Sharing our voice, with Amanda Wang, one conversation at a time. Amanda is announcing the launch of a podcast series! Her grassroots endeavor, RethinkBPD, has partnered with NEABPD and Yale School of Medicine to bring you In Conversation: Talks on Borderline Personality Disorder & Recovery.
With an open and honest look at this disorder, its symptoms, and treatment, we hope this podcast series brings awareness and understanding to those supporting, helping, and living with borderline personality disorder. Check out the first three episodes and go to...
Connections Newsletter 1
Compassion: From Hopelessness to Deep ConnectionLiz Santamorena is the mother of Nico (pronouns they/them/theirs), her adult child who was diagnosed with BPD at age 21. Liz and Nico shared their perspectives about their BPD journey at the 2024 annual BPD conference...
From Hopelessness to Deep Connection
Liz Santamorena is the mother of Nico (pronouns they/them/theirs), her adult child who was diagnosed with BPD at age 21. Liz and Nico shared their perspectives about their BPD journey at the 2024 annual BPD conference co-sponsored by NEABPD and Yale. For Liz, the...
Navigating Relationships: A Return to Home
For years, I avoided going home. The walls of my childhood house held too many echoes of misunderstanding and moments where I felt dismissed, unseen, or simply as “too much.” Maybe you can relate. My response was to avoid, distract, escape. I didn't go home for 5...
Endings & Beginnings
Q: “Do I Matter Enough to Myself to End a Long-term Partnership & Make a New Beginning?” We know, especially around the holidays, that human beings are made for relationships–to connect with others. Many of us long for that special person who sees, hears, loves,...
Access: We Have Effective Treatments, People Can’t Access Them
Julie Hawley, is an NEABPD Family Connections™ Leader and Advocacy Committee Member. Who wouldn’t want Julie Hawley on their side? Tired of hearing that there are evidence-based treatments, like DBT, for BPD, and they are either unavailable (too few, too far...
Compassion: From Hopelessness to Deep Connection
Liz Santamorena is the mother of Nico, her adult child who was diagnosed with BPD at age 21. Liz and Nico shared their perspectives about their BPD journey at this year’s annual BPD conference co-sponsored by NEABPD and Yale. For Liz, the journey began when Nico was...
With Love and Cherry Pie
On February 2nd, 2023, my aunt celebrated her 60th birthday. In the week leading up to her special day, I planned to make her a cherry pie. I found crust and filling recipes, made a shopping list, and braced myself for a trip to the grocery store on the morning of her...
The Power of (Live) Comedy
I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at the start of lockdown, age 58 – so as you can imagine, by then I’d already lived a rather tumultuous life. Before the diagnosis I just thought I was bad at ‘doing life’ – it turns out my brain was the problem. I...
The Eye of the Storm
Warning: The following contains mentions of self-harm that may be triggering to some audiences. Self-harm is a difficult topic from any angle. It is baffling and uncomfortable for those who have never experienced it, and potentially triggering to those who have. So,...
Borderline Anorexic
Warning: The following contains mentions of self-harm that may be triggering to some audiences. At age fourteen—long before my borderline personality diagnosis (BPD)—I was diagnosed with anorexia. Looking back now, I see the eating disorder as an extension of the BPD....
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