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Source: Why those living with a borderline personality disorder hide in the shadows
“But whatever you do, between now and our next session, DON’T google Borderline Personality Disorder. Why? Because you aren’t going to like what you read. A lot of it will be misinformation, and it will make you out to be … Continue reading →
Source: Stigma Fighters: April C. Foreman, Ph.D. –
It’s time to rethink the ways we talk about borderline personality disorder. Here’s why.
Source: Please Stop Using My Borderline Diagnosis As An Insult | More Than Borderline – HealthyPlace
What’s that? No, you don’t need to padlock the rabbit hutch…
Source: 17 things to never say to a girl with Borderline Personality Disorder
Many clinicians are apprehensive about the risk associated with symptoms of BPD, such as self-harm and suicidal behavior.
This is why we need to make BPD stigma-free:
Source: Therapists’ Fear of Borderline Personality Disorder Persists
So you think you know about borderline personality disorder? Think again. Many of us have seen Fatal Attraction where the lead female character is described as having borderline personality disorder (BPD), but the diagnosis is not that Hollywood portrayal. In fact, despite great efforts through a number of organizations, including McLean Hospital, Project 375, and the Linehan Institute, there are still many misconceptions about BPD. And unfortunately, along with misconceptions, comes stigma.
Source: Borderline Personality Disorder: Fact vs Fiction | McLean Hospital
Posted in Editorials
Tagged Dr. Blaise Aguirre, McLean Hospital, misconceptions, myths, stigma
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Source: I blogged for Mental Health Friday | BorderlineAmelia
Neurological imaging studies suggest that people with BPD have an overactive amygdala, the part of the brain where emotions are processed, and an underactive pre-frontal cortex, that regulates those emotions. And among adolescents, it can be dismissed as a phase of normal adolescent development, and misdiagnosis poses an additional risk to these young people.
Source: Missed diagnosis and no treatment: BPD’s risk to adolescents
Posted in Editorials
Tagged adolescents, DBT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, stigma, suicide
A study shows people with borderline personality disorder often face stigma and even overt discrimination when seeking treatment.
Despite being more common than schizophrenia and bipolar disorder combined, borderline personality disorder remains one of the least understood and
Source: The truth behind (arguably) the most misunderstood mental illness of our time | HellaWella
A couple of articles on how Borderlines are perceived and how they actually experience the world:
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A girls journey into mental illness
me and my messy little mind. by meghan shultz
"Rather than be misunderstood, I'll try explaining myself instead."
I Distort, You Deride
Ending the stigma, by ending the silence
Writing about the psychodynamic process as it happens in my quest to heal from childhood trauma, attachment issues and a Narcissistic mother.
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