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Rita Brown is an award winning prominent advocate for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in Australia. Days after we recorded this episode she was presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia - an incredible honor.

We discuss Rita's path to advocacy following her daughter's receiving a diagnosis of BPD and attempt to receive the treatments she needed. We also talk about the importance of including carers (in this case family members) as a member of a care team and what Rita has seen change since her early advocacy days 21 years ago.

To learn more about Rita's work click on the links below!;

• Australian BPD Foundation
• Spectrum
• International Society of the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD)

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Sarah shares about her experience surviving a very traumatic car accident that led to a BPD diagnosis, the impacts of substance use on her life and what having BPD means to her.

We also dive into physical and emotional abuse at the hands of family and romantic partners.

*Please be aware that this episode does mention a specific method of self harm and the impacts of her accident on miscarriages. Listen with care

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Rakesh and Katie BOTH have borderline personality disorder and met at a BPD support group (not endorsed by the Super Feeler podcast in any way)....

Their story is so cute and the way they support each other through the early parts of their relationship is refreshing.

To learn more about Rakesh's incredible journey walking across canada click here and follow him on instagram @healingwitheverystep

Find your local BPD Society of BC Support Group (including a virtual option) here. Katie's is the New Westminster location!

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Valéry Brosseau, is a social worker, poet, advocate and the CEO of Validate Mental Health.

She lives with BOTH bipolar 2 and borderline personality disorder and we discuss what that means, how the present differently and what has helped her manage the symptoms of both.

We also discuss the need for systemic change in mental health care (all of society really) and how giving back with our lived experience can help so many others and ourselves!

You can find Valéry on Instagram @validatementalhealth and @valerybrosseau or at https://www.validatementalhealth.com/

If you're interested in the adoption trauma story we mentioned check our the Super Feeler episode with Elaine.

Just a note - this episode contains mentions of intentional overdose so please use caution while listening.

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Gwen and Jason join the Relationship Series to discuss their new relationship where they are both suspected of having borderline personality disorder.

We discuss what this unique relationship dynamic looks like, how they navigate challenges like idealization of one another and their super cute little meet cute of how they got together!

You can listen to Gwen's solo episode of Super Feeler here

And her episode on Brain Stories here!

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Elaine's life will be forever changed by being adopted by a white family and moved from the Philippines to the USA. Now 28 years old she was recently diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and has been doing a lot of self-discovery throughout her masters education to be a therapist.

We chat about identity, feeling like an outsider in every space you're in, abandonment and what brought her to her diagnosis.

Elaine's insights shed light on the importance of understanding the experiences of adopted individuals and their trauma histories.

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Kati and Carl join the BPD Relationships Mini Series to talk about their love story, how they support each other when things seem to all be going wrong, and of course the importance of communication.

Their love story is on the shorter side (a couple of years) and to see them thriving both individually and each other in a safe and healthy relationship is so touching.

You can listen to Kati's solo episode of the podcast here.

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Margeaux Feldman is the creator behind the IG page @softcore_trauma, the author of Touch Me I'm Sick, and Substack writer. They join the podcast to talk all about the importance of humor in living with trauma, learning how to process our suppressed anger, and understanding attachment traumas.

We spend a lot of time talking about the current horrific state of the world and the importance of anger and protest when it is absolutely warranted and needed. With any discussion about the atrocities of our current world we also dive into discussions of privilege, self-reflection, and the need to find balance.

You can find all of their work at the links below!

• Touch Me I'm Sick (book): https://www.beacon.org/Touch-Me-Im-Sick-P2218.aspx
• The mentioned reel by Therapy Jeff.
• Margeaux's website: www.margeauxfeldman.com
• Their substack: carescapes.substack.com and more specifically, here's the first "borderline baby" essay

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