I write and talk about the social & relational aspects of living with a stigmatised diagnosis like borderline personality disorder.
about
Hi, I'm Rosie. I love to learn, read, write create and have conversations.
I'm a person who feels emotions intensely and who cares deeply about others and my relationships. I'm also someone who has lived through times of immense emotional distress.
Over the years, I've learnt that feeling emotions intensely and caring immensely about relationships is a valid and meaningful way of existing and being.
As a writer, I find myself drawn to write about the social and relational aspects of life with a stigmatised mental health diagnosis like borderline personality disorder (BPD). You will see a lot of my thinking over on my blog.
A while ago, I won a Mind Media Award for my work addressing stigma. I continue to write books, articles, speak on podcasts, give talks and so on.
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I've published two books (so far!) with JKP. All my writing aims to be comforting, hopeful and affirm people with the BPD diagnosis.
I have degrees in English Literature and Medical Humanities. I write across several genres, including poetry, and am a member of the international editorial board for the BMJ Medical Humanities.
I work as a teacher (a career which I love) and live in the UK with my husband and our child.
Rosie is my real first name, but Cappuccino is my pen name from my days of performing my spoken word poetry—I really do love my coffee.