Posted by Natalia on 8th July 2024

Borderline Personality Disorder: Unpacking Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Stigma

CW: Self-injury, depression and anxiety, mania, substance use, suicidality, and suicide ideation.  Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition characterized by extreme mood swings, abandonment anxiety, self-injury, and suicidality. BPD has consistently been misrepresented in the media as a mental health condition that is characterized as  “crazy” or “erratic”. Characters [...]