#TraumaNotPD
Below is some of my activism deconstructing the label of BPD in the hope that we can find new ways of speaking about acute and chronic distress which champion the beliefs of the person in pain - not character assassinating ideas that need to be left in the nineteenth century where they originated. Help is available and things can change, even after decades of chronic suicidality. Access to this care just can't be contingent on a label that so often causes more damage than good, consolidating our worse fears about the self.
How are Personalities Formed?
A TV interview discussing whether we have a personality, what habitual paths look like and the transgenerational nature of identity. Link here.
Testimonial Injustice and BPD
Diagnoses vary hugely in how useful or damaging they are. Telling someone and treating them as if they have a personality disorder dangerously reduces their testimonial credibility: diminishing the voice. Link here.
Why BPD Hurts Inpatients
Psychiatric inpatients get character assassinate through the construct of BPD which is used to justify inexcusable neglectful and abusive practice. Link here.
BPD is a Feminist Issue
75% of people diagnosed with BPD are women; more stilll are in feminised groups especailly those who are Queer. Why BPD says more about society's problem with women who refuse or cannot fit in than anything scientific. Link here.
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