Friendship By Letters: Why I Love Having a Penpal
I write and talk about my life with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, known as BPD.
BPD is one of the most highly-stigmatised and contested diagnoses in psychiatry, so many people don't feel safe or comfortable openly sharing their experiences. About ten years ago though, I started writing—and then also speaking— about my experiences, even when people told me to stay silent.
People with BPD are misunderstood, misrepresented and treated with unfair coldness. I want a society in which people with this diagnosis are understood by others as well as themselves, are treated with warmth, respect and feel positively about who they are.
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The Diagnosis Debate: Should The BPD Diagnosis Go?
Writing a Blog: Why I Do It & My Questions For You If You Want To Begin
'How Did You Write (and Publish) a Book?' And Other Book-Related FAQs
'There's another field I see: by your light.'— Virginia Woolf. A Few Thoughts on Friendship
Meeting Others with Similar Experiences: Thoughts On My 'Feeling positively about yourself when you have a BPD diagnosis' Event
Who Speaks? Who Listens? Jonny Walker's 'Remaining Human as an Educator'
"I don't know why it's so hard to just…say it." Depictions of Mental Health Problems In Heartstopper Season 2
Most Days Are Good Days, But Today I Feel Awful
Stop press. You can be a great parent *And* have a BPD Diagnosis
Did I Embarrass Myself Again? Or Is Everything Actually Okay (Again)?
Problem Solving With Imaginary Friends: Seeing Things From Different Perspectives
How 'Arts In Health' Helped me to 'Be Myself'
5 DBT Skills For Feeling Fragile
'A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow': My relationship with Sleep
A Wildly Different Life Is Possible: A Trip Into My Old Sketchbooks
What stories can I tell now? Nine Haikus for National Poetry Day
Living By Your Values: Russ Harris' 'Values-Guided Action'
Online Event: Feeling positively about yourself when you have a diagnosis of BPD
What Threads Run Through Your Life? Go With Your fascinations!
Shame, WhatsApp & Why I Don't Live Under a Rock Even Though Sometimes I Want To
Hey, Can We Talk (About That Deeply Personal Thing You Wrote)?
The 'Worry Hierarchy' On My Fridge & How It's Reducing My Anxiety
'I Don't Want To Be Seen As Incapable': Why I Often Mask My Mental Health Problems
Hopeful, positive role models for BPD in the Media
FAQ: 'What Helps You Live An Enjoyable Life With BPD?'
My Lifelong love of Journalling, Diary Writing & Scrapbooks
Reviewing 'The Queer Mental Health Workbook: A Creative Self-Help Guide Using CBT, CFT and DBT'
My Most Accurate Description of the Highs and The Lows
10 (Weird & Wonderful?) Things I Do To Balance My Unruly Emotions
'I See Why You Feel That Way, Even Though I Think You're Wrong!' Myths About Validation
Know thyself. And believe thyself!
How Can Healthcare Professionals Create Emotional Safety?
My New Book Q&A
I Still Struggle (A Lot) Sometimes
Being a Teacher with BPD: How & Why It Works for Me
Happiful Article: 5 Tips for People Who Are Easily Embarrassed
'I Would Never Have Guessed': When People Are Surprised I Have BPD
When My Little Girl Cries
'Bear': A Poem