BPD, need to think about bioethics? Because ordinary citizens can now make life-and-death decisions for themselves and others. As laws and regulations change around issues such as involuntary hospitalization and medical assistance in dying, it’s important for everyone to read and watch lectures about bioethics to protect themselves, but it’s essential for those of us suffering from mental health issues. In this second part of my interview with Lucy Yanow, who studies bioethics, we talk about this issue as well as the ultimate unattainability of bodily autonomy.

Trigger warning: This episode will discuss suicide and euthanasia.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Raven Belasco, editor, Adventures in Bodily Autonomy: Exploring Reproductive Rights in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

María Puig de la Bellacasa, Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More Than Human Worlds

Rosi Braidotti, Posthuman Feminism

Judith Butler, The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind

Canada’s 2020 report on the estimated cost benefits of MAID        

Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

Chelsea Kamp, “Manitoba Woman Devastated over Delay in MAID for Mental Illness”:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maid-manitoba-mental-illness-1.7104343

Sophie Lewis, Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family

Mallory Moench, “‘A Ticket to Nowhere’: Thousands Are Brought to S.F. Hospitals Involuntarily. Then What Happens?”: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mental-illness-san-francisco-hospitals-homeless-17772797.php

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Ghostwriting.” Diacritics, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1995.

]]> Why do people living with mental illness, including BPD, need to think about bioethics? Because ordinary citizens can now make life-and-death decisions for themselves and others. As laws and regulations change around issues such as involuntary hospitalization and medical assistance in dying, it’s important for everyone to read and watch lectures about bioethics to protect themselves, but it’s essential for those of us suffering from mental health issues. In this second part of my interview with Lucy Yanow, who studies bioethics, we talk about this issue as well as the ultimate unattainability of bodily autonomy.

Trigger warning: This episode will discuss suicide and euthanasia.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Raven Belasco, editor, Adventures in Bodily Autonomy: Exploring Reproductive Rights in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

María Puig de la Bellacasa, Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More Than Human Worlds

Rosi Braidotti, Posthuman Feminism

Judith Butler, The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind

Canada’s 2020 report on the estimated cost benefits of MAID        

Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

Chelsea Kamp, “Manitoba Woman Devastated over Delay in MAID for Mental Illness”:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maid-manitoba-mental-illness-1.7104343

Sophie Lewis, Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family

Mallory Moench, “‘A Ticket to Nowhere’: Thousands Are Brought to S.F. Hospitals Involuntarily. Then What Happens?”: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mental-illness-san-francisco-hospitals-homeless-17772797.php

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Ghostwriting.” Diacritics, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1995.

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1860 24 full Complex trauma is in our house now: Courtenay Stallings, author of Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks Complex trauma is in our house now: Courtenay Stallings, author of Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/complex-trauma-is-in-our-house-now-courtenay-stallings-author-of-laura-s-ghost-women-speak-about-twin-peaks/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/complex-trauma-is-in-our-house-now-courtenay-stallings-author-of-laura-s-ghost-women-speak-about-twin-peaks/#comments Sat, 01 Feb 2025 10:56:06 -0800 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/c73c1515-1611-3652-b5a4-c832f7d00373  

Why is Laura Palmer a heroine for many of us? Because David Lynch's depiction of her in the Twin Peaks franchise was one of the first and remains one of the most powerful depictions of complex trauma from child sexual abuse. In this interview with professor and writer Courtenay Stallings, we talk about her wonderful book, Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks, and how the late, great Lynch catalyzed discussions of the long-neglected topic of abuse -- with which, unfortunately, so many of us with BPD are familiar.

Trigger warning for child sexual abuse.

Courtenay Stalling’s Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak about Twin Peaks: https://www.tuckerdspress.com/product-page/laura-s-ghost

Courtenay Stallings, "Twin Peaks: The Return as Subversive Fairy Tale." Supernatural Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2019, pp. 98-116.

Julian D. Ford and Christine A. Courtois, “Complex PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder”: https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-021-00155-9

Sigmund Freud’s on the uncanny: https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf

Cynthia Gralla, “A Woman in Trouble: My Life and Illnesses Filtered through Twin Peaks”: https://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/issues-4-2/spring-2021/

David Lynch, dir., Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and The Return

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

]]>  

Why is Laura Palmer a heroine for many of us? Because David Lynch's depiction of her in the Twin Peaks franchise was one of the first and remains one of the most powerful depictions of complex trauma from child sexual abuse. In this interview with professor and writer Courtenay Stallings, we talk about her wonderful book, Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks, and how the late, great Lynch catalyzed discussions of the long-neglected topic of abuse -- with which, unfortunately, so many of us with BPD are familiar.

Trigger warning for child sexual abuse.

Courtenay Stalling’s Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak about Twin Peaks: https://www.tuckerdspress.com/product-page/laura-s-ghost

Courtenay Stallings, "Twin Peaks: The Return as Subversive Fairy Tale." Supernatural Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2019, pp. 98-116.

Julian D. Ford and Christine A. Courtois, “Complex PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder”: https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-021-00155-9

Sigmund Freud’s on the uncanny: https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf

Cynthia Gralla, “A Woman in Trouble: My Life and Illnesses Filtered through Twin Peaks”: https://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/issues-4-2/spring-2021/

David Lynch, dir., Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and The Return

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 2529 23 full “I thought that mental health problems were something that you caught while young”: Lucy Yanow “I thought that mental health problems were something that you caught while young”: Lucy Yanow https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/i-thought-that-mental-health-problems-were-something-that-you-caught-while-young-lucy-yanow/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/i-thought-that-mental-health-problems-were-something-that-you-caught-while-young-lucy-yanow/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:44:22 -0800 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/05ba9a79-3f22-3d9d-997d-8c2fa7eff9a5 Can recreational drugs be used to treat BPD in controlled environments? In this interview, I talk with Lucy Yanow, who holds a master’s degree in Bioethics and Society and formerly worked as a midwife, doula, and protector of reproductive rights. I ask her about her experience taking ketamine pills for depression and suicidality, but our conversation detours in rich and surprising ways. Lucy opens up about how her family’s history of suicide has affected her. She thoughtfully reflects on intergenerational trauma, the limitations she sees in talk therapy, and weighing the risks of drug therapy against suicidality.

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Chittaranjan Andrade, “Ketamine for Depression—Knowns, Unknowns, Possibilities, Barriers, and Opportunities”

Sarah K. Fineberg et al., “A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Ketamine in Borderline Personality Disorder”

Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? 

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Herland

Thomas Vanicek et al., “Intravenous Esketamine Leads to an Increase in Impulsive and Suicidal Behaviour in a Patient with Recurrent Major Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder”

]]> Can recreational drugs be used to treat BPD in controlled environments? In this interview, I talk with Lucy Yanow, who holds a master’s degree in Bioethics and Society and formerly worked as a midwife, doula, and protector of reproductive rights. I ask her about her experience taking ketamine pills for depression and suicidality, but our conversation detours in rich and surprising ways. Lucy opens up about how her family’s history of suicide has affected her. She thoughtfully reflects on intergenerational trauma, the limitations she sees in talk therapy, and weighing the risks of drug therapy against suicidality.

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Chittaranjan Andrade, “Ketamine for Depression—Knowns, Unknowns, Possibilities, Barriers, and Opportunities”

Sarah K. Fineberg et al., “A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Ketamine in Borderline Personality Disorder”

Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? 

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Herland

Thomas Vanicek et al., “Intravenous Esketamine Leads to an Increase in Impulsive and Suicidal Behaviour in a Patient with Recurrent Major Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder”

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1679 22 full The book that saves lives: Mishell Baker’s Borderline The book that saves lives: Mishell Baker’s Borderline https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/the-book-that-saves-lives-mishell-baker-s-borderline/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/the-book-that-saves-lives-mishell-baker-s-borderline/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:06:24 -0800 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/340e7ee1-8697-33ab-81fe-a477144510aa How can an urban fantasy novel save lives? By depicting a protagonist with BPD who is resourceful, loyal, and heroic. In Borderline, the first book in the Arcadia Project trilogy, author and BPD survivor Mishell Baker does just that. In this interview, her perspectives on her books and her life reveal a woman who has found strength and inner peace after agony. As she says to me, “If you die by your own hand, you don't know if your work was done.”

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Mishell Baker, Borderline

Mishell Baker, Phantom Pains

Mishell Baker, Imposter Syndrome

Charlaine Harris, The Southern Vampire Mysteries

Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Seo-Young J. Chu, Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation

]]> How can an urban fantasy novel save lives? By depicting a protagonist with BPD who is resourceful, loyal, and heroic. In Borderline, the first book in the Arcadia Project trilogy, author and BPD survivor Mishell Baker does just that. In this interview, her perspectives on her books and her life reveal a woman who has found strength and inner peace after agony. As she says to me, “If you die by your own hand, you don't know if your work was done.”

Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Mishell Baker, Borderline

Mishell Baker, Phantom Pains

Mishell Baker, Imposter Syndrome

Charlaine Harris, The Southern Vampire Mysteries

Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Seo-Young J. Chu, Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 2666 21 full “People with BPD are not a different kind of person”: Dr. Alexander Kriss, author of Borderline “People with BPD are not a different kind of person”: Dr. Alexander Kriss, author of Borderline https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/people-with-bpd-are-not-a-different-kind-of-person-dr-alexander-kriss-author-of-borderline/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/people-with-bpd-are-not-a-different-kind-of-person-dr-alexander-kriss-author-of-borderline/#comments Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:53:03 -0800 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/ad269d2f-4ec9-3dbd-8d39-de60010358d6  

What can a psychoanalyst learn from patients with BPD? In this interview, Dr. Alexander Kriss, author of the recently published Borderline: Biography of a Personality Disorder, shares insights gained from treating patients with the disorder. We discuss his book, which tells the story of one patient’s recovery while also deconstructing the BPD diagnosis and the broader conceptions of madness and femininity that have created an ever-shifting but ever-present space for people harrying the line between neurosis and psychosis from antiquity to the present day.

 

Alexander Kriss, Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder

Alexander Kriss, The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play

Link to Alexander Kriss’s New York-based psychotherapy practice

Alicia Elliott, “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground”

Sigmund Freud, A Case of Hysteria (Dora) and Three Case Histories

Edvard Munch, The Scream

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What can a psychoanalyst learn from patients with BPD? In this interview, Dr. Alexander Kriss, author of the recently published Borderline: Biography of a Personality Disorder, shares insights gained from treating patients with the disorder. We discuss his book, which tells the story of one patient’s recovery while also deconstructing the BPD diagnosis and the broader conceptions of madness and femininity that have created an ever-shifting but ever-present space for people harrying the line between neurosis and psychosis from antiquity to the present day.

 

Alexander Kriss, Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder

Alexander Kriss, The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play

Link to Alexander Kriss’s New York-based psychotherapy practice

Alicia Elliott, “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground”

Sigmund Freud, A Case of Hysteria (Dora) and Three Case Histories

Edvard Munch, The Scream

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 2530 20 full “It's Upon Us to Widen That Lens”: Dr. Merri Lisa Johnson, author of Girl in Need of a Tourniquet “It's Upon Us to Widen That Lens”: Dr. Merri Lisa Johnson, author of Girl in Need of a Tourniquet https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/its-upon-us-to-widen-that-lens-dr-merri-lisa-johnson-author-of-girl-in-need-of-a-tourniquet/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/its-upon-us-to-widen-that-lens-dr-merri-lisa-johnson-author-of-girl-in-need-of-a-tourniquet/#comments Sun, 01 Dec 2024 09:01:59 -0800 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/1e61fa83-5fa1-33a8-980e-3c59fabe8ca1 Why should we draw on the field of disability studies to envision, treat, and talk about BPD? In this second and final part of my interview with Professor Lisa Johnson, author of Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality, we explore this question and others, including the connection between BPD and sexuality, why we might diagnose fictional characters with BPD, and the form of her memoir, which “sutured together many types of discourse (medical texts, self-help books, fairy-tale, personal email, autobiographical memory).”

 

Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet

Merri Lisa Johnson (editor), Jane Sexes It Up: True Confessions of Feminist Desire

Merri Lisa Jonson and Robert McRuer. "Cripistemologies: Introduction."  

Merri Lisa Johnson and Robert McRuer, “Cripistemologies Now (More Than Ever!)”

Alyson E. Blanchard et al., “Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex”

Baby Reindeer TV series

Beyoncé, “Hold Up”

Anne Boyer, The Undying

William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

Daphne Gottlieb, Final Girl

Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener”

Jonathan Metzel, The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease

Sarah Redikopp, “Interrogating Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder Through a Feminist Psychiatric Disability Theory Framework”

Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

]]> Why should we draw on the field of disability studies to envision, treat, and talk about BPD? In this second and final part of my interview with Professor Lisa Johnson, author of Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality, we explore this question and others, including the connection between BPD and sexuality, why we might diagnose fictional characters with BPD, and the form of her memoir, which “sutured together many types of discourse (medical texts, self-help books, fairy-tale, personal email, autobiographical memory).”

 

Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet

Merri Lisa Johnson (editor), Jane Sexes It Up: True Confessions of Feminist Desire

Merri Lisa Jonson and Robert McRuer. "Cripistemologies: Introduction."  

Merri Lisa Johnson and Robert McRuer, “Cripistemologies Now (More Than Ever!)”

Alyson E. Blanchard et al., “Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex”

Baby Reindeer TV series

Beyoncé, “Hold Up”

Anne Boyer, The Undying

William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

Daphne Gottlieb, Final Girl

Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener”

Jonathan Metzel, The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease

Sarah Redikopp, “Interrogating Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder Through a Feminist Psychiatric Disability Theory Framework”

Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 2461 19 full “A Vulnerability Artist Who Fights Ableism”: Dr. Merri Lisa Johnson on BPD “A Vulnerability Artist Who Fights Ableism”: Dr. Merri Lisa Johnson on BPD https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/a-vulnerability-artist-who-fights-ableism-dr-merri-lisa-johnson-on-bpd/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/a-vulnerability-artist-who-fights-ableism-dr-merri-lisa-johnson-on-bpd/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:21:15 -0800 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/2c8f209e-823c-3b7f-b365-c8d33d345ae2 What does writing from the frontline of BPD look like? If the author is borderline up-ender Dr. Lisa Johnson, it looks and sounds like a witty, raw, and dazzling conflagration. In this interview, she and I discuss her memoir, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality, and share our experiences of navigating academia while being open about our BPD diagnoses.

Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet

Merri Lisa Johnson, “Neuroqueer Feminism: Turning with Tenderness toward Borderline Personality Disorder”

Courtney Cook, The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces

bell hooks, All About Love and other books

William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

Marsha Linehan, Building a Life Worth Living

Audre Lorde, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"

Nancy Mairs, Remembering the Bone House

José Esteban Muñoz, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics

Stacy Pershall, Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

Kiera van Gelder, The Buddha and the Borderline

Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

]]> What does writing from the frontline of BPD look like? If the author is borderline up-ender Dr. Lisa Johnson, it looks and sounds like a witty, raw, and dazzling conflagration. In this interview, she and I discuss her memoir, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality, and share our experiences of navigating academia while being open about our BPD diagnoses.

Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet

Merri Lisa Johnson, “Neuroqueer Feminism: Turning with Tenderness toward Borderline Personality Disorder”

Courtney Cook, The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces

bell hooks, All About Love and other books

William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

Marsha Linehan, Building a Life Worth Living

Audre Lorde, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"

Nancy Mairs, Remembering the Bone House

José Esteban Muñoz, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics

Stacy Pershall, Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

Kiera van Gelder, The Buddha and the Borderline

Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 2820 17 full Movement therapy for BPD with psychotherapist Ellis Amdur Movement therapy for BPD with psychotherapist Ellis Amdur https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/movement-therapy-for-bpd-with-psychotherapist-ellis-amdur/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/movement-therapy-for-bpd-with-psychotherapist-ellis-amdur/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2024 06:56:10 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/53ce8756-8607-3a1e-80f2-85935b1030a4 Can movement therapy support people with BPD? In this interview, psychotherapist, licensed martial artist, and acclaimed writer Ellis Amdur describes his success with teaching baduanjin qigong, a Chinese breathing and movement system, to a patient suffering from acute BPD.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Links to Ellis Amdur’ books

Cynthia Gralla, “Double Bind: How Borderline Personality Disorder Tied Me in Knots” published by SLICE in their May 2022 Levity online issue

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

]]> Can movement therapy support people with BPD? In this interview, psychotherapist, licensed martial artist, and acclaimed writer Ellis Amdur describes his success with teaching baduanjin qigong, a Chinese breathing and movement system, to a patient suffering from acute BPD.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Links to Ellis Amdur’ books

Cynthia Gralla, “Double Bind: How Borderline Personality Disorder Tied Me in Knots” published by SLICE in their May 2022 Levity online issue

Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1244 16 full “There is no final destination for a human being”: Psychotherapist Ellis Amdur “There is no final destination for a human being”: Psychotherapist Ellis Amdur https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/there-is-no-final-destination-for-a-human-being-psychotherapist-ellis-amdur/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/there-is-no-final-destination-for-a-human-being-psychotherapist-ellis-amdur/#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:18:58 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/b18159e7-a9d1-3378-aa85-5a45c9fd6db9 How do therapists come to think of BPD after a long career? In this conversation with Ellis Amdur—a retired psychotherapist, award-winning writer, and licensed martial artist—he offers his perspective on BPD, including what a background in Jungian psychology taught him about our singular and ever-evolving journeys. Trigger warning: This episode mentions suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Links to Ellis Amdur’ books

Patricia Barry, Echo’s Subtle Body: Contributions to an Archetypal Psychology

Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld

Reiner Stach, Is That Kafka? 99 Finds

Weird Studies podcast, On James Hillman’s “The Dream and the Underworld”

]]> How do therapists come to think of BPD after a long career? In this conversation with Ellis Amdur—a retired psychotherapist, award-winning writer, and licensed martial artist—he offers his perspective on BPD, including what a background in Jungian psychology taught him about our singular and ever-evolving journeys. Trigger warning: This episode mentions suicide.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Links to Ellis Amdur’ books

Patricia Barry, Echo’s Subtle Body: Contributions to an Archetypal Psychology

Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld

Reiner Stach, Is That Kafka? 99 Finds

Weird Studies podcast, On James Hillman’s “The Dream and the Underworld”

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1885 15 full “He was provoking all these symptoms he had wanted to cure”: Nina Shope, author of Asylum “He was provoking all these symptoms he had wanted to cure”: Nina Shope, author of Asylum https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/he-was-provoking-all-these-symptoms-he-had-wanted-to-cure-nina-shope-author-of-asylum/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/he-was-provoking-all-these-symptoms-he-had-wanted-to-cure-nina-shope-author-of-asylum/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:27:51 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/0f436b1a-b155-31b3-bc69-288aabc550b0 How have power dynamics between doctors and patients changed over the past century and a half? In my second and final interview with Nina Shope, author of the award-winning historical novel Asylum, we talk about the complicated relationship between neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot and his most famous patient as he treated her for hysteria and documented her in photographs during the 1870s. Nina reflects on the photograph of Augustine that she chose to include in her novel, how she avoided flattening historical figures or reducing Augustine to past trauma, and the mythological roots in both the history of female madness and Charcot’s photography.

Nina Shope, Asylum

Nina Shope, “Changeling.” Conjunctions, Vol. 81 (“Numina: The Enchantment Issue), Fall 2023

Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida

Maud Casey, The City of Incurable Women

Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

Euripides, The Bacchae

Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

Susan Sontag, On Photography

Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho

Emily Wells, A Matter of Appearance

]]> How have power dynamics between doctors and patients changed over the past century and a half? In my second and final interview with Nina Shope, author of the award-winning historical novel Asylum, we talk about the complicated relationship between neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot and his most famous patient as he treated her for hysteria and documented her in photographs during the 1870s. Nina reflects on the photograph of Augustine that she chose to include in her novel, how she avoided flattening historical figures or reducing Augustine to past trauma, and the mythological roots in both the history of female madness and Charcot’s photography.

Nina Shope, Asylum

Nina Shope, “Changeling.” Conjunctions, Vol. 81 (“Numina: The Enchantment Issue), Fall 2023

Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida

Maud Casey, The City of Incurable Women

Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

Euripides, The Bacchae

Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

Susan Sontag, On Photography

Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho

Emily Wells, A Matter of Appearance

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 2100 14 full “I was fascinated with showing the things behind hysteria that were being erased”: Nina Shope on Asylum “I was fascinated with showing the things behind hysteria that were being erased”: Nina Shope on Asylum https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/i-was-fascinated-with-showing-the-things-behind-hysteria-that-were-being-erased-nina-shope-on-asylum/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/i-was-fascinated-with-showing-the-things-behind-hysteria-that-were-being-erased-nina-shope-on-asylum/#comments Sun, 15 Sep 2024 07:32:35 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/25ef91fb-7086-34b2-b14e-ae7d057262b3 What did BPD look like in the 19th century? It looked like hysteria, a phenomenon that puzzled doctors and fascinated the public. In this episode, I interview Nina Shope, author of the award-winning historical novel Asylum, which explores the power dynamics between Jean-Martin Charcot, the father of neurology as we know it today, and his most famous patient. In the shadows of this dynamic, we find symptoms and conceptualizations of female illness familiar to those of us who experience or study BPD today.

Nina Shope, Asylum

Christopher Bollas, Hysteria

Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

Sarah Shun-lien, Madeleine Is Sleeping

Elaine Showalter, The Female Malady

]]> What did BPD look like in the 19th century? It looked like hysteria, a phenomenon that puzzled doctors and fascinated the public. In this episode, I interview Nina Shope, author of the award-winning historical novel Asylum, which explores the power dynamics between Jean-Martin Charcot, the father of neurology as we know it today, and his most famous patient. In the shadows of this dynamic, we find symptoms and conceptualizations of female illness familiar to those of us who experience or study BPD today.

Nina Shope, Asylum

Christopher Bollas, Hysteria

Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

Sarah Shun-lien, Madeleine Is Sleeping

Elaine Showalter, The Female Malady

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1545 13 full "Insurance companies are breaking the law": Paula Tusiani-Eng of Emotions Matter "Insurance companies are breaking the law": Paula Tusiani-Eng of Emotions Matter https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/insurance-companies-are-breaking-the-law-paula-tusiani-eng-of-emotions-matter/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/insurance-companies-are-breaking-the-law-paula-tusiani-eng-of-emotions-matter/#comments Sun, 01 Sep 2024 08:37:04 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/1871dcf6-47e8-3691-8d05-95f430735d7c How can we access expensive care? In the US, being diagnosed with BPD is often the first step in an odyssey through a complex and unjust health care system. In the second part of my interview with Paula Tusiani-Eng, co-founder of Emotions Matter, she discusses how to get life-saving coverage from your insurer, the wonderful success of her organization's peer support groups, the wild creativity that many of us with BPD have, and why we need an intersectional approach to treating and supporting BPD.

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Emotions Matter website

Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder

Frank Yeomans, Paula Tusiani-Eng, and Kellyanne Navarre, “California Approves Law Granting Pretrial Diversion for BPD”

]]> How can we access expensive care? In the US, being diagnosed with BPD is often the first step in an odyssey through a complex and unjust health care system. In the second part of my interview with Paula Tusiani-Eng, co-founder of Emotions Matter, she discusses how to get life-saving coverage from your insurer, the wonderful success of her organization's peer support groups, the wild creativity that many of us with BPD have, and why we need an intersectional approach to treating and supporting BPD.

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Emotions Matter website

Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder

Frank Yeomans, Paula Tusiani-Eng, and Kellyanne Navarre, “California Approves Law Granting Pretrial Diversion for BPD”

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1518 12 full What I wish I’d known about getting a PhD with BPD What I wish I’d known about getting a PhD with BPD https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/what-i-wish-i-d-known-about-getting-a-phd-with-bpd/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/what-i-wish-i-d-known-about-getting-a-phd-with-bpd/#comments Fri, 23 Aug 2024 07:42:37 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/40f34d6e-0f29-3639-98c2-aee8a16c5a07 In this solo bonus episode, I talk about what I learned while getting my MA and PhD at Berkeley and offer tips for anyone who wants to pursue a higher education degree while managing their BPD. It can be done!

]]> In this solo bonus episode, I talk about what I learned while getting my MA and PhD at Berkeley and offer tips for anyone who wants to pursue a higher education degree while managing their BPD. It can be done!

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 885 11 full “How do I meet other people with BPD?”: Paula Tusiani-Eng of Emotions Matter “How do I meet other people with BPD?”: Paula Tusiani-Eng of Emotions Matter https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/how-do-i-meet-other-people-with-bpd-paula-tusiani-eng-of-emotions-matter/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/how-do-i-meet-other-people-with-bpd-paula-tusiani-eng-of-emotions-matter/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2024 07:29:40 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/1ebcc26a-1486-38b3-b94f-11267296c2e9 What do people with BPD need? When Paula Tusiani-Eng co-founded a BPD non-profit after the tragic loss of her sister Pamela, she realized that we often need more community support. In this interview, Paula tells me about Pamela’s struggle with BPD in the 1990s and how Emotions Matter has built a community for others like her.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Emotions Matter website

Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder

Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?”

]]> What do people with BPD need? When Paula Tusiani-Eng co-founded a BPD non-profit after the tragic loss of her sister Pamela, she realized that we often need more community support. In this interview, Paula tells me about Pamela’s struggle with BPD in the 1990s and how Emotions Matter has built a community for others like her.

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources:

Emotions Matter website

Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder

Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?”

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1931 10 full “I Love Us”: Melanie Goldman on living with and treating BPD “I Love Us”: Melanie Goldman on living with and treating BPD https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/i-love-us-melanie-goldman-on-living-with-and-treating-bpd/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/i-love-us-melanie-goldman-on-living-with-and-treating-bpd/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2024 07:23:42 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/f736727d-19d8-3935-ac82-a6d7ab7b894f How can people with BPD find their voice? In this candid interview, the radiant and loving Melanie Goldman (@mindovermelanie) tells me her story of lived experience with BPD, from the shock of the diagnosis to the joys of advocacy and reclaiming her voice. She also shares wisdom from her training as a registered psychotherapist and her ultimate goal of treating others with BPD. 

]]> How can people with BPD find their voice? In this candid interview, the radiant and loving Melanie Goldman (@mindovermelanie) tells me her story of lived experience with BPD, from the shock of the diagnosis to the joys of advocacy and reclaiming her voice. She also shares wisdom from her training as a registered psychotherapist and her ultimate goal of treating others with BPD. 

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 3073 9 full Is No Longer Human about BPD—and should we even ask that question? Is No Longer Human about BPD—and should we even ask that question? https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/is-no-longer-human-about-bpd%e2%80%94and-should-we-even-ask-that-question/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/is-no-longer-human-about-bpd%e2%80%94and-should-we-even-ask-that-question/#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:20:57 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/8cbca7d7-a8b1-3f75-b83a-2c7d95b62b62 Can we diagnose the narrator of Osamu Dazai’s novel, No Longer Human, with BPD or some other diagnosis? And does it make sense to try? In this bonus summer solo episode, I give my perspective as a Japanese literature scholar and a person with BPD.

Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun

Roland Barthes, “The Death of the Author”

Shirley Dent, “Don’t ‘Diagnose’ Fictional Characters”

Jared D. Fife, “Stuff Psychologists Like—#1. Diagnosing Fictional Characters”

Edward Fowler, The Rhetoric of Confession

Cynthia Gralla, “Suicide Contagion and the Risks of Literature”

Cynthia Gralla, “Dream Girls Gotta Have Agency”

Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality

Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs, Heaven, and All the Lovers in the Night

Craig M. Klugman and Carol Levine, “Diagnosing Shosha: Literature As a Lens to View Disease and History”

Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener”

Yukio Mishima, The Sea of Fertility tetralogy

Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei, Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatre of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan

Narrative medicine at Columbia University

]]> Can we diagnose the narrator of Osamu Dazai’s novel, No Longer Human, with BPD or some other diagnosis? And does it make sense to try? In this bonus summer solo episode, I give my perspective as a Japanese literature scholar and a person with BPD.

Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun

Roland Barthes, “The Death of the Author”

Shirley Dent, “Don’t ‘Diagnose’ Fictional Characters”

Jared D. Fife, “Stuff Psychologists Like—#1. Diagnosing Fictional Characters”

Edward Fowler, The Rhetoric of Confession

Cynthia Gralla, “Suicide Contagion and the Risks of Literature”

Cynthia Gralla, “Dream Girls Gotta Have Agency”

Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality

Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs, Heaven, and All the Lovers in the Night

Craig M. Klugman and Carol Levine, “Diagnosing Shosha: Literature As a Lens to View Disease and History”

Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener”

Yukio Mishima, The Sea of Fertility tetralogy

Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation

J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei, Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatre of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan

Narrative medicine at Columbia University

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1540 8 full “These are like emotional, psychological Trojan horses": American McGee's BPD Rabbit “These are like emotional, psychological Trojan horses": American McGee's BPD Rabbit https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/these-are-like-emotional-psychological-trojan-horses-american-mcgee-on-the-plushie-dreadful-bpd-rabbit/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/these-are-like-emotional-psychological-trojan-horses-american-mcgee-on-the-plushie-dreadful-bpd-rabbit/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:05:05 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/ff87bb92-68e9-3f5b-b9b3-78f3adf3fda4 Can a stuffed animal help people to cope with BPD? In this episode, I interview American McGee, the celebrated video game designer and mastermind behind the mental health Plushie Dreadfuls line. We talk about his BPD Rabbit, metaphors and stereotypes, the connection between this bunny and the one in American McGee's Alice, the crowd design process, dark humor, and the controversy surrounding the mental health plushies.

Plushie Dreadfuls website

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

George Lakoff on conceptual metaphors

Ronald W. Pies on mental illness as a metaphor

Donald Winnicott’s concept of transitional objects

]]> Can a stuffed animal help people to cope with BPD? In this episode, I interview American McGee, the celebrated video game designer and mastermind behind the mental health Plushie Dreadfuls line. We talk about his BPD Rabbit, metaphors and stereotypes, the connection between this bunny and the one in American McGee's Alice, the crowd design process, dark humor, and the controversy surrounding the mental health plushies.

Plushie Dreadfuls website

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

George Lakoff on conceptual metaphors

Ronald W. Pies on mental illness as a metaphor

Donald Winnicott’s concept of transitional objects

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 2444 7 full “Folks with BPD are some of the brightest lights in my life”: Dr. Sara Masland “Folks with BPD are some of the brightest lights in my life”: Dr. Sara Masland https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/folks-with-bpd-are-some-of-the-brightest-lights-in-my-life-dr-sara-masland/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/folks-with-bpd-are-some-of-the-brightest-lights-in-my-life-dr-sara-masland/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:08:41 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/c079dfad-a59c-3c44-89e6-d0725b630ba7 Who gets BPD, and are they likely to recover? In this second and final part of my interview with Dr. Sara Masland, she and I discuss the gender distribution for BPD, contemplate the prognosis for people with the disorder based on longitudinal studies (spoiler alert: it’s bright!), and consider what needs to change in medical culture over the next 5 to 10 years. Dr. Masland is a clinical scientist who researches BPD and stigma, a licensed clinical psychologist, an associate professor of psychological science at Pomona College, and an expert in Good Psychiatric Management, a generalist treatment for BPD. 

Resources for this episode:

“The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get on a road to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland

Jake Camp et al., “Gender- and Sexuality-Minorized Adolescents in DBT: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Minority-Specific Treatment Targets and Experience”

Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know”

Craig Rodriguez-Seijas et al., “Is There a Bias in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Patients?” 

]]> Who gets BPD, and are they likely to recover? In this second and final part of my interview with Dr. Sara Masland, she and I discuss the gender distribution for BPD, contemplate the prognosis for people with the disorder based on longitudinal studies (spoiler alert: it’s bright!), and consider what needs to change in medical culture over the next 5 to 10 years. Dr. Masland is a clinical scientist who researches BPD and stigma, a licensed clinical psychologist, an associate professor of psychological science at Pomona College, and an expert in Good Psychiatric Management, a generalist treatment for BPD. 

Resources for this episode:

“The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get on a road to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland

Jake Camp et al., “Gender- and Sexuality-Minorized Adolescents in DBT: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Minority-Specific Treatment Targets and Experience”

Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know”

Craig Rodriguez-Seijas et al., “Is There a Bias in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Patients?” 

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1515 6 full “The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland “The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/the-bpd-diagnosis-is-an-entry-point-to-understanding-how-you-can-get-to-recovery-dr-sara-masland/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/the-bpd-diagnosis-is-an-entry-point-to-understanding-how-you-can-get-to-recovery-dr-sara-masland/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2024 07:31:17 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/68310070-18f6-3ad2-b49f-09e335dda856 Why do we need a generalist approach to treating BPD? Because there are nearly 6000 treatment-seeking people with BPD to every certified, specialist clinician in the United States. In this episode, Dr. Sara Masland explains how she is helping to simultaneously reduce stigma and increase access to care by training others in Good Psychiatric Management. Dr. Masland is a clinical scientist, licensed clinical psychologist, and professor at Pomona College, whose research explores such topics as BPD, stigma, and epistemic trust.   

Trigger warning: This episode mentions suicide.

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Alyson E. Blanchard et al., “Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex”

Lois W. Choi-Kain et al., “What Works in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder”

Emotions Matter, “Supporting Students with BPD: A Guide for Educational Professionals, Parents, and Students”

Ellen F. Finch et al., “A Meta-Analysis of Treatment as Usual for Borderline Personality Disorder”

John Gunderson et al., “Good psychiatric management: A Review”

Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?”

Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know”

]]> Why do we need a generalist approach to treating BPD? Because there are nearly 6000 treatment-seeking people with BPD to every certified, specialist clinician in the United States. In this episode, Dr. Sara Masland explains how she is helping to simultaneously reduce stigma and increase access to care by training others in Good Psychiatric Management. Dr. Masland is a clinical scientist, licensed clinical psychologist, and professor at Pomona College, whose research explores such topics as BPD, stigma, and epistemic trust.   

Trigger warning: This episode mentions suicide.

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Alyson E. Blanchard et al., “Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex”

Lois W. Choi-Kain et al., “What Works in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder”

Emotions Matter, “Supporting Students with BPD: A Guide for Educational Professionals, Parents, and Students”

Ellen F. Finch et al., “A Meta-Analysis of Treatment as Usual for Borderline Personality Disorder”

John Gunderson et al., “Good psychiatric management: A Review”

Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?”

Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know”

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1898 5 full “We’re starting young” with fighting stigma: Jessie Shepherd on Millie the Cat “We’re starting young” with fighting stigma: Jessie Shepherd on Millie the Cat https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/we-re-starting-young-with-fighting-stigma-jessie-shepherd-on-millie-the-cat-has-borderline-personality-disorder/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/we-re-starting-young-with-fighting-stigma-jessie-shepherd-on-millie-the-cat-has-borderline-personality-disorder/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:43:13 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/77d81d90-cee4-33f2-8c52-3c88e5c7e8ed Why create a children's book about BPD? This is the second half of my interview with Jessie Shepherd, who is a writer, licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed professional counselor, and director of Blue Clover Therapy. We talk more about her book for children and adults, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder, and muse on the power of children's literature to combat stigma and stir sympathies. 

Episode notes:

Jessie Shepherd, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder

The first part of my interview with Jessie

Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

Susan Stewart, On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection 

]]> Why create a children's book about BPD? This is the second half of my interview with Jessie Shepherd, who is a writer, licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed professional counselor, and director of Blue Clover Therapy. We talk more about her book for children and adults, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder, and muse on the power of children's literature to combat stigma and stir sympathies. 

Episode notes:

Jessie Shepherd, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder

The first part of my interview with Jessie

Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse

Susan Stewart, On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection 

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1065 4 full “Every single thing we have to manage comes with a beautiful, positive opposite”: Jessie Shepherd “Every single thing we have to manage comes with a beautiful, positive opposite”: Jessie Shepherd https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/every-single-thing-we-have-to-manage-comes-with-a-beautiful-positive-opposite-jessie-shepherd-and-millie-the-cat-has-borderline-personality-disorder/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/every-single-thing-we-have-to-manage-comes-with-a-beautiful-positive-opposite-jessie-shepherd-and-millie-the-cat-has-borderline-personality-disorder/#comments Wed, 15 May 2024 07:14:31 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/8bd3209e-3fda-3a71-b3fb-2faf901cab48 What are some of the gifts of BPD? Find out from an adorable cat named Millie. Here, I interview Jessie Shepherd—a licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed professional counselor, and director of Blue Clover Therapy—about her book for children and adults, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder.

Jessie Shepherd, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder

]]> What are some of the gifts of BPD? Find out from an adorable cat named Millie. Here, I interview Jessie Shepherd—a licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed professional counselor, and director of Blue Clover Therapy—about her book for children and adults, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder.

Jessie Shepherd, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1289 3 full “Shared experience can be really supportive”: Baylie McKnight of the BPD Society of BC “Shared experience can be really supportive”: Baylie McKnight of the BPD Society of BC https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/shared-experience-can-be-really-supportive-baylie-mcknight-of-the-bpd-society-of-bc/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/shared-experience-can-be-really-supportive-baylie-mcknight-of-the-bpd-society-of-bc/#comments Wed, 01 May 2024 07:30:42 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/f66abce7-8c55-3598-a56d-baa961ef7583 What kind of impact can a small organization make on BPD—in its province and globally? In this episode, I find out by interviewing Baylie McKnight, a co-founder of the BPD Society of British Columbia who has lived experience with the disorder, a master’s degree in social work, and a private practice. She tells me about the extraordinary efforts that the BPD Society of BC has made to expand treatment access and support in BC and around the world through online DBT courses, peer support groups, and other programs.

Trigger warning: The diagnostic criteria for BPD mention about suicide.

Please follow the podcast here or on Instagram so you don’t miss an episode: https://www.instagram.com/a.real.affliction.bpd/

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Website for the BPD Society of BC: https://www.bpdbc.ca/

You can find the criteria for BPD in the DSM-5 here: https://www.bpdfoundation.org.au/diagnostic-criteria.php

]]> What kind of impact can a small organization make on BPD—in its province and globally? In this episode, I find out by interviewing Baylie McKnight, a co-founder of the BPD Society of British Columbia who has lived experience with the disorder, a master’s degree in social work, and a private practice. She tells me about the extraordinary efforts that the BPD Society of BC has made to expand treatment access and support in BC and around the world through online DBT courses, peer support groups, and other programs.

Trigger warning: The diagnostic criteria for BPD mention about suicide.

Please follow the podcast here or on Instagram so you don’t miss an episode: https://www.instagram.com/a.real.affliction.bpd/

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Website for the BPD Society of BC: https://www.bpdbc.ca/

You can find the criteria for BPD in the DSM-5 here: https://www.bpdfoundation.org.au/diagnostic-criteria.php

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1980 2 full Countering stigma requires encountering stigma Countering stigma requires encountering stigma https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/countering-stigma-requires-encountering-stigma/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/countering-stigma-requires-encountering-stigma/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:13:47 -0700 arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/6637955b-b4af-3b46-88cc-b0be708fbb44 Why do we need a revolution in the way borderline personality disorder is perceived by the medical field and wider culture? In this first episode of A Real Affliction, host Dr. Cynthia Gralla introduces the interview podcast and her upcoming guests, shares some of her experiences from her decades-long fight with BPD, and explains what needs to change if we are to better support people with this wildly misunderstood disorder.

Trigger warning: This episode talks about suicide.

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. 

You can find the criteria for BPD in the DSM-5 here

Ron B. Aviram et al., “Borderline Personality Disorder, Stigma, and Treatment Implications”

Caroline Walker Bynum, Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women

Anne Boyer, The Undying

Rebecca Byerly’s NYT article about a marathon runner with BPD

Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

Sara Rose Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”

Sara Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”

Marie Ociskova et al., “F*ck Your Care If You Label Me! Borderline Personality Disorder, Stigma, and Self-stigma”

Christina Vanvuren, “The History of Hysteria: Sexism in Diagnosis”

Simone Weil, “Human Personality”

]]> Why do we need a revolution in the way borderline personality disorder is perceived by the medical field and wider culture? In this first episode of A Real Affliction, host Dr. Cynthia Gralla introduces the interview podcast and her upcoming guests, shares some of her experiences from her decades-long fight with BPD, and explains what needs to change if we are to better support people with this wildly misunderstood disorder.

Trigger warning: This episode talks about suicide.

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. 

You can find the criteria for BPD in the DSM-5 here

Ron B. Aviram et al., “Borderline Personality Disorder, Stigma, and Treatment Implications”

Caroline Walker Bynum, Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women

Anne Boyer, The Undying

Rebecca Byerly’s NYT article about a marathon runner with BPD

Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

Sara Rose Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”

Sara Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”

Marie Ociskova et al., “F*ck Your Care If You Label Me! Borderline Personality Disorder, Stigma, and Self-stigma”

Christina Vanvuren, “The History of Hysteria: Sexism in Diagnosis”

Simone Weil, “Human Personality”

]]> Cynthia Gralla false No 1396 1 1 full Trailer for A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma Trailer for A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/trailer-for-a-real-affliction-bpd-culture-and-stigma/ https://arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/e/trailer-for-a-real-affliction-bpd-culture-and-stigma/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:30:33 -0700 spadacynthia.podbean.com/9c32ea41-2d1c-32b2-aeec-74f5b7db195e The trailer for A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma introduces this interview podcast about borderline personality disorder and features clips from guests Ellis Amdur (a writer and psychotherapist), Jessie Shepherd (a licensed counselor and author of Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder), Paula Tusiani-Eng (co-founder of Emotions Matter), Baylie McKnight (co-founder of the BPD Society of British Columbia), and Dr. Sara Masland (a researcher, clinical psychologist, and professor at Pomona College).

]]> The trailer for A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma introduces this interview podcast about borderline personality disorder and features clips from guests Ellis Amdur (a writer and psychotherapist), Jessie Shepherd (a licensed counselor and author of Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder), Paula Tusiani-Eng (co-founder of Emotions Matter), Baylie McKnight (co-founder of the BPD Society of British Columbia), and Dr. Sara Masland (a researcher, clinical psychologist, and professor at Pomona College).

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