HeyJaredBPD Diaries: Stories and Science
Two women. Two Master’s degrees in Psychology. A lifetime of BPD symptoms, bad coping mechanisms, and way too many tears, so now we laugh… a lot. We’ve walked through the fire of BPD and made it out stronger, armed with science, skills, and the occasional dark joke.
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Why You Keep Spending When You Know You Shouldn’t | BPD & Impulsive Spending (opens the original)
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Why can spending money feel like emotional relief when you have BPD? You feel empty, lonely, rejected, angry or overwhelmed. Then you see something you want. And that little voice says, "Buy it!" In this episode, I explore the complicated relationship between BPD, impulsive spending, emotional regulation and shame . I look at why spending can become a way of escaping emotional pain, filling chronic emptiness, extending a good mood or even trying to buy a different version of yourself. This episo
What Happens When You Diagnose A 14-Year-Old With BPD? | Teenage BPD Expert Professor Joost Hutsebaut (opens the original)
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What if the label everyone's afraid to give a teenager is the one thing that could save their future? Professor Joost Hutsebaut has spent a career working with young people on the edge of a diagnosis most clinicians won't touch: borderline personality disorder (BPD). In this episode, Joost explains why he wrote a paper called The Diagnosis That Should Speak Its Name , arguing it's ethically right to diagnose personality disorders in teens. We dig into where a "difficult personality" ends and a d
Should You Tell People You Have BPD? The Honest Answer. (opens the original)
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Whether you've just been diagnosed with BPD or have been living with the diagnosis for years, deciding whether to disclose it can feel overwhelming. Should you tell your partner? Your family? Friends? Your employer? Or is it safer to keep it private? In this episode, I explore one of the most common and emotionally difficult questions people with BPD ask. 🌱 Have questions, stories, or something you’d like us to cover? We’d love to hear from you. Email us at bpddiariespodcast@gmail.com and let’s
Is It Ever Too Late To Heal From BPD? | Late Life BPD Expert Professor Arjan Videler (opens the original)
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Helping young people with BPD is 'sexy.' Helping older adults? Not so much. That's the ageism we need to talk about. In this episode , I'm joined by Professor Arjan Videler - Professor of Psychotherapy in Older Adults at Tilburg University, senior researcher at PersonaCura in the Netherlands, and one of the world's leading voices on BPD across the lifespan. We cover: • The 19-year life expectancy gap for people with BPD • What BPD actually looks like at 70 • The advantage older adults have for r
Stoicism for the BPD Brain | 10 Principles That Actually Work (opens the original)
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What if the most effective framework for BPD recovery was written by a former slave and a Roman emperor over 2,000 years ago? This episode is about Stoicism. Not the pop culture version that means suppressing your feelings and pretending nothing hurts, but the real thing. A practical, rigorous system of thought that maps onto what people with BPD struggle with most. The impulsivity. The fear of abandonment. The catastrophic interpretations. The feeling of being a slave to your emotions . I go th
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