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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 16, 2024
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 7, 2024
"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, 2024
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 3, 2024
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...
Nov 2, 2024
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 30, 2024
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 28, 2024
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 19, 2024
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 15, 2024
'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...
Oct 11, 2024
A Wildly Different Life Is Possible: A Trip Into My Old Sketchbooks
A little while ago, I wrote about my lifelong obsession (I think that word is apt and not an overstatement) with notebooks and...
Oct 7, 2024
What stories can I tell now? Nine Haikus for National Poetry Day
I spent half an hour tonight writing these nine haikus for National Poetry Day. If you're not familiar with haikus, don't worry. They are...
Oct 3, 2024
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