Brettina Has BPD

05/10/22 • 41 min

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Our language surrounding mental illness has evolved a lot over the past couple of decades … to a point. There are still some mental illnesses that exist outside of the bounds of most people’s understanding and compassion, that are not so easily accepted and are really scary to people who don’t have them. Illnesses that make the person seem “crazy,” where people might not want to associate themselves with you. Today’s guest -- Brettina -- has one of those.

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Resources:

“Why Borderline Personality Disorder is Misdiagnosed” from NAMI

Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan

Follow @TheBrettina on Instagram

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Resources:

“Why Borderline Personality Disorder is Misdiagnosed” from NAMI

Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan

Follow @TheBrettina on Instagram

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When you shop our Bookshop.org store, you support the author, independent bookstores AND our show! Shop here. You can purchase Nora’s books here.

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Read the transcript for this episode here.

You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis.

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Talkspace: talkspace.com with code TTFA

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Our language surrounding mental illness has evolved a lot over the past couple of decades ... to a point. There are still some mental illnesses that exist outside of the bounds of most people’s understanding and compassion, that are not so easily accepted and are really scary to people who don’t have them. Illnesses that make the person seem “crazy,” where people might not want to associate themselves with you. Today’s guest -- Brettina -- has one of those.

Resources:

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