https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-real-affliction-bpd-culture-and-stigma--6171940enMental HealthCopyright Cynthia Grallahttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6eb10f1bd8fe7bce07b68ebc8e8e3b28.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-real-affliction-bpd-culture-and-stigma--6171940Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:26:09 +0000Cynthia GrallaCynthia Grallafeeds@spreaker.comA 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,...falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/euphoria-s-cassie-portraying-women-with-borderline-personality-disorder-traits--72287193arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/376d8b1c-a7b2-3cdc-bbfb-5f7b6c2f9b1cTue, 02 Jun 2026 00:57:26 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhat responsibility does a writer/director have when presenting a female character who appears to have BPD traits? Following the series finale of Euphoria, Sam Levinson’s controversial television drama, I discuss the dramatic shift in his writing for...1836false30fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/communication-strategies-for-people-with-bpd-and-their-treatment-providers--67582066The ScreamColumbia University narrative medicine programUniversity of Toronto narrative-based medicine program]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/fa76ad67-4cac-3bb9-a426-a8c502de311eMon, 01 Sep 2025 15:05:20 +0000Cynthia GrallaHow can people with BPD and their clinicians communicate more effectively and compassionately with each other? In this solo episode, I draw on my personal experiences and my study of narrative medicine to offer tips for people on both sides of the...The ScreamColumbia University narrative medicine programUniversity of Toronto narrative-based medicine program]]>1347false29fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-can-t-necessarily-compare-your-trauma-to-someone-else-s-social-worker-samantha-dellosso--67544222arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/9be80d98-be0f-3299-8156-d1a944531055Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:48:57 +0000Cynthia GrallaHow does the health care system condition how we see our mental health treatment and diagnoses? In this interview—an excerpt from a much longer conversation—I talk with Samantha Dellosso, a social worker, health administrator, and friend of forty...1997false28fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-re-talking-about-me-sara-from-the-bold-beautiful-borderline-podcast--67419131SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/7a38f5b6-07e2-316b-a6cd-10f0dfe25b3aMon, 18 Aug 2025 17:37:23 +0000Cynthia GrallaHow does BPD impact reproductive choices? In this candid interview, Sara Abbott, the host and producer of the #1 Bold Beautiful Borderline podcast, talks with me about how BPD is affecting her decision to have children. We also discuss...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.]]>2033false27fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/still-life-the-posthumously-published-diary-of-lara-gilbert--64901198SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” Jennifer Douglas et al., “‘Treat Them with the Reverence of Archivists’: Records Work, Grief Work, and Relationship Work in the Archives” Lara Gilbert, I Might Be Nothing: Journal Writings Cynthia Gralla, “Boxed Memories,” Room, Vol. 46, No. 3 (“Ghosts” issue), September 2023 Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu, The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder  ]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/05532f65-b879-3dde-b2b8-adcdb9eab62cSat, 15 Mar 2025 16:28:36 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhat can we learn from the posthumously published diary of Lara Gilbert, a young Canadian woman with BPD traits who suffered from complex PTSD in the 1990s? In this episode, I read excerpts from I Might Be Nothing: Journal Writing, a selection of...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” Jennifer Douglas et al., “‘Treat Them with the Reverence of Archivists’: Records Work, Grief Work, and Relationship Work in the Archives” Lara Gilbert, I Might Be Nothing: Journal Writings Cynthia Gralla, “Boxed Memories,” Room, Vol. 46, No. 3 (“Ghosts” issue), September 2023 Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu, The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder  ]]>1582false26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-learn-about-resilience-from-my-garden-solara-goldwynn-of-royal-roads-university--64645233www.hatchetnseed.ca  Community Food Centres Canada: https://cfccanada.ca/en/Home Diane Ackerman, Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden Richard Dal Monte, “How Does This Garden Grow . . . Community?” https://www.royalroads.ca/news/how-does-garden-grow-community Bonnie Kaplan and Julia J. Rucklidge, “Junk Food and the Brain: How Modern Diets Lacking in Micronutrients May Contribute to Angry Rhetoric: https://theconversation.com/junk-food-and-the-brain-how-modern-diets-lacking-in-micronutrients-may-contribute-to-angry-rhetoric-170863 The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Community: https://www.feedopportunity.com/ Nathan Sing, “The Fight to End Hunger on Canadian University Campuses”: https://education.macleans.ca/feature/the-fight-to-end-hunger-on-canadian-university-campuses/ Sue Stuart-Smith, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature Prudence Vivarini et al., “Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in Individuals with Eating Disorder: Association with Severity, Psychological Distress, and Psychosocial Function” Jan Zwicky, Once Upon a Time in the West: Essays on the Politics of Thought and Imagination]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/59363663-f11b-3da2-92d9-9c7c6a2ce551Sat, 01 Mar 2025 16:07:51 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhat is the relationship between BPD and food security? BPD and food insecurity are prevalent among university students, and research shows that poor diets, both in terms of insufficient calories and an overreliance on ultra-processed foods, fuel mood...www.hatchetnseed.ca  Community Food Centres Canada: https://cfccanada.ca/en/Home Diane Ackerman, Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden Richard Dal Monte, “How Does This Garden Grow . . . Community?” https://www.royalroads.ca/news/how-does-garden-grow-community Bonnie Kaplan and Julia J. Rucklidge, “Junk Food and the Brain: How Modern Diets Lacking in Micronutrients May Contribute to Angry Rhetoric: https://theconversation.com/junk-food-and-the-brain-how-modern-diets-lacking-in-micronutrients-may-contribute-to-angry-rhetoric-170863 The Maple Leaf Centre for Food Community: https://www.feedopportunity.com/ Nathan Sing, “The Fight to End Hunger on Canadian University Campuses”: https://education.macleans.ca/feature/the-fight-to-end-hunger-on-canadian-university-campuses/ Sue Stuart-Smith, The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature Prudence Vivarini et al., “Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in Individuals with Eating Disorder: Association with Severity, Psychological Distress, and Psychosocial Function” Jan Zwicky, Once Upon a Time in the West: Essays on the Politics of Thought and Imagination]]>1741false25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-need-a-society-where-we-don-t-step-over-mentally-ill-people-discussing-bioethics-with-lucy-yanow--64395162SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. Raven Belasco, editor, Adventures in Bodily Autonomy: Exploring Reproductive Rights in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror María Puig de la Bellacasa, Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More Than Human Worlds Rosi Braidotti, Posthuman Feminism Judith Butler, The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind Canada’s 2020 report on the estimated cost benefits of MAID         Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene Chelsea Kamp, “Manitoba Woman Devastated over Delay in MAID for Mental Illness”: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maid-manitoba-mental-illness-1.7104343 Sophie Lewis, Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family Mallory Moench, “‘A Ticket to Nowhere’: Thousands Are Brought to S.F. Hospitals Involuntarily. Then What Happens?”: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mental-illness-san-francisco-hospitals-homeless-17772797.php Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Ghostwriting.” Diacritics, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1995.]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/83ef9f85-3c7b-3cff-a3ce-220fbfeb4b0dSat, 15 Feb 2025 18:26:28 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhy do people living with mental illness, including BPD, need to think about bioethics? Because ordinary citizens can now make life-and-death decisions for themselves and others. As laws and regulations change around issues such as involuntary...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. Raven Belasco, editor, Adventures in Bodily Autonomy: Exploring Reproductive Rights in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror María Puig de la Bellacasa, Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More Than Human Worlds Rosi Braidotti, Posthuman Feminism Judith Butler, The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind Canada’s 2020 report on the estimated cost benefits of MAID         Donna Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene Chelsea Kamp, “Manitoba Woman Devastated over Delay in MAID for Mental Illness”: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maid-manitoba-mental-illness-1.7104343 Sophie Lewis, Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family Mallory Moench, “‘A Ticket to Nowhere’: Thousands Are Brought to S.F. Hospitals Involuntarily. Then What Happens?”: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mental-illness-san-francisco-hospitals-homeless-17772797.php Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Ghostwriting.” Diacritics, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1995.]]>1861false24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/complex-trauma-is-in-our-house-now-courtenay-stallings-author-of-laura-s-ghost-women-speak-about-twin-peaks--64130881https://www.tuckerdspress.com/product-page/laura-s-ghost Courtenay Stallings, "Twin Peaks: The Return as Subversive Fairy Tale." Supernatural Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2019, pp. 98-116. Julian D. Ford and Christine A. Courtois, “Complex PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder”: https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-021-00155-9 Sigmund Freud’s on the uncanny: https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf Cynthia Gralla, “A Woman in Trouble: My Life and Illnesses Filtered through Twin Peaks”: https://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/issues-4-2/spring-2021/ David Lynch, dir., Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and The Return Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/c73c1515-1611-3652-b5a4-c832f7d00373Sat, 01 Feb 2025 18:56:06 +0000Cynthia Gralla  Why is Laura Palmer a heroine for many of us? Because David Lynch's depiction of her in the Twin Peaks franchise was one of the first and remains one of the most powerful depictions of complex trauma from child sexual abuse. In this interview with...https://www.tuckerdspress.com/product-page/laura-s-ghost Courtenay Stallings, "Twin Peaks: The Return as Subversive Fairy Tale." Supernatural Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2019, pp. 98-116. Julian D. Ford and Christine A. Courtois, “Complex PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder”: https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-021-00155-9 Sigmund Freud’s on the uncanny: https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf Cynthia Gralla, “A Woman in Trouble: My Life and Illnesses Filtered through Twin Peaks”: https://witness.blackmountaininstitute.org/issues-4-2/spring-2021/ David Lynch, dir., Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and The Return Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita]]>2530false23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-thought-that-mental-health-problems-were-something-that-you-caught-while-young-lucy-yanow--63702524SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Chittaranjan Andrade, “Ketamine for Depression—Knowns, Unknowns, Possibilities, Barriers, and Opportunities” Sarah K. Fineberg et al., “A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Ketamine in Borderline Personality Disorder” Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Herland Thomas Vanicek et al., “Intravenous Esketamine Leads to an Increase in Impulsive and Suicidal Behaviour in a Patient with Recurrent Major Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder”]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/05ba9a79-3f22-3d9d-997d-8c2fa7eff9a5Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:44:22 +0000Cynthia GrallaCan recreational drugs be used to treat BPD in controlled environments? In this interview, I talk with Lucy Yanow, who holds a master’s degree in Bioethics and Society and formerly worked as a midwife, doula, and protector of reproductive rights. I...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Chittaranjan Andrade, “Ketamine for Depression—Knowns, Unknowns, Possibilities, Barriers, and Opportunities” Sarah K. Fineberg et al., “A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Ketamine in Borderline Personality Disorder” Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Herland Thomas Vanicek et al., “Intravenous Esketamine Leads to an Increase in Impulsive and Suicidal Behaviour in a Patient with Recurrent Major Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder”]]>1680false22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-book-that-saves-lives-mishell-baker-s-borderline--63530971SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Mishell Baker, Borderline Mishell Baker, Phantom Pains Mishell Baker, Imposter Syndrome Charlaine Harris, The Southern Vampire Mysteries Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire Seo-Young J. Chu, Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/340e7ee1-8697-33ab-81fe-a477144510aaWed, 01 Jan 2025 01:06:24 +0000Cynthia GrallaHow can an urban fantasy novel save lives? By depicting a protagonist with BPD who is resourceful, loyal, and heroic. In Borderline, the first book in the Arcadia Project trilogy, author and BPD survivor Mishell Baker does just that. In this...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Mishell Baker, Borderline Mishell Baker, Phantom Pains Mishell Baker, Imposter Syndrome Charlaine Harris, The Southern Vampire Mysteries Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire Seo-Young J. Chu, Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation]]>2667false21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/people-with-bpd-are-not-a-different-kind-of-person-dr-alexander-kriss-author-of-borderline--63328593A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of PlayLink to Alexander Kriss’s New York-based psychotherapy practice Alicia Elliott, “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” Sigmund Freud, A Case of Hysteria (Dora) and Three Case Histories Edvard Munch, The Scream]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/ad269d2f-4ec9-3dbd-8d39-de60010358d6Sun, 15 Dec 2024 16:53:03 +0000Cynthia Gralla  What can a psychoanalyst learn from patients with BPD? In this interview, Dr. Alexander Kriss, author of the recently published Borderline: Biography of a Personality Disorder, shares insights gained from treating patients with the disorder. We...A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of PlayLink to Alexander Kriss’s New York-based psychotherapy practice Alicia Elliott, “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” Sigmund Freud, A Case of Hysteria (Dora) and Three Case Histories Edvard Munch, The Scream]]>2531false20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s-upon-us-to-widen-that-lens-dr-merri-lisa-johnson-author-of-girl-in-need-of-a-tourniquet--63094626“Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex” Baby Reindeer TV series Beyoncé, “Hold Up” Anne Boyer, The Undying William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying Daphne Gottlieb, Final Girl Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener” Jonathan Metzel, The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease Sarah Redikopp, “Interrogating Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder Through a Feminist Psychiatric Disability Theory Framework” Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/1e61fa83-5fa1-33a8-980e-3c59fabe8ca1Sun, 01 Dec 2024 17:01:59 +0000Cynthia Gralla“It's Upon Us to Widen That Lens”: Dr. Lisa Johnson, author of Girl in Need of a Tourniquet Why should we draw on the field of disability studies to envision, treat, and talk about BPD? In this second and final part of my interview with Professor Lisa...“Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex” Baby Reindeer TV series Beyoncé, “Hold Up” Anne Boyer, The Undying William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying Daphne Gottlieb, Final Girl Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener” Jonathan Metzel, The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease Sarah Redikopp, “Interrogating Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder Through a Feminist Psychiatric Disability Theory Framework” Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation]]>2462false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/after-life-and-building-a-life-worth-remembering-with-bpd-and-emdr--62970670arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/078de0c2-10d9-37d4-97f2-a7064ee74fbaFri, 22 Nov 2024 19:27:36 +0000Cynthia GrallaWould you choose to hold on to a bad memory for eternity? In this bonus episode, I explain how EMDR therapy and a rewatch of the glorious Japanese film, After Life, made me reflect on memory.   Hirokazu Kore-eda, director, After Life (1998 film)...1132false18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-vulnerability-artist-who-fights-ableism-dr-merri-lisa-johnson-on-bpd--62754862arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/2c8f209e-823c-3b7f-b365-c8d33d345ae2Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:21:15 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhat does writing from the frontline of BPD look like? If the author is borderline up-ender Dr. Lisa Johnson, it looks and sounds like a witty, raw, and dazzling conflagration. In this interview, she and I discuss her memoir, Girl in Need of a...2821false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/movement-therapy-for-bpd-with-psychotherapist-ellis-amdur--62582121SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Links to Ellis Amdur’ books Cynthia Gralla, “Double Bind: How Borderline Personality Disorder Tied Me in Knots” published by SLICE in their May 2022 Levity online issue Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/53ce8756-8607-3a1e-80f2-85935b1030a4Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:56:10 +0000Cynthia GrallaCan movement therapy support people with BPD? In this interview, psychotherapist, licensed martial artist, and acclaimed writer Ellis Amdur describes his success with teaching baduanjin qigong, a Chinese breathing and movement system, to a patient...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Links to Ellis Amdur’ books Cynthia Gralla, “Double Bind: How Borderline Personality Disorder Tied Me in Knots” published by SLICE in their May 2022 Levity online issue Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score]]>1245false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-is-no-final-destination-for-a-human-being-psychotherapist-ellis-amdur--62373910SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Links to Ellis Amdur’ books Patricia Barry, Echo’s Subtle Body: Contributions to an Archetypal Psychology Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld Reiner Stach, Is That Kafka? 99 Finds Weird Studies podcast, On James Hillman’s “The Dream and the Underworld”]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/b18159e7-a9d1-3378-aa85-5a45c9fd6db9Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:18:58 +0000Cynthia GrallaHow do therapists come to think of BPD after a long career? In this conversation with Ellis Amdur—a retired psychotherapist, award-winning writer, and licensed martial artist—he offers his perspective on BPD, including what a background in Jungian...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Links to Ellis Amdur’ books Patricia Barry, Echo’s Subtle Body: Contributions to an Archetypal Psychology Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld Reiner Stach, Is That Kafka? 99 Finds Weird Studies podcast, On James Hillman’s “The Dream and the Underworld”]]>1886false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/he-was-provoking-all-these-symptoms-he-had-wanted-to-cure-nina-shope-author-of-asylum--62184768Nina Shope, Asylum Nina Shope, “Changeling.” Conjunctions, Vol. 81 (“Numina: The Enchantment Issue), Fall 2023 Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida Maud Casey, The City of Incurable Women Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière Euripides, The Bacchae Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments Susan Sontag, On Photography Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho Emily Wells, A Matter of Appearance]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/0f436b1a-b155-31b3-bc69-288aabc550b0Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:27:51 +0000Cynthia GrallaHow have power dynamics between doctors and patients changed over the past century and a half? In my second and final interview with Nina Shope, author of the award-winning historical novel Asylum, we talk about the complicated relationship between...Nina Shope, Asylum Nina Shope, “Changeling.” Conjunctions, Vol. 81 (“Numina: The Enchantment Issue), Fall 2023 Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida Maud Casey, The City of Incurable Women Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière Euripides, The Bacchae Saidiya Hartman, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments Susan Sontag, On Photography Selby Wynn Schwartz, After Sappho Emily Wells, A Matter of Appearance]]>2101false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-was-fascinated-with-showing-the-things-behind-hysteria-that-were-being-erased-nina-shope-on-asylum--61736564Nina Shope, Asylum Christopher Bollas, Hysteria Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière Sarah Shun-lien, Madeleine Is Sleeping Elaine Showalter, The Female Malady]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/25ef91fb-7086-34b2-b14e-ae7d057262b3Sun, 15 Sep 2024 14:32:35 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhat did BPD look like in the 19th century? It looked like hysteria, a phenomenon that puzzled doctors and fascinated the public. In this episode, I interview Nina Shope, author of the award-winning historical novel Asylum, which explores the power...Nina Shope, Asylum Christopher Bollas, Hysteria Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière Sarah Shun-lien, Madeleine Is Sleeping Elaine Showalter, The Female Malady]]>1546false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/insurance-companies-are-breaking-the-law-paula-tusiani-eng-of-emotions-matter--61230650SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Emotions Matter website Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder Frank Yeomans, Paula Tusiani-Eng, and Kellyanne Navarre, “California Approves Law Granting Pretrial Diversion for BPD”]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/1871dcf6-47e8-3691-8d05-95f430735d7cSun, 01 Sep 2024 15:37:04 +0000Cynthia GrallaHow can we access expensive care? In the US, being diagnosed with BPD is often the first step in an odyssey through a complex and unjust health care system. In the second part of my interview with Paula Tusiani-Eng, co-founder of Emotions Matter, she...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Emotions Matter website Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder Frank Yeomans, Paula Tusiani-Eng, and Kellyanne Navarre, “California Approves Law Granting Pretrial Diversion for BPD”]]>1519false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-i-wish-i-d-known-about-getting-a-phd-with-bpd--61127302arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/40f34d6e-0f29-3639-98c2-aee8a16c5a07Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:42:37 +0000Cynthia GrallaIn this solo bonus episode, I talk about what I learned while getting my MA and PhD at Berkeley and offer tips for anyone who wants to pursue a higher education degree while managing their BPD. It can be done!886false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-do-i-meet-other-people-with-bpd-paula-tusiani-eng-of-emotions-matter--61038609SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Emotions Matter website Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?”]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/1ebcc26a-1486-38b3-b94f-11267296c2e9Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:12:40 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhat do people with BPD need? When Paula Tusiani-Eng co-founded a BPD non-profit after the tragic loss of her sister Pamela, she realized that we often need more community support. In this interview, Paula tells me about Pamela’s struggle with BPD in...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources: Emotions Matter website Bea Tusiani, Pamela Tusiani, and Paula Tusiani-Eng, Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?”]]>1932false10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-love-us-melanie-goldman-on-living-with-and-treating-bpd--60885910arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/f736727d-19d8-3935-ac82-a6d7ab7b894fThu, 01 Aug 2024 14:30:43 +0000Cynthia GrallaIn this candid interview, the radiant and loving Melanie Goldman (@mindovermelanie) tells me her story of lived experience with BPD, from the shock of the diagnosis to the joys of advocacy and reclaiming her voice. She also shares wisdom from her...3074false9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-no-longer-human-about-bpd-and-should-we-even-ask-that-question--60735661“Don’t ‘Diagnose’ Fictional Characters” Jared D. Fife, “Stuff Psychologists Like—#1. Diagnosing Fictional Characters” Edward Fowler, The Rhetoric of Confession Cynthia Gralla, “Suicide Contagion and the Risks of Literature” Cynthia Gralla, “Dream Girls Gotta Have Agency” Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs, Heaven, and All the Lovers in the Night Craig M. Klugman and Carol Levine, “Diagnosing Shosha: Literature As a Lens to View Disease and History” Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener” Yukio Mishima, The Sea of Fertility tetralogy Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei, Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatre of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan Narrative medicine at Columbia University]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/8cbca7d7-a8b1-3f75-b83a-2c7d95b62b62Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:20:57 +0000Cynthia GrallaCan we diagnose the narrator of Osamu Dazai’s novel, No Longer Human, with BPD or some other diagnosis? And does it make sense to try? In this bonus summer solo episode, I give my perspective as a Japanese literature scholar and a person with BPD....“Don’t ‘Diagnose’ Fictional Characters” Jared D. Fife, “Stuff Psychologists Like—#1. Diagnosing Fictional Characters” Edward Fowler, The Rhetoric of Confession Cynthia Gralla, “Suicide Contagion and the Risks of Literature” Cynthia Gralla, “Dream Girls Gotta Have Agency” Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality Mieko Kawakami, Breasts and Eggs, Heaven, and All the Lovers in the Night Craig M. Klugman and Carol Levine, “Diagnosing Shosha: Literature As a Lens to View Disease and History” Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener” Yukio Mishima, The Sea of Fertility tetralogy Ottessa Moshfegh, My Year of Rest and Relaxation J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei, Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatre of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan Narrative medicine at Columbia University]]>1541false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/these-are-like-emotional-psychological-trojan-horses-american-mcgee-s-bpd-rabbit--60696735Plushie Dreadfuls website Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet George Lakoff on conceptual metaphorsRonald W. Pies on mental illness as a metaphorDonald Winnicott’s concept of transitional objects]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/ff87bb92-68e9-3f5b-b9b3-78f3adf3fda4Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:05:05 +0000Cynthia GrallaCan a stuffed animal help people to cope with BPD? In this episode, I interview American McGee, the celebrated video game designer and mastermind behind the mental health Plushie Dreadfuls line. We talk about his BPD Rabbit, metaphors and stereotypes,...Plushie Dreadfuls website Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet George Lakoff on conceptual metaphorsRonald W. Pies on mental illness as a metaphorDonald Winnicott’s concept of transitional objects]]>2445false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/folks-with-bpd-are-some-of-the-brightest-lights-in-my-life-dr-sara-masland--60566290“The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get on a road to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland Jake Camp et al., “Gender- and Sexuality-Minorized Adolescents in DBT: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Minority-Specific Treatment Targets and Experience” Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them” Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science” Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know” Craig Rodriguez-Seijas et al., “Is There a Bias in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Patients?” ]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/c079dfad-a59c-3c44-89e6-d0725b630ba7Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:08:41 +0000Cynthia GrallaWho gets BPD, and are they likely to recover? In this second and final part of my interview with Dr. Sara Masland, she and I discuss the gender distribution for BPD, contemplate the prognosis for people with the disorder based on longitudinal studies...“The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get on a road to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland Jake Camp et al., “Gender- and Sexuality-Minorized Adolescents in DBT: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Minority-Specific Treatment Targets and Experience” Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them” Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science” Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know” Craig Rodriguez-Seijas et al., “Is There a Bias in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Patients?” ]]>1516false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bpd-diagnosis-is-an-entry-point-to-understanding-how-you-can-get-to-recovery-dr-sara-masland--60394936SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. Alyson E. Blanchard et al., “Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex” Lois W. Choi-Kain et al., “What Works in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder” Emotions Matter, “Supporting Students with BPD: A Guide for Educational Professionals, Parents, and Students” Ellen F. Finch et al., “A Meta-Analysis of Treatment as Usual for Borderline Personality Disorder” John Gunderson et al., “Good psychiatric management: A Review” Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?” Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them” Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science” Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know”]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/68310070-18f6-3ad2-b49f-09e335dda856Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:31:17 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhy do we need a generalist approach to treating BPD? Because there are nearly 6000 treatment-seeking people with BPD to every certified, specialist clinician in the United States. In this episode, Dr. Sara Masland explains how she is helping to...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. Alyson E. Blanchard et al., “Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex” Lois W. Choi-Kain et al., “What Works in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder” Emotions Matter, “Supporting Students with BPD: A Guide for Educational Professionals, Parents, and Students” Ellen F. Finch et al., “A Meta-Analysis of Treatment as Usual for Borderline Personality Disorder” John Gunderson et al., “Good psychiatric management: A Review” Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?” Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them” Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science” Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know”]]>1899false5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-re-starting-young-with-fighting-stigma-jessie-shepherd-on-millie-the-cat--60247656Jessie Shepherd, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality DisorderThe first part of my interview with Jessie Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse Susan Stewart, On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection ]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/77d81d90-cee4-33f2-8c52-3c88e5c7e8edSat, 01 Jun 2024 14:43:13 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhy create a children's book about BPD? This is the second half of my interview with Jessie Shepherd, who is a writer, licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed professional counselor, and director of Blue Clover Therapy. We talk more about...Jessie Shepherd, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality DisorderThe first part of my interview with Jessie Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse Susan Stewart, On Longing: Narratives of the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection ]]>1066false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/every-single-thing-we-have-to-manage-comes-with-a-beautiful-positive-opposite-jessie-shepherd--60046735Jessie Shepherd, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/8bd3209e-3fda-3a71-b3fb-2faf901cab48Wed, 15 May 2024 14:14:31 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhat are some of the gifts of BPD? Find out from an adorable cat named Millie. Here, I interview Jessie Shepherd—a licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed professional counselor, and director of Blue Clover Therapy—about her book for...Jessie Shepherd, Millie the Cat Has Borderline Personality Disorder]]>1290false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shared-experience-can-be-really-supportive-baylie-mcknight-of-the-bpd-society-of-bc--59932462SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. Website for the BPD Society of BC: https://www.bpdbc.ca/ You can find the criteria for BPD in the DSM-5 here: https://www.bpdfoundation.org.au/diagnostic-criteria.php]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/f66abce7-8c55-3598-a56d-baa961ef7583Wed, 01 May 2024 14:30:42 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhat kind of impact can a small organization make on BPD—in its province and globally? In this episode, I find out by interviewing Baylie McKnight, a co-founder of the BPD Society of British Columbia who has lived experience with the disorder, a...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources. Website for the BPD Society of BC: https://www.bpdbc.ca/ You can find the criteria for BPD in the DSM-5 here: https://www.bpdfoundation.org.au/diagnostic-criteria.php]]>1981false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/countering-stigma-requires-encountering-stigma--59932465SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.  You can find the criteria for BPD in the DSM-5 hereRon B. Aviram et al., “Borderline Personality Disorder, Stigma, and Treatment Implications” Caroline Walker Bynum, Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women Anne Boyer, The Undying Rebecca Byerly’s NYT article about a marathon runner with BPD Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière Sara Rose Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”Sara Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”Marie Ociskova et al., “F*ck Your Care If You Label Me! Borderline Personality Disorder, Stigma, and Self-stigma”Christina Vanvuren, “The History of Hysteria: Sexism in Diagnosis”Simone Weil, “Human Personality”]]>arealafflictionbpdcultureandstigma.podbean.com/6637955b-b4af-3b46-88cc-b0be708fbb44Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:13:47 +0000Cynthia GrallaWhy do we need a revolution in the way borderline personality disorder is perceived by the medical field and wider culture? In this first episode of A Real Affliction, host Dr. Cynthia Gralla introduces the interview podcast and her upcoming guests,...SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.  You can find the criteria for BPD in the DSM-5 hereRon B. Aviram et al., “Borderline Personality Disorder, Stigma, and Treatment Implications” Caroline Walker Bynum, Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women Anne Boyer, The Undying Rebecca Byerly’s NYT article about a marathon runner with BPD Georges Didi-Huberman, Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière Sara Rose Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”Sara Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”Marie Ociskova et al., “F*ck Your Care If You Label Me! Borderline Personality Disorder, Stigma, and Self-stigma”Christina Vanvuren, “The History of Hysteria: Sexism in Diagnosis”Simone Weil, “Human Personality”]]>1397false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trailer-for-a-real-affliction-bpd-culture-and-stigma--59932464spadacynthia.podbean.com/9c32ea41-2d1c-32b2-aeec-74f5b7db195eWed, 03 Apr 2024 18:30:33 +0000Cynthia GrallaThe trailer for A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma introduces this interview podcast about borderline personality disorder and features clips from guests Ellis Amdur (a writer and psychotherapist), Jessie Shepherd (a licensed counselor and...201false1trailer