Not the person anyone wants to be
12/17/24 • 38 min
In the stories about Borderline Personality Disorder that Mala was familiar with, a borderline woman was always toxic – intense, erratic, angry, manipulative. And she was almost always the villain in someone else’s story. But no one ever talked about the *source* of the intense emotion – what was at the heart of it.
More to read about borderline:
I'm A Black Woman with Borderline Personality Disorder | Business Insider
Why I'm Distancing Myself From My Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis
Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Is Often Flawed | Scientific American
How Infinite Jest tethered me to life when I almost let it go | Aeon Essays
Borderline Personality and Self-Understanding of Psychopathology | Psychiatry At the Margins
I Have Forgiven Myself for My Pre-Diagnosis Recklessness | by Zuva Seven | An Injustice!
Skill Issues | Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Its Discontents
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the stories about Borderline Personality Disorder that Mala was familiar with, a borderline woman was always toxic – intense, erratic, angry, manipulative. And she was almost always the villain in someone else’s story. But no one ever talked about the *source* of the intense emotion – what was at the heart of it.
More to read about borderline:
I'm A Black Woman with Borderline Personality Disorder | Business Insider
Why I'm Distancing Myself From My Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis
Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Is Often Flawed | Scientific American
How Infinite Jest tethered me to life when I almost let it go | Aeon Essays
Borderline Personality and Self-Understanding of Psychopathology | Psychiatry At the Margins
I Have Forgiven Myself for My Pre-Diagnosis Recklessness | by Zuva Seven | An Injustice!
Skill Issues | Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Its Discontents
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hey there, I'm doctor Maya Schunker, and I'm a scientist who studies human behavior. Many of us have experienced a moment in our lives that changes everything, that instantly divides our life into a before and an after. On my podcast A Slight Change of Plans, I talk to people about navigating these moments. Their stories are full of candor and hard won wisdom, and you'll hear from scientists who teach us how we can be more resilient in the face o
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