“If you have read back to my early posts on this blog you will know that the whole scene was very close to home for me. I have been that BPD patient on a hospital ward, intent on ending my life…”
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Coping with recurrent grief
“Just because it’s to be expected, it doesn’t make the deaths, or the grief, easier to deal with. People with EUPD aren’t immune to the grief associated with a death by suicide…”
Why virtual support just isn’t the same...
Covid-19 has led to a lot of changes in mental healthcare, here are my views.
How to support someone with BPD / EUPD
5 key things to bear in mind if you want to support someone with BPD / EUPD.
4 things I wish people knew about BPD
“ I wish people understood that having BPD doesn’t mean you are a horrible person to be avoided at all costs!”…
8 positives of BPD / EUPD
“I believe there are many positive qualities to a diagnosis of BPD and that these do something to prove the stereotypical misconceptions wrong.”
Traumatic restraint saved my life...but does that make it ok?
“Restraint undoubtedly saved my life on many occasions…However, that restraint was also traumatic”
Views on the use of restraint in adult acute psychiatric hospitals.
Blue lights and sirens
Views on how and why people with EUPD / BPD engage with emergency services.
BPD Awareness - How does it really feel to have EUPD / BPD?
It’s Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness month. This article explores how it really feels to have the mental health condition.
Are there links between physical and mental illness?
Can chronic physical illness and mental illness be related? Experiences of how I have found the two to be connected.
Life in a Therapeutic Community
Personal experiences of living in a Therapeutic Community as treatment for Personality Disorder.