'There's another field I see: by your light.'— Virginia Woolf. A Few Thoughts on Friendship
One of the themes that has been taking up a lot of space in my mind at the moment is friendship. What makes a good friend? How can I be a...
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4 days ago
Meeting Others with Similar Experiences: Thoughts On My 'Feeling positively about yourself when you have a BPD diagnosis' Event
Today was the first in my series of online events for people with, or who relate to, a diagnosis of BPD (regardless of how they feel...
Nov 7
Who Speaks? Who Listens? Jonny Walker's 'Remaining Human as an Educator'
I recently had the good fortune of being at one of Jonny Walker's 'Remaining Human as an Educator' workshops. Jonny Walker is a...
Nov 3
"I don't know why it's so hard to just…say it." Depictions of Mental Health Problems In Heartstopper Season 2
I wish the Netflix drama Heartstopper had been around when I was a teenager. If you've watched Season 2 of the show, then you will know...
Nov 3
Most Days Are Good Days, But Today I Feel Awful
Today I feel awful. Usually when I feel awful I can summon up the energy, determination (or whatever quality it is), that helps me make...
Nov 2
Stop press. You can be a great parent *And* have a BPD Diagnosis
You can be a great parent and have a diagnosis of BPD. There, I said it. You heard it here first. My little girl is nearly two and she...
Oct 30
Did I Embarrass Myself Again? Or Is Everything Actually Okay (Again)?
Every time something happens to make me feel embarrassed, such as feeling like I 'overshared' or said something 'exposing' that made...
Oct 28
'How Did You Write the Book?' And Other Book-Related FAQs
There are very, very few books about borderline personality disorder written by people with lived experience. In fact, my book Talking...
Oct 28
Problem Solving With Imaginary Friends: Seeing Things From Different Perspectives
A few weeks ago, I wrote about an unusual coping strategy I have for anxiety: the 'worry hierarchy' on my fridge . Today I'm going to...
Oct 19
How 'Arts In Health' Helped me to 'Be Myself'
Sometimes a person says something, a few words either off-the-cuff or perhaps more thought through, that takes root in my mind. 'Just be...
Oct 15
5 DBT Skills For Feeling Fragile
I'm struggling a bit this week with all my usual culprits: embarrassment, feeling exposed, social anxiety in certain situations,...
Oct 11
'A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow': My relationship with Sleep
The quotation 'a ruffled mind makes a restless pillow', attributed to the author Charlotte Bronte, is actually uttered by the...
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