24 Episodes

  1. Complex trauma is in our house now: Courtenay Stallings, author of Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak About Twin Peaks

    Published: 2/1/2025

  2. “I thought that mental health problems were something that you caught while young”: Lucy Yanow

    Published: 1/15/2025

  3. The book that saves lives: Mishell Baker’s Borderline

    Published: 1/1/2025

  4. “People with BPD are not a different kind of person”: Dr. Alexander Kriss, author of Borderline

    Published: 12/15/2024

  5. “It's Upon Us to Widen That Lens”: Dr. Merri Lisa Johnson, author of Girl in Need of a Tourniquet

    Published: 12/1/2024

  6. After Life and building a life worth remembering with BPD and EMDR

    Published: 11/22/2024

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

    Published: 11/15/2024

  8. Movement therapy for BPD with psychotherapist Ellis Amdur

    Published: 11/1/2024

  9. “There is no final destination for a human being”: Psychotherapist Ellis Amdur

    Published: 10/15/2024

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

    Published: 10/1/2024

  11. “I was fascinated with showing the things behind hysteria that were being erased”: Nina Shope on Asylum

    Published: 9/15/2024

  12. "Insurance companies are breaking the law": Paula Tusiani-Eng of Emotions Matter

    Published: 9/1/2024

  13. What I wish I’d known about getting a PhD with BPD

    Published: 8/23/2024

  14. “How do I meet other people with BPD?”: Paula Tusiani-Eng of Emotions Matter

    Published: 8/15/2024

  15. “I Love Us”: Melanie Goldman on living with and treating BPD

    Published: 8/15/2024

  16. Is No Longer Human about BPD—and should we even ask that question?

    Published: 7/19/2024

  17. “These are like emotional, psychological Trojan horses": American McGee's BPD Rabbit

    Published: 7/15/2024

  18. “Folks with BPD are some of the brightest lights in my life”: Dr. Sara Masland

    Published: 7/1/2024

  19. “The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland

    Published: 6/15/2024

  20. “We’re starting young” with fighting stigma: Jessie Shepherd on Millie the Cat

    Published: 6/1/2024

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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.