It can be really lonely, and even painful, to be diagnosed with a stigmatised and contested diagnosis like borderline personality disorder (BPD). Maybe you’re trying to make sense of what this diagnosis means for you or questioning what it might mean about ‘who you are as a person’? Perhaps you’re wondering how to ‘be’ in the world now you have these three little letters in your life?
Join me, Rosie Cappuccino, Mind Media Award winning blogger and author of Talking About BPD: A Stigma-Free Guide to a Calmer, Happier Life with Borderline Personality Disorder (Jessica Kingsley Publishers), in an online event that addresses some of these big questions.
In this online event, I will share what helped me move beyond shame and disgust about having this mental health label towards being able to say ‘I’m proud of who I am regardless– and even sometimes because of– my BPD’. This event gives space and time to reflect on how it can feel to live with hurtful stereotypes, negative messaging in the media and very little positive representation. I offer alternative ways of thinking about the difficulties associated with BPD, encouraging you to feel more positively about who you are. Throughout, I keep in mind that we all have unique experiences, live different lives and have varying feelings about the diagnosis. I will not be applying pressure to either accept or reject this label.
This online event will be set to cameras off and muted for participants. It will be a mix of me speaking followed by the chat opening for questions or comments which I will then try to address. When the chat opens, there will be a moment to reflect and I encourage you to bring something to write on, if you wish. I won’t be reading names when responding to the chat, in order to keep participants’ anonymity. The event will be recorded and posted on YouTube for anyone who wants to watch or re-watch.
Whilst this event is particularly aimed at people who are newly diagnosed with BPD, it’s open to anyone regardless of how much time has passed since their diagnosis. I understand that it can be difficult to feel positive about yourself when you have such a stigmatised and misunderstood diagnosis, regardless of how long ago it was that you were diagnosed. People who haven’t been formally diagnosed (for example due to difficulty accessing a diagnosing professional) are also welcome to join this event too.
Hope to see you there!
This will be a free event with limited spaces, so I recommend booking early. Booking is via Eventbrite.
For questions, please email me at rosie@talkingaboutbpd.co.uk
Comments