Review of back from the borderline - Good info, a bit heavy on the

Good info, a bit heavy on the spin

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“I definitely appreciate that a bpd podcast exists. It’s well researched, covers a wide range of topics, comes out regularly, is very grounded and not over dramatic or overly coddling. There’s a lot to be said for that. But as much as I’m in this phase where all I want to do is absorb all information that exists about bpd, this podcast is a bit difficult for me to listen to because she spends SO much time talking about her opinions. I understand that she doesn’t want the bpd diagnosis to exist, even though the existence of the diagnosis is what brought us all together and why she has a podcast in the first place. And I get that she doesn’t believe people can have a disordered personality, although I think I have a heavily disordered personality and I’m fine with it. To each their own. But some people, me included, found unbelievable relief in the bpd diagnosis. When I discovered it, started doing research on it, connecting with communities and was finally diagnosed, it was the first time in my almost forty years of life that I’ve ever felt seen, that any of the chaos that I’d lived made any sort of sense. I couldn’t be more grateful that the label exists and that there is so much information, resources and community around it. I get that a lot of people have been harmed by the stigma. I appreciate that I’m fortunate not to have been because I was really well informed about this world and knew how to navigate it before jumping into it. And maybe someday they will change how they refer to people with bpd traits and my new label will be some combo of adhd, autism and c-ptsd or something. Aces. But I don’t think we need to turn on the label that so many people find comfort in, feel seen by, has legitimate treatments associated with it that really work, and helps us find one another because the stigma is so bad. I have no idea who I am, my personality and moods and relationships are in disorder, it’s okay. It’s not a crime to have different opinions. Hers is hard won and I respect that. I just would have an easier time listening if she didn’t spend SO much time talking about them and put a little more emphasis on factual information, because her perspective just doesn’t reflect my experience. At the end of the day we all want the same thing- education that fights against the ignorance and stigma that harms so many people with bpd, we just have different perspectives on how to get there. I think it’s the stigma that we should be fighting with research and education and I don’t think that requires putting a useful diagnosis out to pasture. But she’s out there every day working towards our shared goal of a world that doesn’t hate on people with bpd so much, and I’m just here writing a review on apple podcasts, so what do I know. Regardless of our differences she’s contributing to a world where people are less harmed by the stigma of bpd and I appreciate that. It takes a lot of guts to come out publicly as having bpd and even more to dedicate your life to talking about it and we’re lucky to have her in our corner. Maybe there’s a happy medium in there somewhere.”

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