Emotions Matter BPD Fest 2021
May is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month and the New York based BPD advocacy group Emotions Matter is hosting a virtual conference to contribute to that effort.
BPD: Diagnosis Denied
Some mental health providers choose not to inform a patient that they meet the diagnostic criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder…
Ben Carey: An Appreciation
This past week, the New York Times published the last of Benedict Carey’s 20 years of science essays. The highly thoughtful essay touches on the many research breakthroughs that Carey has covered over the last 20 years. But it’s also a bit of a dystopian/cautionary tale…
The BPD Diagnosis: To Give or Not to Give?
“When somebody finally tells you, the weight of the world feels lifted off your shoulders. You feel so much better.”
What Is DBT? Selena Gomez says it “completely changing her life”.
Selena Gomez credits it with ‘completely changing her life”. So do thousands of other people.
Validation: What You Say Matters
“We spend so much time thinking about how to remedy negative emotions, but we don’t spend much time thinking about helping people harness and nurture positive emotions…”
