In this episode, contributing writer Suliana Beraki speaks with Dr. Sarah Cogliano, a practicing psychologist, about identity disturbance and chronic feelings of emptiness in Borderline Personality Disorder. Together, they explore why the sense of self can feel unstable and what “emptiness” means beyond its clinical definition, moving past surface-level descriptions to consider these experiences more […]
Girl, Interrupted, based on the memoir by Susanna Kaysen, is a powerful film about mental illness and being a young woman in a world that often misunderstands both. The story takes place in the late 1960s and follows 18-year-old Susanna after she survives a suicide attempt. She is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and sent […]
Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter famous for his Scream painting. After it’s success, he painted Anxiety, another portrait of his mental illness. Munch was born on December 12th, 1863. Like many great artists, Munch’s childhood was filled with illness. While he was bed ridden, he took up art as a passion and soon it […]
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) affects approximately 2.7% of the general population, with its prevalence rising to 22% among psychiatric inpatients. The disorder is characterized by patterns of instability across emotions, behaviour, and interpersonal relationships. People with BPD often experience an intense fear of abandonment and chronic feelings of emptiness, making the condition particularly challenging to […]
In her well-articulated and expressive spoken word, Alex Lane describes her experience living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Lane composed the spoken word as though she is explaining her battles to a friend who is questioning common misconceptions regarding the disorder. Lane addresses these misconceptions by drawing on personal life events, including personal emotions and […]
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health disorder marked by difficulty in emotion regulation and impulse control, which impacts both the individual and the people in their lives. Fortunately, there is treatment for BPD: dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), a specialized psychosocial intervention well-supported in its effectiveness for treating BPD. As seen in this […]
May is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) awareness month. BPD is a serious mental illness characterized by rapid mood swings, extreme fear of abandonment, unstable self-identity, self-destructive behaviours and anxiety. A media representation of this is the protagonist of the American series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The plot revolves around Rebecca Bunch (played by Rachel Bloom). She is […]
The song The Archer by Taylor Swift is the fifth track from her 2019 album Lover highlights a pattern of instability and interpersonal dysfunction that is characteristic of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Combat I’m ready for combat I say I don’t want that But what if I do? These lines suggest that the narrator is […]