A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma

A podcast by Cynthia Gralla

18 Episodes

  1. “A Vulnerability Artist Who Fights Ableism”: Dr. Merri Lisa Johnson on BPD

    Published: 11/15/2024
  2. Movement therapy for BPD with psychotherapist Ellis Amdur

    Published: 11/1/2024
  3. “There is no final destination for a human being”: Psychotherapist Ellis Amdur

    Published: 10/15/2024
  4. “He was provoking all these symptoms he had wanted to cure”: Nina Shope, author of Asylum

    Published: 10/1/2024
  5. “I was fascinated with showing the things behind hysteria that were being erased”: Nina Shope on Asylum

    Published: 9/15/2024
  6. "Insurance companies are breaking the law": Paula Tusiani-Eng of Emotions Matter

    Published: 9/1/2024
  7. What I wish I’d known about getting a PhD with BPD

    Published: 8/23/2024
  8. “How do I meet other people with BPD?”: Paula Tusiani-Eng of Emotions Matter

    Published: 8/15/2024
  9. “I Love Us”: Melanie Goldman on living with and treating BPD

    Published: 8/15/2024
  10. Is No Longer Human about BPD—and should we even ask that question?

    Published: 7/19/2024
  11. “These are like emotional, psychological Trojan horses": American McGee's BPD Rabbit

    Published: 7/15/2024
  12. “Folks with BPD are some of the brightest lights in my life”: Dr. Sara Masland

    Published: 7/1/2024
  13. “The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland

    Published: 6/15/2024
  14. “We’re starting young” with fighting stigma: Jessie Shepherd on Millie the Cat

    Published: 6/1/2024
  15. “Every single thing we have to manage comes with a beautiful, positive opposite”: Jessie Shepherd

    Published: 5/15/2024
  16. “Shared experience can be really supportive”: Baylie McKnight of the BPD Society of BC

    Published: 5/1/2024
  17. Countering stigma requires encountering stigma

    Published: 4/19/2024
  18. Trailer for A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma

    Published: 4/3/2024

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A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma is an interview podcast that explores how we live with, treat, advocate for, write about, and conceptualize borderline personality disorder, as well as common co-occurring challenges like complex PTSD, eating disorders, and substance use disorder, all of which I’ve experienced. My guests and I will also discuss how literature, film, television, photography, dance, philosophy, the history of medicine, feminist and disability studies, nature, and bioethics reflect, illuminate, and impact the experience and cultural perceptions of BPD. Episodes are released twice a month, starting on April 19, 2024.